Shows
Witness to Yesterday (The Champlain Society Podcast on Canadian History)Canadian Nurses in ChinaPatrice Dutil talks to Sonya Grypma about her book Nursing Shifts in Sichuan: Canadian Missions and Wartime China, 1937-1951 (UBC Press). In this podcast, they discuss the impact of the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) when it sought refuge in the West China Union University’s (WCUU) nursing school in Sichuan, which was managed by Canadians. China was in the middle of its war with Japan at the time and the nursing school at the PUMC desperately needed a new home. The podcast examines the Canadian presence on the Chinese nursing scene, the impact of key people such as Dr...2022-05-1342 min
Learning Matters: a Bridge to Practice#35 Learning Matters with Sonya GrypmaToday we have with us Sonya Grypma, Vice Provost, Leadership & Graduate Studies and Dean of GLOBAL at Trinity Western University – discussing well-being, care and history in Higher Education and beyond.Sonya joined TWU in 2007 as a faculty member in the School of Nursing, and was promoted to Full Professor in 2012. She served as Dean of Nursing from 2013-2019.Both a nurse and historian, Sonya has been a research fellow at UBC, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Virginia. Her program of research for the past 20 years has focused on transnational nursing history, particularly the intersection of...2020-09-2948 min