Toman, Cynthia - Nursing

Personal Information
First Name: 
Cynthia
Last Name: 
Toman
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Nursing
University Affiliation: 
University of Ottawa
Phone: 
6135625800
Extension: 
8429
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Nursing
Subject: 
Medicine
Technology
Geographical Region: 
Canada
Time Period: 
19th and 20th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
History of healthcare and history of healthcare technology/medical technologies , Canadian nursing history, Canadian military nursing
Academics
PHD Program: 
History
PHD University: 
University of Ottawa
PHD Date: 
2003
Major Publications: 
Cynthia Toman. “Officers and Ladies”: Canadian Nursing Sisters, Women’s Work and the Second World War (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007). Cynthia Toman. An Officer and a Lady: Canadian Military Nurses and the Second World War. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007. Jayne Elliott, Meryn Stuart and Cynthia Toman, eds. Place and Practice in Canadian Nursing History Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008. Cynthia Toman. Frontlines and Frontiers: War as Legitimate Work for Nurses, 1939-1945. Histoire sociale/Social History, 40, 79 (May 2007): 45-75. [awarded the Hilda B. Neatsby Prize, 2008]
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Canadian Assoc. for the History of Nursing, Canadian Society for the History of Medicine, American Assoc. for the History of Nursing, Canadian Historical Association
Courses Taught: 
Both nursing and history courses, at the undergrad and grad levels