The Augustines de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec were Canada’s first nurses and women pharmacists, and no other religious community performed hospital service for as long a period or was as singularly focused on the care of the sick.
The Government of Canada Commemorates the Contribution of the Augustines de la Miséricorde de Jésus de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec to Health Care in Canada as a National Historic Event
John MacDonald, a Scottish noble, played a lead role in encouraging Scottish settlement in Prince Edward Island and left exceptional written records of this early period in the history of the province.
As a prolific memorialist, petitioner, and letter writer, MacDonald left an exceptional record for the writing of Prince Edward Island’s history from the arrival of the first Catholic Scottish settlers in 1772 to his death in 1810.
Sean Casey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Member of Parliament for Charlottetown, will participate in a plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the national historic significance of Captain John MacDonald of Glenaladale.