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Focuses on the role of the nurses in various medical institutions in Canada. Improvement on the quality of nursing; Increase on the number of medical missions in the area; Assessment on the leadership ability of the nurses.

Highlights the conference of freedom in Montreal, Canada. Sponsor; Number of nurses attended; Speakers.

Highlights the 14th Quadrennial International Congress of Nurses in Montreal, Quebec. Estimated number of nurses expected to attend; Start of the event with an Inter-Faith service; Discussion about the revision of the questionnaire on eligibility for membership of the International Council of Nurses.

Most of the practising nurses of the 80,000 member Canadian Nurses' Association work in up-to-date communities with all modern facilities. A few hundred, however continue to man remote outposts in vast areas of Canada far removed from heavily populated centres. That the work of these nurses is unorthodox, dramatic, and demanding is demonstrated in this first-person article condensed from 'The Canadian Nurse? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the topics discussed at the 33rd Biennial Conference of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) in Montreal, Quebec. Introduction of the conference theme by A. Isobel MacLeod; Discussion on the effect of mechanization on hospitals and nursing by senior consultant G. B. Rosenfeld; Closing address delivered by president Katherine MacLaggan.