Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Toronto. (Lawrence S. Bloomberg) Faculty of Nursing
Parallel form(s) of name
- University of Toronto. Faculty of Nursing
- University of Toronto. School of Nursing
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1920-current
History
The Faculty of Nursing got its start in 1920 as the Department of Public Health Nursing. In the 1928, the department became a unit within the School of Hygiene, and in 1933, was recognized as the independent School of Nursing. In 1972, the School became the Faculty of Nursing, and in 2007 after a donation from Lawrence S. Bloomberg, the the faculty was official renamed the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing.