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.