Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

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Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
Health Sciences Building.JPG
The Health Sciences Building on College Street
Type Faculty (nursing school)
Established1933;92 years ago (1933) [1]
Parent institution
 University of Toronto
Dean Robyn Stremler [1]
Studentsapprox. 500 [2]
Location
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
Canada
Campus St. George
Website bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca

The Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing is the nursing school of the University of Toronto. It is based in the Health Sciences Building on the St. George campus, in the Discovery District of downtown Toronto.

Contents

The University of Toronto has provided nursing education since 1920, when educator E. Kathleen Russell established the former Department of Public Health Nursing. The School of Nursing as it exists today was founded when the department merged with the School of Hygiene in 1933, with Russell at its first director. [3] Following her vision of progressive reform in nursing education, it hosted the first four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) program in Canada. [1]

Tri-campus expansion

The university plans to expand the undergraduate nursing (BScN) program to its Mississauga campus beginning in 2026. [4] The planned Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health (SAMIH) at the Scarborough campus is expected to open for students in the Nurse Practitioner program the same year. These expansions to the university's suburban campuses follow significant growth of the Greater Toronto Area and demand for an increased number of health care professionals. [5] [6]

Programs

Bloomberg Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) as its only undergraduate program. Graduate programs include: [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "History of the Faculty". Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Our Facilities". Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Edith Kathleen Russell 1886-1964". Ontario Heritage Trust. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bloomberg Nursing program expanding to UTM, first cohort set for fall 2026". University of Toronto Mississauga | News Room. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  5. ↑ McPherson, David (November 21, 2023). "New University of Toronto medical school to address shortage of health care professionals in Scarborough". The Globe and Mail.
  6. ↑ "Ontario Training More Doctors in Scarborough as it Builds a More Resilient Health Care System". Government of Ontario. March 22, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Learn with us". Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
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