Ottawa Mayor Sutcliffe marks 50 years of nursing at Algonquin College

Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2026

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe met with President Claude Brulé, faculty and nursing students from the School of Health Studies today, Jan.Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe marks Nursing 50 at Ottawa City Hall with faculty, college leaders and students. 27, at Ottawa City Hall to mark 50 years of nursing at Algonquin College. He spoke with students about their experiences and learned more about how many graduates have gone through the nursing program since its inception ~16,000.

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The mayor offered a few words of congratulations and presented a certificate during a short presentation.

The plaque from the Mayor’s Office reads:

“On behalf of Members of Ottawa City Council, it is my distinct pleasure to extend congratulations to Claude Brulé, President and CEO, Erin Stitt-Cavanagh, Dean, School of Health Studies and Mary Ann Murray, Chair, Nursing Studies Department, Algonquin College, along with the Faculty members, students and alumni, in recognition of 50 Years of Nursing Education at Algonquin College.

Over the course of five decades, Algonquin College has been a leading educational institution in Canada’s capital for training nursing through classroom learning, hands-on simulation and comprehensive clinical placements in major hospitals and community care organizations.

Algonquin practice-ready graduates play a critical role in supporting Ottawa’s health-care sector working in a diversity of acute care, long-term care, community health, rehabilitation and mobile units to meet the ever-changing needs of patient care.

As Head of Council, I salute Algonquin College, the School of Health Studies and Nursing Studies Department for successfully training highly skilled and talented nursing professionals, who are a pillar of Ottawa’s health-care system.”

 


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