Cathy Crowe
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Cathy Crowe, RN (born ca. 1951) is a Canadian nurse and social activist.
Raised in Kingston, Ontario, she has won fame as a "street nurse" working with homeless and poor populations in downtown Toronto, Ontario, and as an activist for housing, public health and social justice.
In 1998, she co-founded the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee.
She was the subject of Street Nurse, a documentary film (ca. 2002) by Shelley Saywell.
[edit] Degrees and awards
- training in nursing, Toronto General Hospital
- Bachelor of Applied Arts in nursing, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, 1985
- Master of Education in sociology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1992
- Doctor of Science in Nursing (honoris causa), University of Victoria, 2001
- Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), McMaster University, 2005
- International Nursing Ethics Award, 2003
- Economic Justice Award, Atkinson Charitable Foundation, 2004
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