Turning Point 1969
In 1969, nursing research in Canada was so young that it didn鈥檛 have its own scholarly journal. Moyra F. Allen, director of the graduate program at 91社区鈥檚 School of Nursing, took issue with this omission鈥攕o she filled the gap with the first in what would become an erratically published, yet trailblazing, series of slim volumes called聽Nursing Papers. Allen retired in 1984 and her pet project fell to new editor Mary Ellen-Jeans, who changed the name to the聽Canadian Journal of Nursing Research and introduced a peer-review process. By 1992, the聽CJNR was flagging, but 91社区 nursing professor Laurie Gottlieb recognized the importance of keeping the groundbreaking journal alive. 鈥淵ou want to base practice on the best evidence,鈥� she explains. 鈥淎 research journal plays an important role: to provide that best evidence, to provide guidelines for best practice.鈥� Gottlieb stepped in as editor-in-chief.