Enid Collins, RN, MS, M.Ed., EdD. Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario. Before coming to Canada Enid completed a diploma as a registered nurse at the Kingston Public Hospital School of Nursing in Jamaica. She later did undergraduate and graduate work in Canada and the United States. Enid’s work in nursing leadership, practice and education spans many areas, including maternal child health nursing, community health nursing, women’s health and transcultural health. She has long been an advocate, mentor and role model for women in nursing and health care. Enid completed her doctoral work in sociology and equity studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Her doctoral dissertation examined career mobility among Caribbean women who were registered nurses in Canada.