Our college was named after and seeks to honour the spirit of Dr. Henry Norman Bethune. Born in Ontario, Bethune was a great doctor who made important contributions to military medicine based on his experiences as a battlefield doctor in the Spanish Civil War and with the Chinese People's Liberation Army in the 1930s. His dedication to his field and his patients is greatly admired.

Biographies of Norman Bethune:

• Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune, Stewart & Stewart
• Extraordinary Canadians Norman Bethune, Adrienne Clarkson
• Library and Archives Canada
• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Parks Canada
• Wikipedia

Other Online Resources on Norman Bethune:

• CBC Archives: 'Comrade' Bethune: A Controversial Hero
  
• Chinese Posters of Bethune
  
• Macleans.ca: Sex, spies and Bethune's secret
• Toronto Star: Comrade Norman Bethune still a force in China
• Mao's "In Memory of Norman Bethune"
• Dr. Bethune Memorial Association of Canada