{"id":884,"date":"2026-06-04T16:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=884"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:38:52","slug":"ontario-launching-new-bachelor-of-science-in-nursing-program-at-carleton-university","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/story\/ontario-launching-new-bachelor-of-science-in-nursing-program-at-carleton-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario launching new Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Carleton University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-33-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Ontario launching new Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Carleton University\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government of Ontario announced the establishment of a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Carleton University, marking the first new university nursing program in Ontario in nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-68-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"j\" class=\"wp-image-887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-68-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-68-512x367.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-68-320x229.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-68-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-68-1536x1101.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-68-2048x1468.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University welcomed its first cohort of nursing students in September 2025. By 2029, the program is expected to prepare up to 110 nursing graduates to become registered nurses, with a goal of increasing annual enrolment to more than 200 students by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton\u2019s nursing program is delivered in collaboration with Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH), where students gain hands-on clinical experience and practical training. In January 2026, the program\u2019s Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre, located at Carleton\u2019s Kanata campus, officially opened and began supporting nursing education and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-63-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"j\" class=\"wp-image-886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-63-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-63-512x344.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-63-320x215.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-63-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-63-1536x1033.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/06\/P_CarletonPhotography_NursingLaunch_051124-63-2048x1378.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The establishment of Carleton University\u2019s nursing program will help prepare the next generation of nursing professionals and contribute to strengthening the health-care workforce in Ontario and across Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Ontario announced the establishment of a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Carleton University, marking the first new university nursing program in Ontario in nearly 20 years. 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