Challenging Issues Panels

IMPLEMENTING SERIOUS ILLNESS CONVERSATIONS INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE: A PROMISING PRACTICE WITH PRACTICAL CHALLENGES
- Moderator: Carolyn Tayler, Director Strategic Initiatives, BC Centre for Palliative Care
- Speakers:
  1. Elizabeth Beddard Huber, Clinical Lead Serious Illness Conversations, BC Centre for Palliative Care;
  2. Dr. Harvey Chang, Palliative Care Physician, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University
  3. Jocelyn Semenchuk: Nurse Clinician, Alberta Health Service
- 10:15 am – 11:45 am, Friday, September 20th, Newbridge I (Simultaneous Interpretation Provided)

COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES IN CANADA: A PRACTICAL APPROACH
- Moderator: Dr. Denise Marshall, Medical Director, Niagara West Palliative Care Team and McNally House Hospice; Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care, McMaster University
- Speakers:
  1. Dr. Kathy Kortes Miller, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Palliative Care Division Lead Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH), Lakehead University
  2. Dr. Eman Hassan, Director, Public Health Initiatives, Compassionate Communities & Advance Care Planning, BC Centre for Palliative Care
  3. Monica Patten, Board member, Compassionate Ottawa
  4. Bonnie Tompkins, Compassionate Communities National Lead, Pallium Canada
- 10:15 am – 11:45 am, Friday, September 20th, Newbridge II & III (Simultaneous Interpretation Provided)
THE INTERSECTION OF LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS AND SCHOOLS
- Moderator: Dr. Christina Vadebonceour, Roger Neilson House, Ottawa
- Speakers:
  1. Emma Gofton
  2. Luzia Blaser, Caregiver, Mother of Four
  3. Derek Stoppels, Teacher, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
- 10:15 am – 11:45 am, Friday, September 20th, Shakers
INTEGRATING ARTS INTO HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE
- Moderator: Bev Foster, Executive Director, Room 217 Foundation
- Speakers:
  1. Patricia Smith, Visual Artist, May Court Hospice, Ottawa
  2. Sarah Pearson, Music Therapist – Palliative Care, Grand River Hospital, Kitchener
  3. Hartley Jafine, Drama/Improv Practitioner-Pedagogue – Health Sciences, McMaster University
- 10:15 am – 11:45 am, Friday, September 20th, Celtic I
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN—ILLUMINATING POSSIBILITIES FOR A MORE EQUITABLE PALLIATIVE CARE ETHOS: FRONTLINE LESSONS FROM THE INNER-CITY ROOMING HOUSE CONTEXT
- Moderator: Wendy Muckle, Executive Director, Inner City Health
- Speakers: (TBD) including:
  1. Danielle Rolfe
  2. Ed Kucerak
  3. Robert Jamison
  4. Catherine Hacksel
  5. Elise Skinner
- 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm, Saturday, September 21st, Deciders
THE ROLE OF HPC IN COMMUNITY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT: CURRENT REALITIES AND FUTURE NEEDS
- Moderator: Wendy Wainwright, Victoria Hospice (retired)
- Speakers:
  1. Marney Thompson, Victoria Hospice
- 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm, Saturday, September 21st, Shakers
DEFINING THE ROLE OF HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE (HPC) AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING (MAID) IN OUR PROGRAMS: A DYNAMIC AND RESPECTFUL DISCUSSION
- Moderator: Sharon Baxter, Executive Director, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
- Speakers:
  - Dr. David Henderson, Senior Medical Director, Integrated Palliative Care at Nova Scotia Health Authority
  - Maryse Bouvette, Palliative Care Advanced Practice Nurse
  - Others TBD
- 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm, Saturday, September 21st, Newbridge I (Simultaneous Interpretation Provided)
OPPORTUNITIES AND POSSIBILITIES: EXPLORING THE UPDATED PAN-CANADIAN FRAMEWORK FOR ADVANCE CARE PLANNING (ACP)
- Moderators:
  - Chad Hammond, PhD, Program Manager*
*Advance Care Planning in Canada, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
- Speakers:
  - ACP Program Director
  - Eman Hassan, Acting Executive Director, BC Centre for Palliative Care
  - Sharon Kaasalainen, Professor, School of Nursing, McMaster University; Project Lead, Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long Term Care
  - Others TBD
- 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm, Saturday, September 21st, Newbridge II & III (Simultaneous Interpretation Provided)