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:
- Elizabeth Beddard Huber, Clinical Lead Serious Illness Conversations, BC Centre for Palliative Care;
- Dr. Harvey Chang, Palliative Care Physician, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University
- 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:
- 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
- Dr. Eman Hassan, Director, Public Health Initiatives, Compassionate Communities & Advance Care Planning, BC Centre for Palliative Care
- Monica Patten, Board member, Compassionate Ottawa
- 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:
- Emma Gofton
- Luzia Blaser, Caregiver, Mother of Four
- 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:
- Patricia Smith, Visual Artist, May Court Hospice, Ottawa
- Sarah Pearson, Music Therapist – Palliative Care, Grand River Hospital, Kitchener
- 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:
- Danielle Rolfe
- Ed Kucerak
- Robert Jamison
- Catherine Hacksel
- 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:
- 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*
- Moderators:
- *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)
- Speakers: