8:10 to 9:45
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Presentation: Policy/Advocacy: Where We Are and Mobilizing Around the National Framework
- Presentation Type: Plenary
- PowerPoint Presentations: Access to Palliative Care in Canada Key findings from CIHI’s Baseline Report
- Speaker(s):
- Christina Lawand, Manager, Stakeholder Communications at Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Helena Sonea, Senior Manager of Public Issues, Canadian Cancer Society, Chair of the QELCCC Advocacy Committee
- Sharon Baxter, CHPCA Executive Director, Secretariat of the QELCCC and advocacy specialist
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10:15 to 11:45
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Presentation: Implementing Serious Illness Conversations into Clinical Practice: A Promising Practice with Practical Challenges
- Presentation Type: Challenging Issues Panel
- PowerPoint Presentations:
- Speaker(s):
- 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
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Presentation: Compassionate Communities in Canada: A Practical Approach
- Presentation Type: Challenging Issues Panel
- PowerPoint Presentations:
- Speaker(s):
- 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, Acting Executive Director, BC Centre for Palliative Care
- Monica Patten, Board member, Compassionate Ottawa
- Bonnie Tompkins, Compassionate Communities National Lead, Pallium Canada
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1:00 to 2:30 pm
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Presentation: Compassionate Companies – Grief in the Workplace
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: The Compassionate Company
- Speaker(s):
- Karen Brownrigg, CHRL, CEC, IHR Advisory Services
- Linda Horn, Development & Partnership Officer, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
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Presentation: Complementary Therapies Integrate Effectively into the Palliative Approach to Care
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Complementary Therapies – Integrate Effectively in a Palliative Care Approach
- Bibliography: Complementary Therapies Bibliography
- Speaker(s):
- Nancy Hall, RN, Therapeutic Touch Teacher, Therapeutic Touch Network Ontario/Canada
- Julie Wilding, Occupational Therapist, Halton Healthcare Services
- Peter Barnes, Coordinator of Bereavement Services, Eastern Health
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Presentation: Is Your Hospice Going To The Dogs? Therapy Dogs, That Is? Perhaps It Should! (Here’s How)
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Is your hospice going to the dogs – Therapy Dogs that is
- Speaker(s):
- Peggy Pritchard, B.A./B.P.H.E., M.L.I.S., Hospice Wellington Therapy Dog Coordinator, St. John Ambulance
- Pat Hickman, R.N., C.H.P.C.N., Director of Care, Hospice Wellington
- Rachel Stockdale (nee Hobson), R.M.T., C.A.Ed., Integrated Wellness Coordinator, Hospice Wellington
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Presentation: Tools for Building Compassionate Community
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Compassionate Communities
- Speaker(s):
- Mike Stolte, Director of Dialogue & Education, Kalein Centre for Integrated Dialogue, Hospice Care & Education
- Dr. Eman Hassan, Executive Director, BC Centre for Palliative Care
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Presentation: A Health Justice Approach o Advanced Care Planning – How Do We Address Disparities and Barriers in Canadians’ Access to their Rights?
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: A Health Justice Approach to ACP – How do we address disparities and barriers in Canadians’ access to their rights
- Speaker(s):
- Chad Hammond, PhD, Program Manager, Advance Care Planning in Canada, CHPCA
- Bob Parke, Bioethics Consultant
- Gloria Gutman, Professor Emerita, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University
- Rachel Carter, BC Centre for Palliative Care
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Presentation: Gaps in Hospice Palliative Care Research – Preliminary Results from a Scoping Review of the Literature
- Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
- PowerPoint Presentation: Gaps in Hospice Palliative Care Research – A Scoping Review of the Literature
- Speaker(s):
- Rebecca Antonacci, University of Toronto
- Christopher Klinger, National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE)
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Presentation: Hospice Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) – Co-Existance in the New Environment
- Presentation Type: Oral Presenation
- PowerPoint Presentation: Hospice Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying – Results from a Canada-Wide Survey
- Speaker(s):
- Rebecca Antonacci, University of Toronto
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Presentation: Implementing a Hospice Program in a Rural District Hospital
- Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
- PowerPoint Presentation: Implementing a Hospice Program in a Rural District Hospital
- Speaker(s):
- Judy Harvey, RN, Hospice Bed Coordinator, Nipigon District Memorial Hospital
- Cathy Covino, RN, NDMH
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Presentation: Is Home Death Always the Best Death? Exploring Dying at Home From a Social Work Perspective
- Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
- PowerPoint Presentation: Is a Home Death Always the Best Death
- Speaker(s):
- Laura Delany, Social Worker, St. Mary’s Hospital
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Presentation: Improving Hospice Access Based on Need – Rethinking Hospice Eligibility Criteria in Ontario
- Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
- PowerPoint Presentation: Improving Hospice Access Based on Need – Rethinking hospice eligibility criteria in Ontario
- Speaker(s):
- Haley Draper, Doctor, University Health Network and Kensington Hospice
- Nadine Gebara, Doctor, University Health Network and Kensington Hospice
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Presentation: Operational Excellence in Home-Based Palliative Care
- Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
- PowerPoint Presentation: Building Operational Excellence – Home-Based Palliative Care
- Speaker(s):
- Nadine Henningsen, Building Operational Excellence in Home-Based Palliative Care, Canadian Home Care Association
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Presentation: Serious Illness Care – Adaptations For First Nations People
- Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
- PowerPoint Presentation: Serious Illness Conversations – Adaptations for First Nations People
- Speaker(s):
- Elizabeth Beddard-Huber, Clinical Lead Serious Illness Conversation Initiative, BC Centre for Palliative Care
- Kathleen Yue, Clinical Lead, Education, BC Centre for Palliative Care
- Gina Gaspard, Clinical Nurse Specialist, First Nations Health Authority
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Presentation: Zero to 400 in 365 Days: Implementing A Rural Palliative Care Program From the Ground Up
- Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
- PowerPoint Presentation: Implementing a Rural Palliative Care Program from the Ground Up
- Speaker(s):
- Terri Woytkiw, Manager, Speciality Programs, Seniors Health North Zone, Alberta Health Services
- Cara Robertson, Medical Director, North Zone Palliative Care Program, Alberta Health Services
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3:00 to 4:00 pm
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Presentation: Developing and Integrating Palliative Care Competencies Into Practice – A National Collaborative Approach
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Developing and Integrating Palliative Care Competencies Into Practice – A National Collaborative Approach
- Speaker(s):
- Lorelei Sawchuk, Nurse Practitioner and Education Lead, Covenant Health Palliative Institute
- Cheryl Tschupruk, Director, Palliative Care Integration, Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Susan Blacker, Senior Director, Cancer and Palliative Program Planning and Performance, Sinai Health System; and Provincial Clinical Co-Lead, Ontario Palliative Care Network, Sinai Health System and Ontario Palliative Care Network
- Kathleen Yue, Clinical Lead, Education, BC Center for Palliative Care
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Presentation: Hanging on a Thread – How to Create and Use a Working Professional Group to Build Community, Prevent Burnout, and Make Work-Life Sustainable
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Hanging on a Thread – Mitigating Burnout
- Speaker(s):
- Warren Lewin, physician, University Health Network – Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
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Presentation: Super Volunteers – How to Find Them and How to Keep Them
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Super Volunteers – How to Find Them, How to Keep Them
- Speaker(s):
- Karen Wagner, Clinical Director, Madawaska Valley Hospice Palliative Care
- Lisa Hubers, Executive Director, Madawaska Valley Hospice Palliative Care
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Presentation: MonDeuil.ca – Une ressource en ligne pour les personnes en deuil
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: MonDeuil.ca – Un site pour les personnes en deuil
- Speaker(s):
- René Morin, Porte-parole francophone, Portail palliatif canadien
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Presentation: Preparing for a Successful Home Death: A Palliative Approach to Nursing Care
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Preparing for a successful home death – A palliative approach to nursing care
- Speaker(s):
- Maxine Lybert, RN, BScN, CHPCN, CT, Nova West Island
- Leslie Mitchell, RN, BScN, CHPCN, Nova West Island
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Presentation: Improving End-of-Life Care in Indigenous Communities – Embracing the Concept of Two-Eyed seeing in te Delivery of Culturally Relevant Education
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Improving End-of-Life Care in Indigenous Communities – Embracing the Concept of Two-Eyed Seeing in the Delivery of Culturally Relevant Education
- Speaker(s):
- Holly Prince, Project Manager, Lakehead University
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4:15 to 5:15 pm
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Presentation: Advanced Practice Nurse Clinical Fellowship in Palliative Care – An Innovative Training Program for Building Capacity
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Freeman Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Fellowship in Palliative Care
- Speaker(s):
- Archna Patel, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Freeman Centre for the Advancement of Palliative Care, North York General Hospital
- A.M. Nina Horvath, Physician, Freeman Centre for the Advancement of Palliative Care, North York General Hospital
- Virginia Clark Weir, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Freeman Centre for the Advancement of Palliative Care, North York General Hospital
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Presentation: “Don’t Tell Mom!” Developing Cultural Competency in Goals of Care Discussions
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: “Don’t Tell Mom!” Developing Cultural Competency in Goals of Care Discussions
- Speaker(s):
- Amit Arya, Palliative Care Physician, William Osler Health System: Brampton Civic Hospital
- John (Roddy) Davey, Palliative Care Physician, William Osler Health System: Brampton Civic Hospital
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Presentation: ‘Ah-Ha’ Ideas in Communication and Decision-Making – Four Frameworks and Paradigms
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: ‘Ah-ha’ ideas in communication and decision-making – Four frameworks and paradigms
- Speaker(s):
- Janine Penfield Winters, M.D., Doctor, Bioethics Centre, University of Otago
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Presentation: Quality Improvement Through Measurement and Compassion
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Quality Improvement through Measurement and Comparison
- Speaker(s):
- Dr. Deb Dudgeon, MD, FRCPC, W Ford Connell Professor of Palliative Care, Queen’s University, Senior Scientific Lead, Person-Centred Perspective, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Generic info on a palliative approach
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Presentation: Up & Away – Providing Grief Support Groups for Adults with a Developmental Disability
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Up and Away – A facilitator’s guide for providing grief support groups for adults with developmental disability
- Speaker(s):
- Nancy Forgrave, Manager, Volunteer Programs & Outreach, Bruce Peninsula Hospice
- Laura Balint, Program Manager, Bruce Peninsula Association for Community Living
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Presentation: Early Integration of the Palliative Approach to Care – Key Components for Your Team to Succeed
- Presentation Type: Workshop
- PowerPoint Presentation: Early Integration of the Palliative Approach to Care – Key Components for Your Team to Succeed
- Speaker(s):
- Marianne Arab, Provincial Manager of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Nova Scotia Health Authority Cancer Care Program
- Cheryl Tschupruk, Director, Palliative Care Integration, Nova Scotia Health Authority