Palliative Education Evening Presentations
September 8, 2022 – Rooted in Wisdom: Bending not Breaking
Aboriginal Perspectives on the Stages of Life
Clarence Cachagee
Founder, Crow Shield Lodge
www.crowshieldlodge.com/
Music Therapy in the Transitional Space Between Life and Death
Lydia Penner
Counsellor & Music Therapist
Hospice Waterloo Region
Micro-Approaches to Self-Care
Trish Heyes
Client Services Lead
Hospice Wellington
March 24, 2020
Conference Cancelled due to COVID-19
November 20, 2019 – Managing Change in Turbulent Times
Dr. Nick Bontis
Award-Winning Professor of Strategy
McMaster University
www.NickBontis.com
Spring – March 20, 2019
Safe Use of Opioids
Andrea Furlan, MD, PhD, Physiatry
Institute for Work & Health
Supporting Children Experiencing the Death of a Loved One
Dave Lysecki, MD, FRCPC
Tracy Akitt, Certified Child Life Specialist
McMaster Children’s Hospital
Palliative Care in Homeless and Vulnerable Populations: Relationship-Based Nursing Care
Karen Simpson, NP
Fall – November 22, 2018 – The Power of Kindness in Palliative Care
Dr. Brian Goldman, MD
doctorbriangoldman.com
Spring – March 8, 2018
Navigating Challenging Conversations
Dr. Jeff Myers, MD, MSEd, CCFP(PC)]
Sinai Health System
Paediatric Palliative Care: You can care for these patients; Project ECHO can help!
Dr. Adam Rapoport, MD, FRCP(C), MHSc
The Hospital for Sick Children
Approach to Advanced Heart Failure at End of Life
Dr. Leah Steinberg, MD, MA, CFC
Sinai Health System
Navigating Challenging Conversations: Practical Applications
Dr. Jeff Myers, MD, MSEd, CCFP(PC)
Sinai Health System
Fall – November 22, 2017
Cannabinoid Therapies: What’s all the Buzz About?
Dr. Vincent Maida
vincent.maida@utoronto.ca
http://www.vincentmaida.com; http://drvincentmaida.wordpress.com
Article: A User’s Guide to Cannabinoid Therapies in Oncology
Grief Matters
Rachelle McGuire, MA CT
Kemp Hospice
Spring – March 23, 2017
The Problem with Polysemy
Joshua Shadd, MD, MClSc, CCFP
Palliative Care Physician, Hamilton Health Sciences; Director, Division of Palliative Care; Asst. Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine
Hamilton Health Sciences
MAID and the Waterloo Wellington Response
Waterloo Wellington Regional MAID Working Group
Waterloo Wellington Response
Palliative Care for the LGBTQ Community
Cait Glasson, SPECTRUM’s Aging with Pride Committee; Barb Jones, RSW MSW, Clinical Social Worker, Hospice of Waterloo Region
Spectrum
Pediatric Palliative Care: An Inpatient Oncology Perspective
Paula MacDonald, BScPhm
Clinical Pharmacist, Paediatrics Hematology/Oncology
McMaster Children’s Hospital
November 17, 2016 – Late-Stage Dementia: Providing Comfort, Compassion and Care – New Dimensions
Dr. Michael Gordon
Geriatrician, Ethicist, Educator, Speaker, Author
https://www.drmichaelgordon.ca/
