Stream 1:
Equity Across Palliative Care:
- Equity Informed Care Panel- What does equity look like?
- Equity Informed Palliative Care
- Advocacy and Accomplices
Faculty:
- Arrow Big Smoke, Indigenous Cancer Patient Navigator, Cancer Care Alberta
- Ashley Mollison, Project Coordinator, Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care
- Bernice Kamano, Indigenous Outreach Coordinator, PHS Community Services Society
- Dr. Danielle Petricone-Westwood, Clinical Psychologist, Juravinski Cancer Centre in Psychosocial Oncology
- Eric Lopatinsky, Connect 2 Care, Program Lead, CUPS Calgary
- Holly Prince, Project Manager, Lakehead University
- Kara Whitlock, BSW, MSW, Research Assistant, Palliative Approaches to Care in Aging & Community Health
- Kelli Stajduhar, RN, PhD, Univeristy of Victoria
- Robyn Kyle, Palliative Outreach Resource Team (PORT)
Stream 2:
Compassionate and Competent Palliative Care for Specialist Palliative Care Nurses:
- Complex Symptom Management
- Models of Palliative Care and Teams/ Specialist Team Cultivation/Culture of Practice
- Advance Palliative Approach- Trauma informed care
Faculty:
- Dr. David Henderson, MD, CCFP(PC), Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
- Dr. Leonie Herx, MD, PhD, CCFP (PC), Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Palliative Medicine, Queens University; Past-President, Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
- Melissa Touw, Clinical Nurse Specialist Consultant, Queen’s University
- Nicole Wikjord, RN, MSN, CHPCN (C), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing Services, Serious Illness & Palliative Care, Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing: University of British Columbia
- Shirley David, MISW, BISW, Resolution Health Support Worker/Therapist, Indian Residential School Survivors Society
Stream 3:
Psychosocial Care:
- The 90-day Window: Changing Course and Managing Suffering
- Conflict: Understanding and Addressing
- Caregivers Support
Faculty:
- Maxxine Ratner, MSW, RSW, Psychosocial Specialist with Canadian Virtual Hospice, a founding member of the Canadian Grief Alliance, Contract Teaching Faculty member and PhD candidate at the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Pam Orzeck, PhD, MSW, BSW, Director of Field Education, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University
- Patrick Durivage, Coordinator, Domain of Expertise in Palliative Care, CREGÉS
- Susan Blacker, Senior Director, Cancer and Palliative Program Planning and Performance, Sinai Health
- Zelda Freitas, Adjunct Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University