Here you will find CHPCA’s press releases and other articles of interest on hospice palliative care in Canada. If you have a news item you would like to share, please contact us.
National Bereavement Day
November 21, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21 is Bereavement Day in Canada (Ottawa, ON) November 21, 2017 – November 21, 2017 will mark the first annual National Bereavement Day in Canada. On this day, the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) invites all Canadians... Read More...
Healing the Pain of Grief and Bereavement
November 21, 2017Written by: Peter Barnes The pain of grief is as natural as the pain of child birth and is experienced by all humans and likely by other creatures, as well. Yet people are sometimes surprised by... Read More...
November 17, 2017 (Ottawa, Ontario) The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA)’s Champion’s Council is pleased to announce that Diabetes Canada (DC) has been designated a Canadian Compassionate Company (CCC). Diabetes Canada has earned the laudable... Read More...
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Special Lecture
October 11, 2017Thursday, November 02, 2017 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM The National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly’s (NICE) End-of-Life Issues Theme Team – in collaboration with the Global Institute of Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care (GIPPEC) and the Institute... Read More...
Media Advisory: CHPCA to host back-to-back health conferences in Ottawa
September 15, 2017Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association to host back-to-back health conferences in Ottawa The CHPCA will be hosting two back-to-back conferences this coming week: The 5th International Public Health and Palliative Care Conference (IPHPCC) in partnership with ... Read More...
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA)’s Champion’s Council is pleased to announce Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC) has been designated a Canadian Compassionate Company (CCC). IMC’s commitment to supporting their employees through caring for... Read More...
The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) offers its heartfelt congratulations to the Honourable Sharon Carstairs on her investiture as a Member of the Order of Canada, at Rideau Hall this morning. The former Senator from... Read More...
(June 5, 2017 – Ottawa, ON) The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) , the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians (CSPCP) and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) are pleased that Private Member’s Bill... Read More...
Fidelity Canada achieves Canadian Compassionate Company (CCC) designation The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA)’s Champion’s Council is pleased to announce that Fidelity Canada has been awarded the designation of Canadian Compassionate Company (CCC).... Read More...
Pfizer Canada achieves Canadian Compassionate Company (CCC) designation Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA)’s Champion’s Council is pleased to announce that Pfizer Canada has been designated a Canadian Compassionate Company (CCC). With Human Resources (... Read More...