Events for Health-Care Professionals

The team at BCCPC has gathered links to education events designed for Health Care Providers caring for people affected by life-limiting illness. The events are not created or endorsed by BCCPC unless stated in the description.

  • Part 2: Learn How to Facilitate Well-Being Debriefings within Your Organization

    The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a stunning toll on the emotional well-being of health care workers. Many of us are looking for proven strategies to mitigate the natural stress, empathy strain, and moral distress that we are experiencing. Peer-facilitated well-being debriefings are an evidence-based way to provide support to health care workers; they increase social […]

  • CPCNA Town Hall: Before all else Fails– Laugh!

    Event hosted by: Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association (CPCNA) Michelle O'Rourke RN and Kath Murray RN will lead us in a discussion about how humour helps us cope in difficult and challenging times. There will be a brief presentation followed by group sharing and discussion. You can join in or simply listen to the conversation. […]

  • Supporting patients and family in the ICU: When their distress and grief hits close to home

    Event hosted by: Canadian Virtual Hospice Canadian Virtual Hospice invites you to a free webinar discussion with Dr. James Downer, MD and Dr. Amanda Lee Roze des Ordons, MD, FRCPC, MMEd about managing grief and stress in the ICU when it hits too close to home. Dr. David Henderson, MD, CCFP(PC) is the moderator. To register please click […]

  • Public Policy & Advocacy for Serious Illness Care

    Event hosted by: Ariadne Labs Join us for a panel discussion about the intersection of serious illness care, palliative care, advanced care planning, and public policy. Moderator, Jane Conrad, Serious Illness Care Ambassador and Patient Advocate, will share her experience as a caregiver and patient advocate.  Panelists Paul Tatum and Phil Rogers will share their experience […]

  • The New Normal of Hospice Palliative Care in a Pandemic World – HPCO Conference

    Event hosted by: Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) Event Cost: HPCO Member Rate: Full Conference: $500 Non-Member Rate: Full Conference: $580 The non-member rate of $580 includes a one-year individual membership to Hospice Palliative Care Ontario. Note: There is no one day registration option. Student (Full-time): Full Conference: $400 More details on conference costs can be found here Event […]

  • The New Normal of Hospice Palliative Care in a Pandemic World – HPCO Conference

    Event hosted by: Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) Event Cost: HPCO Member Rate: Full Conference: $500 Non-Member Rate: Full Conference: $580 The non-member rate of $580 includes a one-year individual membership to Hospice Palliative Care Ontario. Note: There is no one day registration option. Student (Full-time): Full Conference: $400 More details on conference costs can be found here Event […]

  • The New Normal of Hospice Palliative Care in a Pandemic World – HPCO Conference

    Event hosted by: Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) Event Cost: HPCO Member Rate: Full Conference: $500 Non-Member Rate: Full Conference: $580 The non-member rate of $580 includes a one-year individual membership to Hospice Palliative Care Ontario. Note: There is no one day registration option. Student (Full-time): Full Conference: $400 More details on conference costs can be found here Event […]

  • Can we talk? How a shared language of care can promote a palliative approach to heart failure

    Event Hosted by: Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association (CPCNA) Event cost: Free to members, $40 to non-members How can a patient with advancing heart failure (HF) experience care that alleviates suffering and helps them to live their best life? While some progress has been made to integrate a palliative approach to the care of these […]

  • Webinar Series: Experiences of providing care during COVID

    Event hosted by: Life & Death Matters Inc.,  Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. These webinars are for Personal Support Workers, Health Care Assistants, and Continuing Care Assistants, and will be beneficial for everyone supporting people with life-limiting and life-threatening illness. PSWs are in a unique position to support individuals, this has […]

  • CPCNA Town Hall: Rituals for Coping

    Event hosted by: Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association The general topic for this Town Hall will be about the Stresses and Successes of living with COVID-19 personally and professionally. Rituals for Coping We have just passed the one-year mark of living with COVID-19. Regardless of where we live in Canada, we are all hoping for light […]