Complicated Grief Following a Death in the ICU: New Challenges in the COVID-19 Era
2020-06-16 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | BC
Webinar for healthcare providers, hosted by Canadian Virtual Hospice.
UPDATE:
Here is the link to view the recording of the June 16th webinar hosted by Dr. James Downar:
Complicated Grief Following a Death in the ICU: New Challenges in the COVID-19 Era

Presenter: James Downar MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC

To join the meeting: https://canadianvirtualhospice.adobeconnect.com/cvhcovid/

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Talking About Advance Care Planning with clients & thinking about it for ourselves
2020-06-16 19:00 - 21:00
Sponsored by BC Association of Social Workers
Presented by Cari Hoffman & Laura Gaspard Bainbridge
This online live webinar examines the advance care planning process for working with clients and for ourselves.
About the Webinar:
Planning ahead before you are sick is something all of us should do. Yet less than 50% of Canadians have talked with their family or friends, and only 10% have spoken to their health care providers about their future goals and wishes for their health. Many people don’t know how to begin while others are unaware of how our values influence our health care decision making and that we can have a say in our care. Social Workers are especially skilled at engaging in advance care planning conversations due to the diversity of our areas of practice and notable communication skills. Join us in learning for yourself and your clients the concept of Advance Care Planning, Substitute Decision Making for healthcare decisions, and provide insight and resources to start and continue the Advance Care Planning process.

To register please click here. Cost is $11.62 (+ fees) for BCASW Members and $27.54 (+fees) for general admission

Briefing: The Future of Palliative Care During COVID-19 and Beyond
2020-06-18 09:30 - 10:30
Hosted by Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, teams across the country are demonstrating that palliative care expertise is critically important for patients, colleagues, and health care organizations. The public health crisis is bringing to light heroic efforts and innovation within our field. But it is also highlighting a potential burgeoning set of challenges.
Join us as Dr. Diane Meier reveals the findings of CAPC’s recent member survey and discusses what palliative care can do to increase and project value while mitigating risk. Dr. Meier will brief us on strategies for navigating uncertain times, including budget cuts, furloughs, and more.

Click here for more information and to register.

#GriefLiteracy: Join the movement!
2020-06-23 10:00 - 11:00
This event is hosted by the Palliative Care and Nursing Ethics Hub of the Centre for Research on Health and Nursing in partnership with the Canadian Nurses Association.
Grief literacy aims to improve how everyday citizens can understand grief and support one another in it. This concept is embedded in a public health commitment to understanding and addressing the loneliness and isolation caused by grief. The goal of grief literacy is to empower individuals, networks and communities to support the bereaved among us with everyday acts of kindness and compassion. For greater grief literacy, change needs to occur at all levels. While certainly some bereaved people need professional support, for many a salient social response is community-based acknowledgment and validation.
This event will be led by two originators of the Grief Literacy concept. Professor Mary Ellen Macdonald will provide an overview of Grief Literacy, its recent development by an international team of grief scholars, and its relationship to public health palliative care. Professor Susan Cadell will operationalize the concept of Grief Literacy by providing vignettes that can be used for education and practice. In this talk, the concept of Grief Literacy will also be connected to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be time reserved for open discussion with our two speakers.
Click here to register and for more information.

Conversation on Guilt, Trauma, and Reactions to Changing Practices During COVID-19
2020-06-23 12:00 - 13:00
This webinar is a collaborative effort between the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) and the Social Work Hospice ad Palliative Care Network (SWHPN). Join our seasoned panel of discussion leaders for an open conversation pertaining to guilt, trauma, and reactions to changing practices during COVID-19.
Some topics the panel will cover:

Loss of immediate and long-term future
Clinician guilt and survivor guilt
The problem with “hero” language
Feelings of exclusion from COVID-19 treatment teams
Lack of options for closure during times of crisis
Dealing with the large volume of counseling needs in the setting of a pandemic
The parallel process of dealing with personal losses while dealing with patients and their losses

This webinar is free to attend but registration is required. Registrants will be sent a link to join the meeting 24 hours before the webinar. This webinar is informational only. No CE/NCPD hours are offered.
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Childcare and Caregiving During COVID: Challenges for Palliative Care Health Care Workers
2020-06-23 12:00 - 13:00
RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE
This webinar will reflect on how COVID-19 has brought new challenges for palliative care professionals who also have responsibilities of caring for children, elderly parents, and others, while simultaneously trying to fulfill work-related obligations. The webinar will also solicit input from panelists and participants on balancing home and work responsibilities moving forward.

Host and Moderator: Dr. José Pereira MBChB, CFPC (PC), MSc, FCFP

Panelists: Amy Archer RN, CHPCN (PC); Dr. Sandy Buchman MD, CCFP (PC), FCFP; Dr. Pamela Liao MD CCFP (PC); Dr. Stephen Singh MD, CCFP (PC)
Register here
The webinar is free and open to all health care professionals and will be hosted in English. Please spread the word to your colleagues who may be interested. A recording of the webinar will be disseminated to all registrants.

Grief and COVID-19 for healthcare providers: Staying connected in a time of loss and uncertainty
2020-06-30 13:00 - 14:00
Free webinar through Canadian Virtual Hospice.
Presenters: Dr. Christopher MacKinnon (PhD, OPQ) and Marney Thompson (MA, RCC)
To join the meeting: https://canadianvirtualhospice.adobeconnect.com/cvhcovid/
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Advocating for Integration of Palliative Care into National COVID-19 Responses
2020-07-02 05:00 - 06:00
We invite you to join this week’s Global Palliative Care Series webinar: Advocating for Integration of Palliative Care into National COVID-19 Responses.
This Thursday 2 July 12 noon UTC/GMT
– 8am New York
– 1pm London
– 3pm Kampala
– 17:30 New Delhi
– 8pm Singapore.
To check your local time for the webinar, click here: .
Participants will be able to join the conversation using the chat function.
Distinguished panelists will include:
Moderator

Claire Morris, UK – Global Advocacy Director, Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance.

Speakers

Katherine Irene Pettus, USA – Advocacy Officer, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
Rob Yates, UK – Director, Global Health Programme; Executive Director, Centre for Universal Health, Chatham House, London
Natalie Greaves, Barbados – Lecturer in Public Health, Programme Coordinator, University of the West Indies
Gulnara Kunirova, Kazakhstan – President Kazakhstan Association for Palliative Care and IAHPC Board Member
Zipporah Ali, Kenya – Executive Director, Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association.

Respondent

María Susana Ciruzzi, Argentina – Bioethicist & Lawyer, Dr. Juan P. Garrahan Paediatric Hospital, Neurological Patient.
To keep the webinar secure, registration is required.

You can register here:
Spaces on the webinar are limited, but the recording and slides will be available after the session at: http://www.thewhpca.org/covid-19/webinars.
Detailed briefing notes will be available to complement the presentations:
The webinar is organised by: WHPCA, ICPCN, IAHPC and PALCHASE

Global Palliative Care Series webinar: Palliative Care and COVID-19: Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Detainees, & LGBT+ People
2020-07-09 05:00 - 06:00
This Thursday 9 July 12 noon UTC/GMT.

8am New York
1pm London
3pm Kampala
17:30 New Delhi
8pm Singapore.

To check your local time for the webinar, click here: https://bit.ly/2wOln1U.
Participants will be able to join the conversation using the chat function.
Distinguished panellists will include:
Moderator
Julia Downing, International Children’s Palliative Care Network, UK & Uganda.
Speakers
Palliative care for persons experiencing homelessness in the time of COVID-19
Elise Skinner, Ottawa Inner City Health, Canada
Palliative care for detainees during COVID-19
Marvin Mutch: Formerly incarcerated prison reform activist. Prison Reentry Network and the Human Prison Hospice project, USA
Palliative care for LGBT+ people during COVID-19
Richard Harding, Cicely Saunders Institute, Kings College London, UK.
To keep the webinar secure, registration is required. You can register here: https://bit.ly/2Ay8QRS
Spaces on the webinar are limited, but the recording and slides will be available after the session at: http://www.thewhpca.org/covid-19/webinars.
Detailed briefing notes will be available to complement the presentations: https://bit.ly/3cqQCPE
The webinar is organised by: WHPCA, ICPCN, IAHPC and PALCHASE

Key Principles of Psychosocial Practice in Death, Dying, and Bereavement
2020-07-14 09:00 - 10:00
Hosted by Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)
We recognize that many psychosocial care providers, including psychologists, counsellors, and social workers are engaged in providing care and support to those people who are facing dying, death, and bereavement. This webinar will highlight some key psychosocial principles and explore their relevance to end of life care through stories, anecdotes, and examples. Common risk factors for challenges in adjustment to illness, caregiving, and grief will be introduced, along with simple strategies that clinicians may use to assess client needs and to intervene appropriately. Resources and tools will be identified during the webinar and shared as additional resource material.
Objectives:

Introduce 5 key psychosocial principles in death, dying, and bereavement.
Explore the 5 key principles through stories, examples, and anecdotes.
Identify simple strategies and approaches that are congruent with these principles.
Identify common psychosocial risk factors for people facing end of life and also risks for their friends, family members and other non-professional supports.
Share useful resources for people facing death, dying, and bereavement.

Speakers: Marney Thompson and Zelda Freitas
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Having Difficult Conversations: Communication Tips & Strategies in the context of COVID-19
2020-07-23 09:00 - 10:30
Organized by Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA)
Session One: Introduction to Healthcare Consent, Advance Care Planning and Goals of Care Conversation
This session will describe an approach to Advance Care Planning and Goals of Care Conversations. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. Participants will gain awareness of Person-Centered Decision-Making (PCDM) components, be able to describe how values shape decision-making, and review resources available on having person centered conversations in the context of COVID-19.
Session Two: Embrace the Cage – Connecting and having meaningful interactions with patients while wearing Personal Protective Equipment
In this webinar we will address how the experience of wearing PPE has impacted care delivery and communication, as well as how embracing the “cage” of PPE can improve the overall experience for both patient and professional.
Session Three: Engaging community on conversations around dying and death
Our discussion hopes to address unique ways to engage with community members in conversations around dying and death in both informal and formalized methods. The hope is to inspire discussions around innovative ways to meet people where they are.
Session Four: Exploring language and communication techniques for having difficult or stressful conversations with patients and families; common language mishaps that make patients feel uncomfortable
An interactive session on difficult conversations around end of life discussion, particularly in the COVID Pandemic. We will explore strategies to employ when initiating a serious conversation, common language pitfalls we encounter and excellent questions that help patients to open up to us and have those important discussions that allow us to connect and care for them in meaningful ways.
Registration link is intended for individual participation and not group participation. There is a one-time fee of $150 to attend all four sessions.
Target audience: front line workers, healthcare/service providers, first responders

Palliative Care in the Context of Behavioral Health and Addiction
2020-07-23 12:00 - 13:00
Master Clinician Series
In this Master Clinician, Lauran Hardin, MSN, RN-BC, CNL, and Shelly Viva, LCSW, will share practical strategies to help palliative care teams provide compassionate care for patients with complex needs, specifically people with a history of substance use disorders, co-occurring with mental health issues. Participants will learn about core competencies to improve care for this population, understand the stigma and a history of trauma on complex patient presentation, and acquire strategies for building key partnerships for delivery of complex care.
Presented by: Lauran Hardin, MSN, RN-BC, CNL and Shelly Virva, LCSW, FNAP
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Shortage of Palliative Care Medications During COVID-19 - Part Two
2020-07-29 13:00 - 14:00
This webinar is a follow up to the one held on April 15, 2020 addressing the issue of palliative care medication shortages during COVID-19. Part two will explore recent experiences with drug shortages and provide additional recommendations.
The topic for this webinar has been developed in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians.
MODERATOR
Dr. Charlie Chen MD, MEd, CCFP(PC), FCFP
Program Medical Director, Palliative End-of-Life Care Program, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, University of Calgary
PANELISTS
Dr. Ebru Kaya MB BS, MRCP(UK), CCT (Palliative Medicine)
Palliative Medicine Program Director, University of Toronto Site Lead, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
Dr. Bob Sauls CCFP (PC), FFCP
Provincial Clinical Co-Lead, Interim, Ontario Palliative Care Network
Marcus von Krosigk, BSc Pharm, ACPR
Clinical Pharmacist
The webinar is free and open to all health care professionals and will be hosted in English. Please spread the word to your colleagues who may be interested. A recording of the webinar will be disseminated to all registrants.

Addressing Caregiver Burnout: Finding and Accessing Supports
2020-08-05 09:00 - 10:30
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association invites you to attend a 3-Part Webinar Series on the topic of Addressing Caregiver Burnout: Finding and Accessing Supports
Target Audience: Healthcare providers and professional caregivers
Cost:$100 (+HST) to attend all three sessions
Click here for full session descriptions and to register.
Webinar One – Aug 5, 2020 09:00-10:30 AM PST
Supporting Caregivers: Why and How
Presented by Jehanara Chagani, RN, BScN, MSc(N), CHPCN(C)
Webinar Two – Aug 12, 2020 09:00-10:30 AM PST
Utilizing the Art of Therapeutic Communication to Support Caregivers in Meaning Making
Presented by Travis Amell, MScN, RN, CHPCN(C)
Webinar Three – Aug 19, 2020 09:00-10:30 AM
Sprinting Through the Marathon of COVID-19: Assessing and Dealing with Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Secondary Trauma
Presented by Eugene Dufour, BA, MDiv

Any questions, please email richard.nguyen@hpco.ca

Exploring Trauma Informed Palliative Care for Populations Experiencing Structural Vulnerability
2020-08-14 13:00 - 14:15
Part two in Pallium Canada’s Trauma Informed Palliative Care series.
Palliative care is not accessed by everyone equally in Canada. In fact, income, housing, and race, for example, play a big role in who ultimately receives palliative care. This moderated panel webinar aims to explore the impact of structural vulnerabilities as it pertains to socioeconomic, political, and cultural hierarchies, on access to care and the consequences of trauma in our communities. Panelists will explore their personal experiences in a variety of disciplines to detail how certain social determinants of health serve as barriers to care and how trauma informed care can be envisioned to derive health equity for populations experiencing vulnerability.
Click here for more information and to register.

Host and Moderator: Naheed Dosani MSC, MD, CCFP(PC), BSc

Panelists: Sasha Hill RN; Rami Shami BSc; Kelli I. Stajduhar RN, PhD, FCAHS; and Anna Voeuk MD, CCFP(PC), MPH, DTM&H

The topic for this webinar has been developed in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians (CSPCP).

Clinical Protocols: What Real Cases Have Taught Us
2020-08-27 10:00 - 11:00
Pallium Canada Webinar:
Panelists will share their experiences caring for patients with COVID-19 symptoms. They will compare their experiences and emerging insights using current COVID-symptom protocols.
Host: Jeffrey B. Moat, CM
Moderator: Denise Marshall BSc, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
Panelists: Anne Bhéreur, MD, CCFP (PC), FCFP and Anne Boyle, MD
The topic for this webinar has been developed in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians (CSPCP).
Register here
The webinar is free and open to all health care professionals and will be hosted in English. Please spread the word to your colleagues who may be interested. A recording of the webinar will be disseminated to all registrants.

Contribute to ongoing conversations about the topic of clinical protocols and more by visiting the Canadian Palliative Care (CPC) Exchange. The CPC Exchange is a professional learning site, moderated by members of the CSPCP, and open to all health care professionals including physicians, nurses, social workers, and pharmacists. Ask questions and contribute your expertise! There is no cost to participate.
For physicians registered with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC): Taking part in one of Pallium’s webinars makes you eligible for up to 5 Mainpro+ certified credits if you complete Linking Learning exercises. Learn more: https://www.cfpc.ca/en/education-professional-development/cpd-at-cfpc/linking-learning-exercises

Thoughts on Implementing Change Initiatives in Healthcare
2020-09-03 09:00 - 10:00
Ariadne Labs invites you to join the first Serious Illness Care Community of Practice webinar of this year on Thursday, September 3, from 12-1 pm ET.
Bill Berry, MD, MPA, MPH, will be leading the webinar entitled “Thoughts on Implementing Change Initiatives in Healthcare: Examples from Serious Illness, Surgery, and COVID-19.” Dr. Berry brings with him a wealth of experience and implementation insight, having led the development, growth, and improvement strategies of a wide portfolio of work, including the WHO Safe Surgical Checklist and the Serious Illness Care Program. Dr. Berry is a cofounder of Ariadne Labs and a retired cardiac surgeon.
We hope to see you on Thursday, September 3, for an engaging discussion. Please look for more webinar details on our updated Community website, called Aria.
*For members of the Ariadne Labs Community who have joined the “Serious Illness Care Community of Practice” at http://aria.ariadnelabs.org/ .

The Pears and Pitfalls of Person-Centred Outcome Measures
2020-09-09 15:00 - 16:30
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association invites you to attend a webinar on the Pears and Pitfalls of Person-Centred Outcome Measures.
This session will introduce participants to the use of person-centred outcome measures to drive results in palliative care and Compassionate Community Initiatives.
Learning Objectives
• To define and describe quality of life assessment and person-centred outcome measures
• To understand the value of using person-centred outcome measures to trigger change for individuals, and guide evaluation and improvement in programs and organizations
• To learn about 2-3 different sample tools, how they are used, and how information generated from the tools is captured, collated, and meaningfully used in real practice
• To learn about the Neighbours Survey measure being used in Compassionate Community initiatives
Presented by: Michelle Howard, Richard Sawatzky, Deborah Sattler, Amy Hsu, & Kathryn Pfaff

There is a one-time fee of $40 + HST.
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COVID-19 Through a Quality Lens: How a Pandemic Pushed Advanced Care Planning to the Forefront
2020-09-22 12:00 - 13:00
COVID-19 Through a Quality Lens: How a Pandemic Pushed Advanced Care Planning to the Forefront
In this webinar, you will learn how the Fraser Health Advance Care Planning Team responded to the increased need to support patients in Advance Care Planning by:
• Creating COVID-19 specific tools such as Serious Illness Conversations Guide and supportive tools such as an Identification of Substitute Decision Maker form while following internal collaborative processes
• Ensuring new tools and resources were readily available for internal and external partners
• Providing virtual education on tools and resources that met the needs of various disciplines and care settings
Organized by BC Patient Safety & Quality Council and Fraser Health
Presenters: Cari Borenko (Hoffman), Kelly Johnson, Nav Prihar, Lauren Thomas
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The Leader’s Role: Forging New Paths for Racial and Health Equity
2020-09-29 09:30 - 10:30
Organized by Center to Advance Palliative Care
The first six months of 2020 have presented unprecedented challenges to palliative care program leaders, first with the COVID-19 pandemic, and then with much-needed attention to racial injustice. Those two intersect when one considers the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of color.
This webinar, part of CAPC’s leadership series, tackles the subject of how palliative care leaders can reassess and strengthen their program’s response to racial inequity. Panelists will discuss how to understand and identify organizational issues and constructs related racism. They will outline actions, big or small, that programs and individuals can take to dismantle racism and promote health equity, and invite participants to contribute ideas to this timely discussion.
Presented by: Betty Ferrell, Michael Fratkin, Tammy Kang, Sherika Newman, Donna W. Stevens, Jeanne Sheils Twohig
Available for CAPC Members. To login and register click here.

Advance Care Planning & Social Work in Canada - Part 1
2020-10-01 09:30 - 11:30
Organized by Canadian Association of Social Workers and Fraser Health Authority
Social workers scope, & skill set – whether supporting people in private practice, community services, corrections or health care – lends itself for us to be leaders in Advance Care Planning. Join us as we learn about the importance of planning in advance for future health care – for ourselves, & our clients. Through this interactive series, you will be supported to create action plans and advocate for social work leadership.

Webinar Key Objectives:

Understand the various ways to plan in advance for health care (Advance Care Planning), a process that starts when we are young adults & healthy, as well as when we have chronic & serious illnesses
Learn about the vital role of Social Workers in Advance Care Planning processes – whether you work in private practice, health care, community services, provincial or federal government organizations (Corrections, Veterans Affairs, etc), Advance Care Planning is relevant for you, & your clients!

Presenters: Andrew Saunderson, Cari Borenko Hoffman, Laura Gaspard, Randy Goossen
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Virtual Teaching Principles
2020-10-13 09:00 - 10:00
Hosted by Ariadne Labs.
What are best practices for virtual teaching?
Our second webinar for the Serious Illness Care Community of Practice will be on Tuesday, October 13, from 12-1 pm ET.
Andrea Wershof Schwartz, MD, MPH, will guiding us through a session on teaching principles when teaching must happen virtually.
Dr. Wershof Schwartz is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) where she directs the Aging and End of Life Care longitudinal curricular Theme for medical students. She also serves as Medical Director of the Geriatrics Consult Clinic at VA Boston, caring for older veterans and their families with an interprofessional geriatrics team.
We hope to see you on Tuesday, October 13, for an engaging discussion. Please look for more webinar details on our Community website Aria.
Registration link

Children’s hospice palliative care: it takes a village
2020-10-13 09:00 - 10:00
In celebration of National Hospice Palliative Care day for Children 2020, the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association is inviting you to a fireside chat “Children’s hospice palliative care: it takes a village”.
Directly or indirectly, we all have a role to play in the interconnected networks of care required to deliver children’s hospice palliative care (“the village”). Whether you are new to the field or have years of experience, join us and bring your perspective to a discussion exploring the ways we can all work together to help short lives be amazing lives.
This fireside chat is hosted by Chris Vadeboncoeur, Medical Director, Palliative Care Program at CHEO and Roger Neilson House and Co-chair, Canadian Network of Palliative Care For Children (CNPCC) and presented by Dave Lysecki, Head of Quality of Life & Advanced Care at McMaster Children’s Hospital and the Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University
Please see registration page

Advance Care Planning & Social Work in Canada - Part 2: Action Planning
2020-10-27 09:30 - 10:30
Presented by Canadian Association of Social Workers and Fraser Health Authority

Make sure you watch Part 1 of this two-part webinar series with the CASW and Fraser Health Authority!

Part 1:
https://onlinexperiences.com/scripts/Server.nxp?LASCmd=AI:4;F:QS!10100&S…

Social workers scope, & skill set – whether supporting people in private practice, community services, corrections or health care – lends itself for us to be leaders in Advance Care Planning. Join us as we learn about the importance of planning in advance for future health care – for ourselves, & our clients. Through this interactive series, you will be supported to create action plans and advocate for social work leadership.

Webinar Key Objectives:
Create action plans for yourself, your practice, your organization and/or professional association

Click here to register

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Special Lecture
2020-10-29 09:00 - 10:00
The National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE), in collaboration with the Institute for Life Course and Aging (ILCA) at the University of Toronto and Pallium Canada, is hosting the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Special Lecture as a way to honour international leaders in the field of hospice palliative care and to provide a platform to spread hospice and palliative care awareness and knowledge.
The 2020 online edition of the Special Lecture will take place on Thursday October 29, 2020
Speakers include:
• Esme Fuller-Thomson, PhD, Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto and Director of the Institute for Life Course and Aging, will provide a short overview on recent Institute developments and introduce the honoree.
• Dr. Sandy Buchman, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto and Freeman Family Chair in Palliative Medicine/Medical Director of Palliative Care, North York General Hospital is the distinguished 2020 Special Lecturer. His talk will address hospice and palliative care service provision in time of crisis and link to the theme of the World Day: My Care – My Comfort.
Space is limited, register now

Psychological Support Toolkit for Workers and Employers Part 5
2020-10-29 10:00 - 11:00
SafeCare BC is pleased to support the BC Municipal Safety Association and Work to Wellness on the Psychological Support Toolkit for Workers and Employers.
This Toolkit includes a five-part webinar series, plus free education, tools, and resources to support workers and employers whose mental health has been affected by COVID-19.
In this session, Diana Vissers will host a panel of industry leaders who will provide their lens on COVID-19 and the effects on mental health and wellness in the workplace. The panel will include representatives from leading industry sectors.
Registration page

Managing Through the COVID-19 Crisis
2020-11-02 08:00 - 09:00
Center to Advance Palliative Care
This Virtual Office Hour is free and open to all, but space is limited. Sessions will be added on an ongoing basis.
This session will provide an opportunity to discuss managing the before, during, and after of the COVID-19 pandemic and the short- and long-term impact on your palliative care program. Questions during this session may include:

What lessons have been learned based on the response strategy of frontline clinicians?
How do I address communication challenges with family discussions that cannot be done in person?
How do you extend services with limited resources?

Presented by: Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN, Tom Gualtieri-Reed, MBA

Processing Trauma Experiences with Palliative Care Clients and Their Families
2020-11-04 09:00 - 10:00
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) invites you to attend Processing Trauma Experiences with Palliative Care Clients and Their Families 5 Part Webinar Series
Many Hospice Palliative Care Caregivers feel that they do not have the necessary skills and experience to help a Hospice Palliative Care Client process a historical or new trauma before they die. The format of the webinar series will be 40 minutes of information sharing on different aspects of doing trauma work with certain clients and then a 20 minute question and answer section. The sessions will also include how to continue to develop your trauma informed practice and program. This webinar series will be based on two Canadian Resources: The Trauma Informed Guide 2013 and The Trauma-informed Toolkit. This five part webinar will be applicable to all sectors of the hospice palliative care team.
Registration page
Facilitated by Eugene Dufour, BA, MDiv Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator, Certified Bereavement Specialist
Target audience: all sectors of Hospice Palliative Care including volunteers

There is a one-time fee of $125 + HST to attend all sessions
Session 1: Introductory Session on Trauma and Palliative Care – November 4, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Session 2: Palliative Care Trauma Work with Veterans – November 11, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Session 3: Palliative Care Trauma Work with Refugees – November 18, 2020 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST
Session 4: Palliative Care Trauma Work with First Nations – November 25, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Session 5: Revisiting Lessons Learned from the HIV/AIDS Trauma and Striving to Have a Compassionate Trauma Informed Practice and Program – December 2, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST

The Impact of COVID-Related Grief on Palliative Care Clinicians
2020-11-11 09:00 - 10:00
Center to Advance Palliative Care – Master Clinician Series
Ray Hanbury, PhD, ABPP
Chief Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry; Director of Psychology Education, Jersey Shore University Medical Center
In this Master Clinician, Dr. Hanbury, a trauma psychology specialist, will present a framework for understanding loss and grief. After outlining natural responses to loss, Dr. Hanbury will listen to stories from several palliative care clinicians who are experiencing the emotional toll of COVID-19. He will offer guidance for a healthy response to these feelings, and then address questions from the audience. The dialogue between the presenter and participants will provide insight for everyone feeling the tremendous emotional impact of the pandemic.
Click here to register.

Media Relations, Social Media, Crisis Communications
2020-11-19 09:00 - 10:00
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association invites you to attend a suite of webinars on Media Relations, Social Media, Crisis Communication
Begins Thurs, Nov 19 9-10am PST
The following suite of sessions focusses on understanding and preparing for communications planning, media relations and social media. Each session is led by former journalist and news anchor Jennifer Mossop. Please click on each link below to read full session descriptions and to register. Note: sessions will not be recorded.
Target Audience
Healthcare Administration and Organizational Leadership
Get Social!
Thursday, November 19, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST Click Here to Register
Be Prepared! Crisis Communications Planning and Prep Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST Click Here to Register
News Media 101 Plus
Thursday, November 26, 2020, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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Media Spokesperson Training can be booked on a small group or one-on-one basis.
Please contact Jennifer Mossop to discuss your needs. JMossop@HPCO.ca Jennifer@mossopmedia.com 519-619-2227
