BC Centre for Palliative Care

Palliative Care Education & Research Conference, Covenant Health Alberta
2023-07-06 | online
This year’s theme is Personalized Palliative Care: Caring for People & Communities, Honouring people where they are at. This conference is a virtual event online, and registration is open through Covenant Health Alberta’s event website.
Ensuring that the needs and wishes of each person with a life-limiting illness and their family are understood.​ Learn about palliative care needs and enhance your knowledge of the practical aspects of palliative and end-of-life care. ​Explore current trends, issues and research with our invited guest experts and your colleagues.
Topic areas include:

Back to Basics: Symptom management, direct clinical care

Emerging Issues & Trends: Innovations and research in palliative and end of life care

Challenging clinical care needs for palliative and end of life patients and their families

Psychosocial/Spiritual & Wellness

Serious Illness Care Program Summit 2023: Driving Equity in Serious Illness Communication and Care
2023-06-13 - 2023-06-14 | online
Join Ariadne Lab’s Serious Illness Care Program for our inaugural virtual summit to learn more about advancing equity and access to high quality serious illness communication and care. Participants will gain strategies and tools for improving clinical culture and connect with a community of serious illness care practitioners.
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Quality Forum 2023
2023-06-06 - 2023-06-08 | Vancouver, BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Quality Forum is our annual conference that brings together British Columbia’s health care community to share and discuss how to improve quality across the continuum of care. Quality Forum 2023 will be held on June 6 – 8 in Vancouver, BC.

Cost
TBA

More information to come!

National Caregiver Day: Supporting Caregivers Throughout Their Caring Journey
2023-04-04 07:00 - 11:30 (America/Vancouver) | online
In honour of National Caregiver Day, annually on the first Tuesday in April), Carers Canada is offering webinars on supporting caregivers throughout their caring journey: Valuing the Voice of Caregivers and Patients, Grief from the First Step and Conversations Through the Journey.
(Registration for the sessions is complimentary).
Panel Discussion 1: Valuing the Voice of Caregivers and Patients (10:00am – 11:00am ET)
Discuss the importance of education and programs that are based on patients’ and caregivers’ values, providers expertise and best available evidence.
Facilitator: Jennifer Campagnolo, Engagement Lead, Canadian Home Care Association
Guest speakers:

Sabrina Lessard, Institutional Researcher, Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology, CREGÉS CIUSSS-CODIM
Sharon Anderson, Research Coordinator Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta

Webinar Registration – Zoom
Panel Discussion 2: Grief from the First Step (12:00 – 1:00pm ET)
This panel will bring together the expertise of caregivers, research and innovative technologies in a discussion of caregiver grief and bereavement.
Facilitator: Jennifer Campagnolo, Engagement Lead, Canadian Home Care Association
Discussion Moderator: Liv Mendelsohn, Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence
Guest panelists:

Christopher Klinger, Researcher, National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE)
Pam Orzeck, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University
Zelda Freitas, Adjunct Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University
Colleen Breen, bereaved caregiver to both her parents

Webinar Registration – Zoom
Panel Discussion 3: Conversations throughout the Journey (1:30 – 2:30pm ET)
Experts in Serious Illness Conversations (SIC) and Advanced Care Planning (ACP) will respond to the experiences and perspectives of caregivers about the care conversations they wished had happened and the conversations which positively changed their experience.
Facilitator: Jennifer Campagnolo, Engagement Lead, Canadian Home Care Association
Guest panelists:

Della Roberts, Special Projects Manager, BC Center for Palliative Care, Adjunct Professor University of Victoria School of Nursing
Laurel Gillespie, Chief Executive Office, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, former Director of Advance Care Planning in Canada
Ron Boleno, caregiver to his father with dementia

Webinar Registration – Zoom

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association - 2022 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Learning Institute
2022-11-16 - 2022-11-17 | online
The 2022 CHPCA Learning Institute is going virtual. Due to the unpredictability of COVID-19 and public health measures, the CHPCA will be presenting the 2022 Learning Institute online.
The Learning Institute will continue to offer the same fantastic caliber of content, including five unique education streams – offering the most innovative and timely teachings in palliative care determined by our committee of leading experts in the field.
Registration : Click here

Canadian Children’s Grief Awareness Symposium
2022-11-15 - 2022-11-16 | online
Please join us for a unique and exciting educational event that will help to build your capacity to support grieving children, youth and families in the communities you serve.
The Canadian Alliance for Grieving Children & Youth (CAGCY) along with three hosting organizations (Lighthouse for Grieving Children, Lumara Grief & Bereavement Care Society, and Seasons Centre for Grieving Children) are pleased to introduce you to the Canadian Children’s Grief Symposium – Canada’s first virtual conference designed specifically for those who support grieving children and youth.
Workshops will be delivered by experienced grief practitioners and educators from regions all across Canada. The Symposium will provide learning and networking opportunities for those who work with children and youth in a variety of sectors including health care, education, social services and more. Interactive sessions will cover a wide range of topics including foundational children’s grief concepts, advanced practice ideas, emerging research and innovative program ideas and tools. There will be multiple opportunities for participants to connect and engage with one another and with the presenters. Volunteers and students are especially encouraged to attend.

Register: Grief Symposium (grievingchildrencanada.org)

UBC Division of Palliative Care CME Day 2022
2022-10-28 08:15 - 15:35 | online
Audience: family physicians, palliative care physicians, emergency physicians, hospitalists, nurse practitioners practicing palliative care, nurses, pharmacists, residents and students.
Overview: Registration is now open for this year’s UBC Division of Palliative Care CME Day! The theme for this year is “Back to the Future: Essentials of Modern Palliative Medicine.” We hope you can join us!
Up to 6.5 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits
LEARN MORE & REGISTER

McGill International Palliative Care Congress
2022-10-18 - 2022-10-21 | MONTREAL CONVENTION CENTRE, 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montréal, QC, H2Z 1H5, Canada
After a four-year pandemic-induced hiatus, the 23rd edition of the McGill International Congress on Palliative Care will be held at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, from October 18 to 21, 2022.
The McGill International Congress offers it all: from galvanizing plenary speakers to in-depth workshops and seminars covering all aspects of end-of-life care, from the most current scientific developments in pain and symptom control to the large existential questions, to hands-on experiential sessions addressing everyday practical issues. All sessions are structured to allow ample time for dialogue, questions and thoughtful interaction.
Be part of the extraordinary individuals so deeply committed to their work with the dying and bereaved, and to the goals of relieving pain and suffering, enhancing quality of life and supporting healing and comfort at the end of life.
Registration: Click here

BCPSQC - Northwest Patient Safety Conference 2022
2022-10-18 - 2022-10-19 | online
The Northwest Patient Safety Conference is the only event of its kind in the Western US, uniting healthcare professionals, providers, patients, families, and caregivers from all care settings for networking and engaging with industry thought leaders and others invested in improving the patient experience.
We’re excited to collaborate once again with the Washington Patient Safety Coalition and the Oregon Patient Safety Commission to present the 19th Annual Northwest Patient Safety Conference, a virtual event on October 18 and 19, 2022. This year’s theme is “Advancing Patient Safety in Today’s World.”
Attendee registration will open in July 2022 here.

Palliative Pharmacy Care Course
2022-10-14 | online
Pharmacists are integral members of the multi-disciplinary team delivering palliative care to those facing life-threatening illness, including at the end of life. As more patients wish to remain at home for the end of life, pharmacists are increasingly called upon to contribute expertise in palliative care pharmacy outside of institutional settings.
This course, specially designed for pharmacists who work with palliative care patients, their families, health and community care nurses, and general practitioners, is developed in partnership between Victoria Hospice and Continuing Studies at the University of Victoria.
Click here to learn more and register.

Bluewater Palliative Care Retreat
2022-09-29 - 2022-09-30 | Hybrid, AMS Nest at UBC 6133 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Bluewater Palliative Care Retreat is offering a world class conference at a beautiful lakeside resort for health care workers and volunteers involved with or interested in palliative care. This year’s conference will highlight important topics in patients with life limiting illnesses with an emphasis on palliative care in the elderly and palliative care during the pandemic.
For the first time, the Bluewater Palliative Care Retreat is being offered as a hybrid event with both in person and virtual options. As there is limited space for in person participation, early registration is encouraged. For those who choose the virtual option, the event will be live streamed and interactive using the Zoom platform and Slido.
Registration: Click here

Palliative Care Intensive Course
2022-09-19 | online
The Victoria Hospice Palliative Care Intensive (PCI) course offers participants from a broad scope of professional practice a variety of approaches to end-of-life care. Offered online with two days of live webinars and interaction, the next session starts Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, with webinars November 3-4.
Offering intermediate and some advanced aspects of palliative care, the course is designed for physicians, residents, nurses, pharmacists, medical students, and other healthcare professionals interested in palliative care.
“It doesn’t matter what kind of medicine you practice, because you will do palliative care in some way,” says Dr. Tara McCallan, family physician, educator, and PCI course facilitator.
Learn more and register. https://victoriahospice.org/palliative-care-intensive-course-invites-diverse-participants/

CPCNA WEBINAR - A Critical Gap: Improving Palliative Care for Indigenous Peoples
2022-09-14 09:00 - 10:00 | online
The CPCNA webinar series is taking a summer break, but mark your calendar for this informative session in September!
CPCNA is pleased to present Holly Prince HBSW, MSW (Phd. Candidate) presenting on improving palliative care for Indigenous Peoples. In this webinar you will explore challenges and barriers that limit appropriate healthcare for Indigenous Peoples, identify ways healthcare providers can become allies to Indigenous Peoples to deliver culturally safer care and learn about newly developed tools and resources to enhance culturally safe palliative care for Indigenous people.
Indigenous Peoples have limited access to palliative care when facing advanced illness, end of life, and bereavement in Canada. When access is achieved, the Western medical approach is often at odds with Indigenous ways of knowing and commonly does not respond with culturally safe care. In response to this need, the Canadian Virtual Hospice collaborated with Indigenous Elders, scholars, healthcare providers, patients, and families from across Canada to co-develop interactive tools for community-based education to enhance the delivery of culturally safer care for Indigenous Peoples.
REGISTER NOW: Wednesday, September 14 1200-1300 Eastern time

BC Patient Safety & Quality Council - Towards Unity for Health 2022 Conference
2022-08-16 - 2022-08-19 | Hybrid, AMS Nest at UBC 6133 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada
TUFH 2022 will be an international, intersectoral and intergenerational in-person and virtual conference with keynote sessions, TUFH documentaries, TUFH Talks, workshops and oral presentations.
Registration: Click here
Registration closes July 17. Discounted registration tickets are available for Indigenous Peoples – please contact tufh@rccbc.ca. Please note registration rates are in USD.
Cost: $25

Webinar Series: Help for the Holidays!
2021-12-07 13:00 - 14:00
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.
The holidays can be a particularly difficult time for people who have or who are experiencing a loss. Learn strategies that you can use in your care, and that you can share with family and friends.
Presented by Michelle O’Rourke
This session will highlight elements of Courses #3 and #4 in the new PSW Online Learning Program
To register click here

Palliative Care ECHO Series
2021-11-09 12:00 - 13:30 | online
PC ECHO Series 2021

The Pandemic Made Me Do It - Moving from "death by PowerPoint" to engaging e-learning
2021-11-02 14:00 - 15:00 | online
Dates:
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
Focus:
Throughout the pandemic, educators have had to scramble to modify in-person sessions to online. Most of the time, the best we could do was PowerPoint over Zoom. The downside was that learners could have the camera off and could be snoozing, not even in the room, or even walking the dog. On the upside, those living in rural and remote areas or those who don’t have time to leave their desk have had more, and more accessible, education opportunities. How to keep the good and lose the bad?

Webinar Series: "But they're not palliative yet!"
2021-11-02 13:00 - 14:00
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.
Time to address the myths of palliative care! Learn how integrating a palliative approach can improve care for all people living with life-limiting illnesses, early in the disease, and in the setting where you work.
Presented by Michelle O’Rourke
This session will highlight elements of Course #2 in the new PSW Online Learning Program
To register for an individual event or the whole series click here

Webinar Series: What to say when you don't know what to say
2021-10-05 13:00 - 14:00
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.
“My biggest fear is not knowing what to say…” “What is someone asks me….” Feeling the need to have the right answer or to say the right thing is incredibly stressful. The good news is that we do not need a “right answer”, we cannot answer all questions, and we cannot fix all suffering. In this session we will look at the basics, the importance of presence, and provide some helpful tips for caring conversations.
Presented by Michelle O’Rourke
This session will highlight elements of Course #1 in the new PSW Online Learning Program
To register for an individual event or the whole series click here

Kids Grief Q and A
2021-09-13 10:00 - 11:00
Event hosted by: Canadian Virtual Hospice
Event cost: Free
Andrea Warnick, children’s grief therapist answers your questions. To stay informed about the date and time of upcoming webinars and to receive webinar links and recordings click here

Webinar Series: Fatigue, burnout, and resilience
2021-09-07 13:00 - 14:00
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.
During this past year, many PSWs have experienced fatigue, burnout and exhaustion. Learn about the concept of resilience and how resilience is strengthened through strategies such as self-care, self-reflection and self-compassion.
Presented by Michelle O’Rourke
To register for an individual event or the whole series click here

ACP Information Session 2 ( Williams Lake Hospice)
2021-06-25 10:00 - 12:00 | online
Williams Lake Hospice Society
ACP Information Session 2
June 25
10:00am-12:00pm
For more information or to register contact: Cindy
Call: 250-398-0119
Email: osc.hospice@yahoo.ca

ACP Information Session 1 ( Williams Lake Hospice)
2021-06-24 10:00 - 12:00 | online
Williams Lake Hospice
ACP Information Session 1
June 24
10:00am-12:00pm
For more information or to register contact: Cindy
Call: 250-398-0119
Email: 0sc.hospice@yahoo.ca

Session 9 Topic – Indigenous Health & Well-Being in a Palliative Care Context Part 2
2021-06-24 00:00
Presenter – First Nations Elder Bruce Robinson, Lexi Fisher, BSW, RSW, and Leah Walker, BSW, RSW, all with Kilala Lelum
Competencies –

Domain 2 – Cultural safety & humility. Advocates for incorporation of the person’s and family’s cultural traditions, beliefs, expectations, and preferences into decision making, care planning, and service delivery models.
Facilitates expression and inclusion of the person’s and family’s values, beliefs, and wishes during declining health and bereavement. Advocates for changes in policy to facilitate incorporation of culture into care.
Domain 3 – Communication. Provides support, mediation, and advocacy in exploring and clarifying treatment goals and care planning.
Domain 4 – Comfort & quality of life. Adapts care to address persons fears and anxieties related to past trauma.
Understands, educates, and works with the person/family and inter-professional team about the interplay of spiritual, emotional, social, cognitive, and physical aspects of the person’s past experiences on their current quality of life.
Describe strategies for persons in a helping role to assist them in reconciling working within a healthcare system that has and continues to do significant harm to Indigenous peoples and their way of being
Describe strategies and approaches people can use in their clinical practice to recognize and acknowledge both the devastating experiences of indigenous peoples both within and outside the healthcare system and the impact of these experiences on their decision-making around access to and receiving end of life care
Describe strategies and approaches people can use in their clinical practice to honour and value the stories of Indigenous peoples in a respectful way that builds trusting relationships and allyship, fosters connections, and allows Indigenous voices to be heard at all stages of life

Conversation Event (Williams Lake Hospice Society)
2021-06-22 10:00 - 12:00 | online
Williams Lake Hospice Society
Conversation Event
June 22
10:00am-12:00pm
For more information or to register contact: Cindy
Call: 250-398-0119
Email: osc.hospice@yahoo.ca

Information Session Part 2 (Ridge Meadows Seniors Society)
2021-06-17 13:00 - 14:30 | in-person
Register by May 10, 2021
Call: (604) 380-0516
Email: raman@rmssseniors.org
(in-person)

The role of nurses in equity-oriented palliative care
2021-06-16 09:00 - 10:00
Event hosted by: CPCNA
Registration:

FREE for Members

$40 for non-Members

There is limited capacity so register early!

CPCNA is pleased to present Dan Grover, RN, BN, BSc and Kelli Stajduhar, RN, PhD, FCAHS, FCAN who will be speaking to us on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 9-10am
While increasingly recognized as a human right, access to palliative care is still not a given. Even though palliative care as a concept seems to be unanimously supported, it is still not readily available to all Canadians. Those who do benefit from palliative care services tend to also benefit from higher socio-economic status and family support, as opposed to those people facing the end-of-life who also face inequities like homelessness, poverty, isolation, racism, and stigma. In our presentation, we will discuss the key roles that nurses can play to facilitate equity-oriented palliative car, in order to promote “palliative care for all” who need it in our communities. Lessons learned from our work in inner city mobile palliative care will be shared.

To register click here

Information Session Part 2 (Adult Cognitive Wellness Centre)
2021-06-14 10:30 - 12:00 | online
To register
Call: (604) 655-0535
Email: info@CognitiveWellness.ca
(online)
