Are you a professional who provides psychosocial-spiritual care to patients and families receiving palliative care, and the bereaved in Alberta? Developed with content specific to Alberta, the Psychosocial-Spiritual Alberta Series is open to social workers, spiritual care providers, creative arts therapists, occupational therapists, counsellors, psychologists, and other clinicians providing direct emotional and spiritual support. Register […]

Register Here Part of our Grief & Bereavement Literacy ECHO series Presenter: Laurel Gillespie, MBA, CHE CEO Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association This session will explore grief in the workplace following a significant death and the ways we can improve how workplaces support their employees. Poster you can print and share linked here. This series is […]

Join us for the third series of the Community-Based Primary Palliative Care Community of Practice. This Canada-wide initiative focuses on supporting primary care clinicians to integrate primary palliative care into their practices. This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 9.0 Mainpro+® credits. REGISTER […]

The 2024 Annual Meeting will be hosted entirely in-person. The Scientific Program will be hosted on Thursday June 27 to Saturday June 29. Sessions are scheduled from 8:15 AM – 5:30 PM on Thursday, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM on Friday, and 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM on Saturday. MASCC will host the Board of […]

Lung Health Community of Practice Sessions will be running from February 2024 to November 2024. Join us for the new Lung Health Community of Practice, in collaboration with the Lung Health Foundation! Connect with colleagues from across Canada with a shared interest in integrating a palliative care approach for individuals with advanced lung disease. This […]

The Palliative Care Journal Watch is an ongoing series led by subject matter experts from McMaster University, Queen’s University, McGill University, University of Toronto, University of Manitoba, University of Calgary, University of Alberta and Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Israel. Sessions explore key topics in the latest palliative care literature, with a focus on practice […]

              Dr. Fil Gilic and Dr. Kavi Singh, bring us "Performance Under Pressure" for the next Rural Reach Webinar. Please note, this is not an accredited event. Free for SRPC Members / $50 for General Admission Date: Thursday, Aug 1, 2024 Time: 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Location: Zoom - The link will […]

Description: Although palliative care is widely recognized in Canada, many still lack access to the services and support needed to ensure a person's quality of life before death. The availability of palliative home care programs and funding varies greatly across provinces, making it difficult for many Canadians to benefit from these services—less than half of […]

Sessions will run from August 2024 to April 2025. This community of practice, in partnership with the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care, centers around the understanding and application of spiritual health and its diverse meanings within the context of palliative and bereavement care. The goal of this community is to create a space for healthcare professionals, […]

Come be a part of the Paramedic Community of Practice! This COP will connect you with community and frontline paramedics from across Canada who have a shared interest in integrating a palliative care approach for patients and their families. It will foster collaboration and knowledge exchange with our interprofessional panel of experts and peers from […]

Join us on August 27 as we explore ways to implement the coherent breathing approach from the Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) Breathing Toolkit. Learn how to reduce stress and anxiety levels and improve sleep and well-being for staff working in long-term care. REGISTER HERE

In this session, learn how to effectively recognize and address common gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in palliative care, such as nausea, constipation, and bowel obstruction. This session aims to benefit not only health care professionals, but also caregivers, by equipping them with practical strategies to improve the comfort and well-being of the people they care for. […]