A collaboration between the NOSM U Palliative Care Program SPC and the NNPCN-PCIEF Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Education Funding. Thank you for your participation!
PALLIATIVE CARE WINTER CONFERENCE 2023
“BROADER HORIZONS IN PALLIATIVE CARE“
Friday, February 3rd, 2023 – 8:30 AM TO 4:15 PM
POST-CONFERENCE
Watch the Conference Workshops on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-BFlDxVpGuDh8GUXasNnAIsotrwTBtE
Please find the final report by clicking here.
Prize Winners!
Congratulations to our door prize winners!
$300 – Caroline Montgomery – Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
$100 – Nicole Dorey – Mississauga, Ontario.
$100 – Gail Tomaselli – Simcoe, Ontario.
$100 – Adriana Rengifo – Ottawa, Ontario.
$100 – Kathryn Perry – Gananoque, Ontario
$100 – Victoria Barnes – Napanee, Ontario.
$100 – Wendy Tseng – Keewatin, Ontario.
$100 – Maureen Chomica – Whitby, Ontario.
$100 – Lise Krueger – Oxford Mill, Ontario.
$100 – Noreen Luomaranta – Sudbury, Ontario.
$100 – Lorraine Liss – Blind River, Ontario.
$100 – Jennie Carroll – Sudbury, Ontario.
$100 – Sommer Francouer – Blind River, Ontario.
$100 – Brandon Smith – Copper Cliff, Ontario.
Still need your certificate? You can obtain a copy of your Certificate of Attendance here!
Questions?
Contact the CEPD office at:
[email protected]
Contact the NNPCN-PCIEF:
Phone: +1 705-497-9239
Email: [email protected]
Fax: +1 705-497-1039
ARCHIVES
Welcome to the inaugural Palliative Care Winter Conference 2023! This year, we bring you a bigger and better conference, as a result of the collaboration between the Northern Ontario School of Medicine NOSM-SPC and the NNPCN-PCIEF Nipissing sub-region.
While this conference is virtual, we will be setting up hub sites (connected by OTN and WebEX), in communities where registrants indicate that they would like to gather in-person with other local community members participating in the conference. Please be sure to indicate your interest in this option during your registration.
This conference welcomes international and local northern Ontario speakers who will present on recognizing burnout and post-covid PTSD, the impact of the pandemic on palliative care, the global health framework for palliative care, and the primary care approach to palliative care in northern Ontario.
Conference Program
8:00 – 8:30. Gathering and Messages
8:30 – 8:45. Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:45 – 10:15. Recognizing Burnout and Post-Covid PTSD
Dr. Eugene Dufour,B.A., M.Div. King’s College at the University of Western Ontario. Moderator: Illena Robertson.
Responding to a central need this year, this presentation will inspire and train frontline health professionals to protect their own psychological wellbeing and resilience. Self-care tools will be provided, and participants will gain an understanding of what burnout and COVID-related PTSD look like.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize burnout and COVID-related PTSD in self and colleagues
- Apply tools and resources
- Disseminate the tools and knowledge to support vulnerable colleagues
10:15 – 10:30. Break
10:30 – 12:00. Moving Towards Broader Palliative Care in Northeastern Ontario – identification and initiation of palliative approach across diseases and sectors.
Dr. Christine Pun, M.D., CCFP (EM) (PC) FCFP and Dr. Hailey Margaret Moore, M.D., CCFP (PC). Moderator: Madeleine Nolan.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss recent developments in provincial and regional palliative care network
- Identify priorities for palliative care in our region
- Apply tools to identify patients who would benefit from palliative approach to care
- Provide tips for early initiation of palliative approach to care.
12:00 – 13:00. Lunch
13:00 – 14:30. Two Steps Forward or Three Steps Back? The COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Palliative Care
Dr. José Pereira,MBChB, CCFP (PC), MSc, FCFP, PhD. Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Instituto Cultura y Sociedad, University of Navarra, Spain. Professor, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University. Scientific Advisor, Pallium Canada. Moderator: Susan Robinson.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the delivery of palliative care across different settings
- Describe the ways in which the pandemic has set palliative care backwards and others in which the pandemic has created opportunities to advance palliative care.
14:30 – 14:45. Break
14:45 – 16:15. Palliative Care for All Who Need It in a World Free from Health-Related Suffering
Dr. Katherine Pettus, Senior Advocacy and Partnerships Director, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC). PhD., Political Theory Columbia University. Master’s Degree, Health Law and Policy, University of California, San Diego. Moderator: Debbie Collins-Maskell.
Learning Objectives
- Describe serious health related suffering (SHS) and how community based palliative care is an appropriate response
- Describe the global need for palliative care and the vision of a world free from health-related suffering
- Identify three threats to palliative care development and how we might overcome them through evidence-based advocacy and partnerships
16:15 – 16:30. Thank you and Closing Remarks. COMPLETE ONLINE EVALUATION FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF MANY FABULOUS DOOR PRIZES!
This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Continuing Education and ProfessionalDevelopment Office at NOSM University for up to 6.0 Mainpro+ credits.
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Get to Know Your Conference Speakers!
Eugene Dufour, B.A., M.Div. King’s College at the University of Western Ontario
Eugene Dufour is an Individual, Marital and Family Therapist, Bereavement Specialist, Compassion Fatigue Educator, and a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Consultant. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from King’s College at the University of Western Ontario.
He has been working in bereavement, trauma work, hospice palliative care, and the HIV/AIDS movement for the past 30 years. He is a past president of the Ontario Palliative Care Association and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association.
In 2002 Eugene was presented with the Commemorative Medal for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2nd ‘s Golden Jubilee by the Governor General of Canada for his work in hospice palliative care. In June of 2019 Eugene was named a Paul Harris Fellow by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International for his involvement in establishing the Rotary Hospice of Stratford Perth.
Eugene presently works as a Psychosocial Spiritual Care Clinician with the Huron Perth Palliative Care Outreach Team. He is the proud “Pepe” to Julia, Aurora, Dylan, and Oakland.
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Dr. Katherine Pettus, Ph.D.
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)
Katherine Pettus is the Senior Advocacy and Partnerships Director for the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC). She holds a PhD in Political Theory from Columbia University, and a Master’s degree in Health Law and Policy from the University of California San Diego. She trained in California as a hospice volunteer in 2010, joining the Leadership Development Initiative at the Institute for Palliative Medicine in 2011, and the IAHPC in 2014.
Her PhD dissertation appeared as a book, ‘Felony Disenfranchisement in America’, now in 2nd edition with SUNY Press, and her Masters Thesis studied the interface between international law and access to internationally controlled essential controlled medicines for palliative care. Katherine has an extensive list of publications in edited volumes, journals, and a blog. These are collected in her 2020 book, Global Palliative Care: Reports from the Peripheries.
In her capacity as Senior Advocacy and Partnerships Director, Katherine attends UN organization meetings to advocate for improved availability, and rational use of opioids for palliative care as a component of the right to health. She addresses issues of global palliative care development and policy, especially those affecting older persons, as an essential element of universal health coverage throughout the life course.
Dr. Pettus grounds her global advocacy work in site visits to IAHPC members and partners in Low- and Middle-Income countries, where she participates as often as possible in home-care visits with colleagues who work in extremely challenging circumstances to deliver palliative care to patients in need. She identifies her original role models/mentors as palliative care pioneers Dr. Anne Merriman, founder of Hospice Africa Uganda, and Dr. M.R. Rajagopal, founder of Pallium India.
Dr. Pettus is the author of “Global Palliative Care: Reports from the Peripheries”, published on May 31, 2020.
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Dr. José Pereira, MBChB, CCFP (PC), MSc, FCFP, PhD.
Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Instituto Cultura y Sociedad, University of Navarra, Spain.
Professor, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University.
Scientific Advisor, Pallium Canada
Dr. José Pereira is a palliative care physician and Professor in the Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University.
He is co-founder and Scientific Officer of Pallium Canada, a not-for-profit foundation and organization founded 22 years ago to build primary palliative care capacity across care settings, professions, specialties, and disease groups through education. It trains about 9000 health care professionals a year on the palliative care approach.
Dr. Pereira has a Masters Degree and PhD in education. Over the years has worked in different care settings and helped develop local, regional and provincial palliative care programs and initiatives.
He is currently doing a sabbatical year at the University of Navarra in Spain.
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Dr. Christine Pun, M.D., CCFP (EM) (PC) FCFP
Dr. Christine Pun is an emergency and palliative care physician at Health Sciences North.
She completed her M.D. at the University of Toronto and Family Medicine Residency in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her clinical experience includes hospital emergency department and inpatient care, cancer centre palliative symptom management clinic and home-based care, in both Tertiary Academic Centre and rural communities.
Dr. Pun is the Ontario Health Northeast Regional Palliative Care Physician Lead and is involved in health system administration at the local, regional, and provincial levels. She is an associate professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and is passionate about the advancement of Person-Centred Decision Making and Palliative Care education.
Dr. Pun is the Co-Chair of the 2023 PALLIATIVE CARE WINTER CONFERENCE 2023, “Broader Horizons in Palliative Care”, and Chair of the NOSM U Palliative Care SPC Committee.
Dr. Hailey Margaret Moore, M.D., CFPC Specialist
Dr. Hailey Margaret Moore is a palliative care physician working independently in the region of North Bay and Sudbury. She completed her Family Medicine Residency at Northern Ontario School of Medicine and PGY-3 in Palliative Care from the University of Ottawa.
Questions?
Contact the CEPD office at:
[email protected]
Contact the NNPCN-PCIEF:
Phone: +1 705-497-9239
Email: [email protected]
Fax: +1 705-497-1039
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TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᓇᓇᑯᒥ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ
ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐅᔕ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᑲᐧᐠ
ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐱᑕᐃᐧᐅᑯᔑᔕᓇᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᒧᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ
ᐅᒋᓇᓇᑯᒥᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᒋ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᐊᔭᐠ
ᐅᐅᒪ ᕑᐊᐁᐧᐣᔑᐣ ᑭᒋᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᔕ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᐱᐣᓴᐣ-ᕑᐃᐊᐧᐣ ᑐᕑᐃᑎ
ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᐊᐧᑐᓂᑫᔭᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᓴᐟᐯᕑᐃ ᑭᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᔕ
ᐅᑕᑭᒧᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᑎᑲᒥᐠᔐᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᑕᐃᐧᐅᑯᔑᔕᓇᐠ᙮ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ
ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᕑᐁᐠᐦᐁᐟ ᑭᒋᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐅᔕ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᑌᐠ
ᐊᐧᐱᐣᓴᐣ-ᕑᐃᐊᐧᐣ ᑐᕑᐃᑎ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᐊᐧᑐᓂᑫᔭᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑕᐯ
ᑭᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᔕ ᐅᑕᑭᒧᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᑕᐃᐧᐅᑯᔑᔕᓇᐠ᙮
Le CEPD NOSM-SPC et le NNPCN-PCIEF reconnaissent respectueusement que toute la région du Nord de l’Ontario où nos organisations opèrent se trouve sur les terres natales des Premières Nations et des Métis.
La Nation Nishnawbe Aski (NAN) représente 49 communautés des Premières Nations des Traités 9 et 5 sur une superficie de 210 000 milles carrés, avec une population totale d’environ 45 000 Ojibway, Cris et Ojicree. La Nation Nishnawbe Aski a un bureau principal à Thunder Bay et une succursale à Timmins.
La Nation Anishinabek représente 42 communautés des Premières Nations de Robinson Huron, Robinson Superior, Traité de l’île Manitoulin et d’autres régions du sud de l’Ontario sur une superficie de 52 400 milles carrés, avec une population totale d’environ 42 000 Odawa, Ojibway, Pottawatomi, Delaware, Chippewa, Algonquin et Mississauga. La Nation Anishinabek a un bureau principal dans la Première Nation Nipissing et des succursales dans la Première Nation de Fort William, la Première Nation de Curve Lake et la Nation Munsee-Delaware.
Le Grand Council Treaty #3 représente 26 communautés des Premières Nations en Ontario et deux au Manitoba sur une superficie de 55 000 milles carrés, avec une population totale d’environ 25 000 Anishinaabe (Ojibway). Le Grand Council Treaty #3 a un bureau principal à Kenora.
La Nation métisse de l’Ontario (MNO), initialement formée en 1994, représente environ 49 000 membres répartis dans neuf régions et 32 collectivités de l’Ontario aux niveaux provincial et national au Canada et au niveau international. Les Métis sont reconnus dans la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 du Canada comme un peuple autochtone. La MNO a un bureau principal à Ottawa et des bureaux régionaux à Amhestburg, Brampton, Fort Frances, Penetanguishene, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Searchmont et Sudbury.
Le Nord de l’Ontario comprend six régions visées par un traité :
• Robinson-Huron, 1850, au nord du lac Huron incluant l’île Manitoulin;
• Robinson-Supérieur, 1850, au nord du lac Supérieur ;
• Traité de l’île Manitoulin, 1862, île Manitoulin à l’exception de la réserve indienne Wikwemikong Unceeded #2;
• Traité 3, 1873, partie sud du nord-ouest de l’Ontario;
• Traité 5, 1875, une partie de la zone s’étend dans l’ouest de l’Ontario à partir du Manitoba; et,
• Traité 9, nord des deux tiers du nord de l’Ontario.Visitez le site Web du gouvernement de l’Ontario pour obtenir des cartes des Premières nations et des traités .
The NOSM-SPC CEPD and the NNPCN-PCIEF respectfully acknowledge that the entirety of the organization’s catchment area of Northern Ontario is on the homelands of First Nations and Métis Peoples.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) represents 49 First Nation communities from Treaty 9 and 5 over an area of 210,000 square miles, with a total population of about 45,000 Ojibway, Cree and Ojicree. Nishnawbe Aski Nation has a main office in Thunder Bay and a branch office in Timmins.
The Anishinabek Nation represents 42 First Nation communities from Robinson Huron, Robinson Superior, Manitoulin Island Treaty and other areas in Southern Ontario over an area of 52,400 square miles, with a total population of about 42,000 Odawa, Ojibway, Pottawatomi, Delaware, Chippewa, Algonquin and Mississauga. The Anishinabek Nation has a main office in Nipissing First Nation, and branch offices in Fort William First Nation, Curve Lake First Nation and Munsee-Delaware Nation.
Grand Council Treaty #3 represents 26 First Nation communities in Ontario and two in Manitoba over an area of 55,000 square miles, with a total population of about 25,000 Anishinaabe (Ojibway). Grand Council Treaty #3 has a main office in Kenora.
The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), initially formed in 1994, represents about 49,000 members situated in nine regions and 32 communities across Ontario at the provincial and national levels within Canada and at the international level. The Métis are recognized in Canada’s Constitution Act, 1982, as an Indigenous people. The MNO has a main office in Ottawa and regional offices in Amhestburg, Brampton, Fort Frances, Penetanguishene, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Searchmont, and Sudbury.
Northern Ontario consists of six treaty areas:
- Robinson-Huron, 1850, north of Lake Huron including Manitoulin Island;
- Robinson-Superior, 1850, north of Lake Superior;
- Manitoulin Island Treaty, 1862, Manitoulin Island excepting Wikwemikong Unceeded Indian Reserve #2;
- Treaty 3, 1873, southern part of Northwestern Ontario;
- Treaty 5, 1875, portion of area extends into western Ontario from Manitoba; and,
- Treaty 9, northern two-thirds of Northern Ontario.
Visit the Government of Ontario website for maps of the First Nations and treaties.
