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SUMMARY:What next? Relationship-centred approaches for healthcare system redesign to meet the palliative care needs of people living with severe mental illness
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Dr. Kelli Stajduhar’s CRC Talks May 8\, 12-1pm PST! We are hosting Sarah Yardley\, PhD who will discuss: What next? Relationship-centred approaches for healthcare system redesign to meet the palliative care needs of people living with severe mental illness. \nSarah Yardley\, PhD\, Associate Professor of Palliative Medicine\, University College London\, UK.\nSarah researches relationship-centred practices in healthcare systems to reduce rhetoric vs. reality\, policy vs. practice\, expectations vs. experiences gaps. Her Churchill Fellowship seeks to improve care for people living with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) who need Palliative Care for advanced incurable physical illness. \nWhen available\, a recording of the event will be uploaded to our YouTube page. Stay tuned! \nSupport for these events provided by Dr. Stajduhar and the Canada Research Chairs Program\, the UVic Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health and School of Nursing. For more info\, please email: palliative_approaches@uvic.ca
URL:https://palliativeapproaches.uvic.ca/event/sarahyardley/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:CRC Talks
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SUMMARY:Mana Motuhake: Indigenous Families’ Aspirations and Experiences of Assisted Dying in Aotearoa New Zealand
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Dr. Kelli Stajduhar’s CRC Talks April 15\, 12-1pm PDT! We are hosting Dr. Tess Moeke-Maxwell for a talk titled\, Mana Motuhake: Indigenous Families’ Aspirations and Experiences of Assisted Dying in Aotearoa New Zealand.  \nRegister here: https://uvic.zoom.us/meeting/register/dVnzRK0oSzSzUtte9rEehw \nDr Tess Moeke-Maxwell\, PhD (Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki; Ngāti Porou) is a Senior Research Fellow\, School of Nursing\, University of Auckland and Co-Director Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group. Tess Moeke-Maxwell is a descendant of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and Ngāti Porou. She is a Senior Research Fellow and co-director of the Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group at the School of Nursing\, University of Auckland. Tess leads Kaupapa Māori “lived Indigenous experience” qualitative research on behalf of Te Ārai’s Kāhui advisory group. Improving end-of-life\, palliative care and assisted dying experiences for Māori whānau (family\, including extended family) are her research interests. Currently\, she leads the Health Research Council funded ‘Waerea study’ on Māori whānau experiences using Assisted Dying services. Tess is an advisory member of the National Palliative Care Work Programme for Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand. In 2022\, the Royal Society of NZ awarded Tess and Te Ārai Kāhui the NZ Health Research Council’s Te Tohu Rapuora Medal for research excellence with Māori communities. She was selected as one of New Zealand’s 100 Māori Leaders as part of the Henry Rongomau Bennett Foundation Leadership Strategy based on her contributions to Indigenous end-of-life care research. \nSupport for these events provided by Dr. Stajduhar and the Canada Research Chairs Program\, the UVic Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health and School of Nursing; Island Health; and Victoria Hospice. For more info\, please email: palliative_approaches@uvic.ca  \n 
URL:https://palliativeapproaches.uvic.ca/event/mana-motuhake-indigenous-families-aspirations-and-experiences-of-assisted-dying-in-aotearoa-new-zealand/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Deprivation and homelessness in palliative care: importance of legacy at end of life
DESCRIPTION:People living with homelessness experience a high prevalence of chronic\, often untreated physical and mental health conditions. As a result\, their life expectancy is 20-30 years shorter than the housed population. Death may appear sudden but is not entirely unexpected given the health risks associated with being homeless. People typically die alone\, in public spaces or private vehicles. The traditional model of palliative care assumes a home which is conducive to care at the end of life as well as a supportive\, well-resourced family and trusted relationships with healthcare professionals to support end of life decision making. This is problematic for people experiencing homelessness. Understanding their views and experiences of death and dying is essential if we are to identify a model of palliative care that is timely\, effective and meets the unique needs of the homeless community. This presentation will discuss the findings from a research project exploring the impact of homelessness on planning for care at the end of life. In doing so we will share the development of a “Legacy Plan” which has been co-designed with the homeless community in a large urban city in Aotearoa New Zealand. \n\n\n\nJackie Robinson is an Associate Professor and Head of Research in the School of Nursing at the University of Auckland. She has over 25 years’ experience in palliative care working as a Nurse Practitioner in the acute hospital setting and more recently in residential aged care settings. Dr. Robinson has published extensively in her area of research which focuses on equity and social justice in palliative and end of life care. \n\n\n\n\nNo Ngāi Tūhoe\, Whakatōhea\, Te Whanau-a-Apanui\, me Ngāti Whakaue hoki. Stella wears many hats for her whānau and hapū. She lives in the eastern parts of te Moana-nui-a-Toi/Bay of Plenty and is active in her wider hapori (community) serving on a couple of Trusts and not for profit organisations. As a kairangahau Māori Researcher she is passionate about making a difference for all people\, but especially Indigenous Māori by highlighting inequities and identifying areas for improvement. Her recent projects have included gathering stories for those impacted by mental health\, addictions\, imprisonment\, judicial system\, deprivation\, rurality\, homelessness\, gang life\, mate wareware (dementia)\, and cancer research. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://palliativeapproaches.uvic.ca/event/deprivation-and-homelessness-in-palliative-care-importance-of-legacy-at-end-of-life/
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SUMMARY:CERAH Speaker Series - Palliative Care Is...Strengthening approaches to palliative and end-of-life care in homeless and harm reduction settings: launching a discussion-based curriculum
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, October 27\n12:00 – 1:30pm EDT \nIn this webinar you will hear from community-based researchers\, palliative care practitioners\, and frontline workers who were part of co-developing this new curriculum. We will show you the curriculum package\, share how and why it was developed\, give some ideas for how to use it\, and have some discussion. We look forward to seeing you! \nBy the end of this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDescribe how a palliative approach to care can improve quality of life and reduce suffering for people experiencing serious illness in contexts of homelessness\, poverty\, racism\, and other forms of structural inequity.\nExplore how the Palliative Care Is… discussion-based curriculum can be used flexibly to support conversations about serious illness\, planning\, care\, grief\, and loss across community and healthcare settings.\nConsider how shared learning across health\, palliative care\, housing\, poverty\, racism\, outreach\, and community services can strengthen collaboration and support more person-centred and equitable care.\n\nSpeakers & Bios: \nHayley Sallis is a contemplative end-of-life care practitioner\, community grief facilitator\, and founder of Mourning Midwife. With more than 30 years of frontline experience in mental health\, harm reduction\, grief\, and end-of-life care\, she works alongside individuals\, families\, and communities – particularly those experiencing structural vulnerability. Her practice weaves together relationship\, ritual\, creativity\, and community to foster compassionate responses to grief\, loss\, and bereavement. \nChar Futcher (she/her) has been engaged in learning and working at the intersection of harm reduction and palliative care for the last 7 years. She is passionate about braiding these approaches together. Char was a social worker on the PORT team\, the outreach palliative care team on Lekwungen territory (‘Victoria’)\, until June 2026\, when she returned to UVic to pursue her MSW. \nMegan Conboy (she/her) is a Registered Nurse and Palliative Care Clinical Coach with Kingston Community Health Centres in southeastern Ontario\, situated on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe\, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat First Peoples. She has supported initiatives to improve access to inter-professional\, equitable palliative care for vulnerable populations in her region. Outside of work\, Megan is mom to two teenaged boys and enjoys spending time outdoors or curling up with a good book enjoying some rare peace and quiet. \nAmy Pritzker is a social worker and grief educator with 15 years of experience in hospice palliative care\, primarily in community hospice grief and bereavement programs. As a Palliative Care Clinical Coach with the Barrie and Area Ontario Health Team\, she has spent the past two years helping frontline staff in shelters and community organizations integrate a palliative approach into their work. \nKelli Stajduhar is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Victoria and a leading scholar in palliative care\, equity\, and community-based research. Her work focuses on improving access to palliative and end-of-life care for people experiencing structural vulnerability\, including those affected by homelessness\, substance use\, and social marginalization. Through long-standing partnerships with communities and frontline providers\, Dr. Stajduhar’s research explores caregiving\, dying\, and grieving in contexts often overlooked by traditional health systems. \nAshley Mollison has worked with the Palliative Approaches to Care in Aging and Community Health research program at the University of Victoria over the last decade to develop\, implement\, and evaluate evidence-informed resources\, programs\, and services to advance equity-oriented palliative care. Her recently completed PhD focuses on caregiving at the end of life in contexts of homelessness. Ashley currently works as a Senior Evaluation Consultant with Cancer Care Alberta in Treaty 7 Territories working on projects to improve equity in access to cancer care. \nBernice Kamano is from the Da’naxda’xw First Nation Band\, from the Kwakwaka’waka Nation and the Heiltsuk First Nation from Bella Bella. I was born an Urban First Nation person in Vancouver BC. I am a survivor of the Foster Care System. My life’s work has always focused on connecting with the colonized urban Indigenous community working towards health care\, housing\, and cultural supports. Over the last 30 years\, I have worked for various agencies serving Indigenous Peoples facing homelessness. \nKassandra Fernandes has a Master of Public Health degree from Lakehead University and is also a PhD candidate in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Western University specializing in aging and occupational science. At CERAH\, Kassandra works under the supervision of Holly Prince in the Indigenous Peoples’ Health & Aging Division as a Curriculum Developer. Kassandra also contributes to CERAH’s Aging in Place division through her involvement in several community-based projects\, including AgeBIG and the Thunder Bay Museum’s Places & Faces Digital Storytelling\, and the Oasis Senior Supportive Living expansion. \nREGISTER FOR THIS FREE WEBINAR BY CLICKING HERE!
URL:https://palliativeapproaches.uvic.ca/event/cerah-speaker-series-palliative-care-is-strengthening-approaches-to-palliative-and-end-of-life-care-in-homeless-and-harm-reduction-settings-launching-a-discussion-based-curriculum/
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