education archives
cerah provides various educational and knowledge translation opportunities via videoconference, utilizing the web conferencing platforms like “zoom” – making recording and archiving content possible. the following are archived workshops, educational series, and other educational initiatives that have been offered by cerah:
palliative care echo project
managing pediatric palliative care patients in northern ontario
presenter: vicky wilton, rn, bhpe
date: november 13, 2024
incorporating a palliative approach into your primary care practice
presenter: dr. erin gallagher, md, ccfp (pc) mph
date: october 9, 2024
journeying toward end-of-life: meaning of food and fluids
presenter: marlene benvenuto, rn chpcn(c)
date: september 24, 2024
supporting vulnerable patients who could benefit from an equity-informed palliative approach to care
presenters: pact members, brittany d’angelo, julie diner, and natalie mcguigan
date: may 15, 2024
supporting patients who identify as 2 spirit lgbtq+ who could benefit from a palliative approach to care:
presenter: elder albert mcleod
date: february 21, 2024
supporting journeys to the spirit world: embracing a two-eyed seeing approach to caring for indigenous peoples (6 part series):
creating opportunities for culturally safer care
presenter: holly prince, msw, phd(cand.)
date: september 27, 2022
journey to the spirit world: indigenous approaches to caregiving for those who are seriously ill
presenter: elton beardy, cultural practitioner
date: october 4, 2022
journey home: understanding the grief experience of indigenous peoples
presenter: joanna vautour, msw
date: october 11, 2022
palliative care: westernized approaches to caregiving
presenters: robert essex, rn & sheri henderson, rn, bscn, chpcn(c)
date: october 25, 2022
patient and community centred decision-making and care
presenter: patty everson, rn
date: november 8, 2022
transitioning between systems of care: discussing the discharge planning process
presenter: dr. kevin bezanson, md cfpc(pc)
date: november 1, 2022
cerah speaker series archives
transforming pediatric palliative care: improving access and enhancing quality care for indigenous communities
presenters: kira goodman, dr. dave lysecki, joanna vautour, and elder dorothy keon
date: december 4, 2024
empowering your community at end-of-life: developing an indigenous death doula program
presenter: elder diane boots
date: june 5, 2024
how community collaborations are making meaningful impacts on older adults in thunder bay
presenters: kassandra fernandes & nancy angus
date: march 16, 2023
using digital stories in compassionate communities
presenters: dr. mary lou kelley, john cosgrove & ann barkley
date: march 3, 2022
visitor restrictions & the covid-19 pandemic
presenter: dr. kristen jones-bonofiglio
date: october 20, 2021
cerah lunch & learn archives
the role of the retirement homes regulatory authority
presenter: kaisa metcalfe rn, partnership & engagement specialist
date: february 15, 2023
differences between the 3 “ds” delirium. dementia, & depression
presenter: marlene benvenuto
date: january 18, 2023
pain assessment and management in palliative care
presenter: dr. megan sellick
date: october 12, 2022
faqs for an acp (advance care plan) champion part 2
presenter: jill marcella
date: april 14, 2022
tips on managing functional decline in palliative care
presenters: sarah brown, michael manzini
date: february 16, 2022
your maid faqs answered
presenters: kathryn macissac, amber skaarup, michelle allain, dr. margaret woods
date: january 19, 2022
north west behavioural supports ontario learning series: personality disorders in older adulthood
presenter: dr. edouard st.-pierre
date: june 3, 2021
palliative symptom management kit update: supporting expected death at home
presenter: kathryn macisaac
date: may 19, 2021
poa? sdm? dnr? hcc? faqs for an acp (advance care plan) champion
presenter: jill marcella
date: april 14, 2021
palliative oral care
presenters: lynda mckeown & heather woodbeck
date: march 17, 2021
innovative behavioural supports ontario (bso) practices to support long-term care (ltc) homes during the covid-19 pandemic
moderator: katelynn aelick
presenters: kathryn peever, janet plastow, terri glover, kathy baker, kim schryburt-brown, nancy hooper, heather hawrelluk-sirois
date: march 11, 2021
advancing patient and family centred care during end of life for indigenous persons and their families at nipigon district memorial hospital
presenter: judy harvey
date: december 2, 2020
palliative carelink: what is it? who should be connected? how can you connect your clients/patients?
presenters: melora serediuk, reegan bushby, tricia jordan
date: november 18, 2020
geriatric mental health in northwestern ontario: one program’s response to covid-19
presenter: jolene morrisseau
date: october 28, 2020
palliative care of congestive heart failure in the community – a review of early identification and a team approach to care
presenter: donald hutchinson
date: october 7, 2020
palliative care for the vulnerably housed in thunder bay – an update and a work in progress
presenters: cherie kok, kim ramsbottom
date: september 16, 2020
media and other knowledge translation
providing palliative care virtually in the north
presenter: nikita matichuk, nurse practitioner, north west lhin
date: february 24, 2021