2015 Regional Conference The Importance of Partnerships in Palliative Care Tuesday, May 26 and Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Join us for our 21st Annual Regional Conference, to be held at the Casino Rama Conference Centre, Orillia. Deadline to register: Tuesday, May 12 Sessions include: • The evolving Palliative Care system in Ontario-it’s everybody’s business! Dr. Denise Marshall, Palliative Care Provincial Lead, Cancer Care Ontario; Chair, Ontario LHIN Collaborative Palliative Care Clinical Council; Palliative Care Consultant Physician, Niagara West Palliative Care Team and McNally House Hospice; Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Care, Dept of Family Medicine, McMaster University • ".. but doc, how long do I have to live?" Dr. Deb Harrold, Lead Physician, Palliative Care Team, Hope Huntsville; Medical Director, Hospice Huntsville; Regional Palliative Care Lead, Cancer Care Ontario • Respecting and Addressing First Nation, Metis and Inuit Palliative Care Needs Leah Bergstrome, Aboriginal Patient Navigator , Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Program • A Death in the Village: Dying as a communal experience, rather than a medical event Amy Pritzker, Client Care Coordinator, NSMHPCN/Hospice Orillia • Building a Palliative Care System – Are We Asking the Right Questions? Dr. Hsien Seow, Cancer Care Ontario Research Chair, Health Services Research; Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator Award winner; Escarpment Cancer Research Institute • Regional Team Development in North Simcoe Muskoka Cori Johnson, Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, NSMHPCN • Being Ready to Die: The emotional, spiritual and psychosocial journey towards dying Sheila Atkinson, Bereavement Services Coordinator, Hospice Simcoe For more information, including agendas, speaker bios and registration information, please click here.