Registration open for the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference

The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) Conference, Changing the National Perspective on Hospice Palliative Care, will be held October 28–31 at The Westin hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

In May, 2009 the DIVA Foundation partnered with CHPCA to host the Celebrating Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care and Recognizing the Challenges of Caregiving luncheon at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa. The DIVA Foundation recognizes the important role that women play in providing end-of-life care in Canada.

The CHPCA Conference is the foremost national conference in Canada focusing on hospice palliative care. This event provides hospice palliative care professionals, volunteers, and family or informal caregivers with the opportunity to share their experience and expertise on a national platform. For more information, please visit: http://conference.chpca.net/chpca 

Throughout the conference, participants will learn about the important issues facing people who work with those who are dying, and will hear experts in a number of fields debate and discuss these issues and offer solutions. Participants will hear both consensus and controversy, and will leave with many answers, and perhaps some questions not thought of before.

The conference will feature the following plenary speakers:

• The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, a champion for hospice palliative care in Canada since 1994 as a Senator and as federal Cabinet Minister
• Dr. Kathleen M. Foley, Medical Director of the International Palliative Care Initiative of the Public Health Program of the Open Society Institute
• Dr. David Kuhl, Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia and the Director of the Centre for Practitioner Renewal
• Maureen McTeer, Canadian lawyer, author of Tough Choices: Living and Dying in the 21st Century, and recipient of the DIVA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Health and Well-Being.

Registration for the conference is now open; the early bird deadline for registration is July 15. Click here to register and for more information.