Upcoming
Film Screening -ÌýFamiliar Touch
Date: March 24, 2026
Time: 5 - 7:30 PM
Location: Sylvia and Richard Cruess Amphitheatre, Room ES1.1129, Glen site, RI-MUHC (métro Vendome)
Join Palliative Care Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ and the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Council on Palliative Care, in collaboration with the , for a screening of Familiar Touch, a "coming-of-old-age" film about a woman with dementia adjusting to assisted living. A panel discussion and reception will follow, with panelists , Clinical Senior Advisor at CIUSSS Centre-West-Island of Montreal, and Lecturer, Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ School of Social Work, and Claire Webster (PAC, CPCA), Founder of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Dementia Education Program.
Events
Since 1996, as part of its mission to provide information about palliative care to the public, the Council has run a variety of workshops and lectures throughout the years. The workshops are usually run in the spring and fall and cover a range of topics from practical caregiving, how to access palliative care, living wills, communications, grieving and ethical issues. These workshops include the annual workshop held in memory of David Bourke - a co-founder of the Council.
As part of Palliative Care Week in May, the Council invites a well known speaker to present to address subjects of topical interest.
All these events are free and open to all.
With the help of NCS Multimedia, Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾, the Council had been able to record its recent lecturesÌýwhich are listedÌýhere.Ìý
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Workshops
The workshops are aÌýmajor focus of what the Council does to reach out to the public to advocate for Palliative Care and help provide much needed information for those facing crises near the end-of-life and enable them to live as well as possible.Ìý
To get an idea of the enormous variety of topics that have been presented we invite you to refer to:
English list of Council workshops
Resources
Palliative Care Reimagined: A Needed Shift
palliative_care_reimagined_2016_abel_and_kellehear.pdf
Health Law in Canada - Special Issue on physician assisted death
health_law_in_canada-special_issue-physician_assisted_death.pdf
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