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Thank you for helping to make
Education Day 2026 a huge success!
Over 150 community hospice and palliative care leaders, staff, and volunteers, gathered to learn, connect, and celebrate the community-based hospice sector across Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
This year's program roster offered a variety of topics, and feedback has been hugely positive.
Thanks to everyone for participating in the day.
As mentioned, we are sharing sesssion slide decks and resources, as they arrive, below. Thank you.
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Dr. G. Michael Downing, MD
BC Cancer Agency, Pain and Symptom Clinic
Dr. Kelli Stajduhar, PhD, RN, FRSC, FCAHS, FCAN
Professor, UVIC School of Nursing
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Palliative Approaches to Care in Aging and Community Health; Special Advisor, Health Research, Office of the Vice President Research & Innovation
Leveraging Communications and Data to Achieve Maximum Impact
When Loss Comes Without Warning: Supporting Grief After Sudden Death
Dying as a Sacred, Spiritual Practice
Foundations of Group Facilitation
Exploring Nature Based Interventions in Hospice to Support Grief, Bereavement, Death and Dying
Ethical Reflection and Compassionate Conversation in Hospice Care
Exploring Expressive Arts
After-Death Communication in Grief Care
Boundaries