Let's Talk about Grief, Loss, and Palliative Care/Conversations sur le deuil, la perte et les soins palliatifs - A Free Education Day in Clare, Nova Scotia

Event Details

Event type: All Ages

You are invited to join Circles of Grief and Grief Matters for a free community grief education day focused on learning, conversation, and connection around grief, loss, and palliative care.

We will explore the many forms and experiences of grief, how people may respond to loss in different ways, and what it can mean to foster compassionate, grief-informed communities.

The day will bring together professional and lived-experience perspectives on grief, loss, and palliative care. This event is for anyone interested in learning more about grief, whether through personal experience, supporting someone who is grieving, or wanting to contribute to a more compassionate community. No previous knowledge or experience is required, and everyone is welcome.

The event is free, and lunch will be provided.

For more information on Circles of Grief: Please visit https://circlesofgrief.ca

For more information on Grief Matters: Please visit https://griefmatters.ca 

Please see the agenda below:

8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration and Welcome/Bienvenue
- Registration
- Coffee, tea and light refreshments.

9:00- 9:30 Opening/Ouverture
- Welcome and introductions
- Land Acknowledgement
- Circles of Grief mission statement

9:30-10:15 Mental Health and Addictions

10:15-10:30 Break/Pause

10:30-11:00 From Loss to Healing: a Personal Grief Journey/Histoire Personnelle (Anique Stuart)

11:00-12:00 Dr Mary Ellen Macdonald

12:00-1:00 Lunch/Dîner

1:00-1:45 Dr Mary Ellen Macdonald

1:45-2:15 Lived Experience: A personal Grief Journey/ Histoire Personnelle (Diane Robicheau)

2:15-2:30 Break/Pause

2:30-3:30 Dr Phillip Cooper: Palliative Care and end of Life

3:30- 4:00 Reflection, evaluation, and closing/reflexion, évaluation et cloture

Speakers:

• Mental Health Staff
  
  
• Dr Mary Ellen Macdonald is an anthropologist and professor in palliative Medicine at Dalhousie University. She holds the J&W Murphy Foundation Endowed Chair in Palliative Care. She has been researching death, dying and bereavement for two decades, and is especially committed to supporting death and grief literacy across diverse communities.

• Dr. Philip Cooper is a palliative care physician based in Yarmouth County who provides palliative care services throughout the Tri-County region, including Yarmouth, Digby, and Shelburne Counties. With medical career spanning decades, he has practiced as a family physician, surgeon, oncologist and palliative care specialist. His broad experience has shaped a compassionate, person-centred approach that focuses on caring for the whole person and supporting families throughout serious illness and grief. Dr Cooper is a strong advocate for community-based palliative care, believing that palliative care is about living well, not simply end-of- life care. Throughout his career, he has been committed to educating health professional, volunteers and public, to better understand the value of early palliative care and compassionate support.

Looking forward to seeing you there! 

*** If you have any dietary restrictions we should be aware of, please email joantufts@gmail.com ***

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