Conference Schedule
All events related to the NSHPCA Conference 2025 will take place in the Lakelands Room. This venue offers a comfortable and professional setting for the conference's diverse sessions and activities, ensuring attendees have a centralized and seamless experience.
| Time | Session | Presenter | Topic | On-Site/Virtual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:45AM | Registration/ Coffee and Tea | |||
| 8:45-9:10AM | Welcome, Plans for the Day and Opening Remarks | Marianne Arab, Beth Lynch, Ann Cosgrove | On-Site | |
| 9:10-9:30AM | Pjila’si’ (Welcome) | Angela Doyle-Faulkner | ||
| 9:30-10:30AM | Keynote | Dr. Amit Arya | Equity at the Heart of Care: Integrating Cultural Safety and Anti-Racism in Seniors and Palliative Care while supporting Grief and Bereavement | Virtual |
| 10:30-10:45AM | Break | |||
| 10:45-11:45AM | Speaker | Colleen Belle | Intercultural Competence and How Best to Support Newcomer Immigrants through Grief and Bereavement. | On-Site |
| 11:45-12:45PM | Lunch Buffet / Visit Exhibitors | |||
| 12:45-1:45PM | Speaker | Lana MacLean | Are there Health disparities in End of Life? Consider African NS Lens | On-Site |
| 1:45-2:45PM | Speaker | Mal Rose | Grieving While “Ungrievable”: 2SLGBTQIA+ Grief in a hostile world. | On-Site |
| 2:45-3:00PM | Break | |||
| 3:00-4:00PM | Speaker | Alan Syliboy | Presentation: When the Owl Calls Your Name- Exploring Mi’kmaw spirituality, life and death. | On-Site |
| 4:15PM | Wrap Up |
