
Congress Highlights
Extraordinary times, extraordinary speakers, extraordinary ideas.
R. David Bourke Lecture
What's Past is Prologue: Healing Relationships and the Future of Palliative Care
Sponsored by The McGill Council on Palliative Care
Dr. Justin Sanders
Kappy and Eric M. Flanders Chair of Palliative Care
McGill University

Opening Plenary: On Caring and Impermanence
Medical Director of Palliative Care, Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center University of Southern California
Author, That Good Night
Prof. Fliss Murtagh
Professor of Palliative Care, Hull York Medical School
Associate Director, Wolfson Palliative Care Research Center


The Public Face of Palliative Care
Founder and Senior V.P. for Strategic Innovation,
Institute for Human Caring at Providence St. Joseph Health
Nurse, Writer, and NY Times Bestselling Author of The Shift
Dr. Hsien Seow
Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care and Health System Innovation
Associate Professor, Dept of Oncology, McMaster University
Co-host, The Waiting Room Revolution
Dr. Samantha Winemaker
Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Palliative Care
Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
Co-host, The Waiting Room Revolution




Care After the Pandemic
Dr. Eric Fiat
Professor of Philosophy and Applied Medical Ethics
Université Gustave Eiffel, Paris, France


Palliative Care: Looking Ahead
Dr. Lucas Morin
Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
CHU Besançon, France
Prof. Corey Andrew Labrecque
Faculté de théologie & sciences religieuses, Université Laval
Québec City, Québec, Canada
St. Vincent's Hospital
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia


