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Cheryl Cameron, M.Ed, ACP
Advanced Care Paramedic
Former Lead of the EMS Palliative Assess,
Treat and Refer Program, Alberta Health Services
Edmonton, Alberta

Christopher MacKinnon, PhD, OPQ
Psychologist, Executive Director, Monkland Psychology
Practicum Faculty – Portland Institute for Loss and Transition
Montreal, Quebec

Shelly Cory, MA
Executive Director
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Marianne Arab, MSW/RSW
Provincial Manager of Psychosocial Oncology Palliative and Spiritual Care
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Cancer Care Program
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Dr Alix Carter, MD MPH FRCPC
Medical Director, Research
EHS Nova Scotia
Director, Division of EMS
Dalhousie University Department of Emergency Medicine

Careen Condrotte, BA
Registered Social Worker (RSW)
Provincial Coordinator
AHS EMS Critical Incident Stress Management
Grande Prairie, Alberta

Michelle Harrison, BSc AHN, MA
Project Manager
Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at Home Project
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Glen Horst, PhDmin
Spiritual Card Advisor
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Edward Rynearson, MD
Distinguished Professor
Seattle, Washington

Shane Sinclair, PhD
Director, Compassion Research Lab
Calgary, Alberta

Andrea Warnick, RN, MA
Psychotherapist – Childrens’ Grief
Guelph, Ontario

Marianne Arab, MSW/RSW
Provincial Manager of Psychosocial Oncology Palliative and Spiritual Care
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Cancer Care Program
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Cheryl Cameron, M.Ed, ACP
Advanced Care Paramedic
Former Lead of the EMS Palliative Assess,
Treat and Refer Program, Alberta Health Services
Edmonton, Alberta

Leslie Card
Advanced Care Paramedic
Member of the Critical Incident Stress Team
Emergency Health Services
Windsor, Nova Scotia

Dr Alix Carter, MD MPH FRCPC Medical Director, Research
EHS Nova Scotia
Director, Division of EMS
Dalhousie University Department of Emergency Medicine

Tyne Lunn
Advanced Care Paramedic
Community Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Peace River, Alberta

Christopher MacKinnon, PhD, OPQ
Psychologist, Executive Director, Monkland Psychology
Practicum Faculty – Portland Institute for Loss and Transition
Montreal, Quebec

Tristan Redden
Primary Care Paramedic
Communications Supervisor
Emergency Health Services
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nick Richards
Advanced Care Paramedic
Clinical Support Paramedic
Emergency Health Services
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Don Smith
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services, EMS North Zone
Grande Prairie, Alberta

Olivia Tomes
Advanced Care Paramedic
Community Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, Alberta

Carrie Bourassa, BA (Hon), MA, PhD
Professor Community Health and Epidemiology
University of Saskatchewan – College of Medicine
Scientific Director for the Canadian Institutes of Indigenous Peoples' Health

Sandy Buchman, MD, CCFP (PC), FCFP
Past President, The Canadian Medical Association
Palliative Care Physician – Palliative Care & Education for the Homeless
Health Associates St. Michael’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine – Division of Palliative Care
University of Toronto

Lawrence Cheung
Spiritual Health Practitioner
Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine – Palliative Care Division
University of British Columbia

Elizabeth (Betty) Davies RN, PhD, FAAN
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia

Mike Harlos MD CCFP(PC), FCFP Palliative Care (Retired)
Medical Director of Adult and Pediatric
Palliative Care for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

David Henderson MD, CCFP (PC)
Senior Medical Director Integrated Palliative Care, Nova Scotia Health Authority
Medical Director, Colchester East Hants Palliative Care Program
Assistant Prof. Dept. of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University

Peter Hudson, RN, PhD
Director of the Centre for Palliative Care
University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor, University of Melbourne & Queen’s University, Belfast

Tom Hutchinson, MD, FRCP(C)
Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Oncology
Director, McGill Programs in Whole Person Care

Stephen Liben, MD
Full Professor of Pediatrics, McGill University
Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Program, The Montreal Children's Hospital

Susan MacDonald, MD, CCFP PC FCFP
Associate Professor Medicine & Family Medicine
Memorial University

Balfour Mount, O.C., O.Q., MD, FRCSC, LLD.
Emeritus Professor of Medicine & Eric M. Flanders Chair in Palliative Medicine
McGill University

Hodan Nalayeh
Media Professional and Creative Director
Former host of Integration for OMNI Television

Irene Rezenbrink, BA, MSocAdmin, PhD, DVATI
Vancouver Art Therapy Institute

David Roy, O.C., O.Q., PhD
Former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Palliative Care
Founder and former Director of the Centre for Bioethics
Clinical Research Institute of Montréal

Neenu Sati
Wife of Shekhar, who died in 2014
Pickering, Ontario

Shahina Siddiqui
Founder and Executive Director of the Islamic Social Services Association

Kelli Stajduhar, BSN, MSN, PhD
Professor and PhD Coordinator
University of Victoria School of Nursing

David Stark
Husband of Erica Stark who died in 2014; father of three
Toronto, Ontario

Rose Steele, RN, BScN, MSc, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Health
York University

Tara Tucker, MD, FRCPC, MEd
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Sarah Walker, BSW, MSW
Former Executive Director of Hospice Calgary

Andrea Warnick, RN, MA
Psychotherapist – Childrens’ Grief
Guelph, Ontario

Kim Weidger RN, PhD, CHPCN(C)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

Jeff Baillie
Primary Care Paramedic
Emergency Health Services
Tantallon, Nova Scotia

Leslie Card
Advanced Care Paramedic
Member of the Critical Incident Stress Team
Emergency Health Services
Windsor, Nova Scotia

Meredith Glover
Advanced Care Paramedic
Community Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, Alberta

Stacy Goulder
Advanced Care Paramedic
Senior Staff Development Officer
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, Alberta

Tjeerdina (TJ) Hoekstra
Primary Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Peace River, Alberta

Judy Hollett
Peer Team Coordinator
Emergency Health Services
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Jenna Hook
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Grande Prairie, Alberta

Tyne Lunn
Advanced Care Paramedic
Community Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
EMS Mobile Integrated Healthcare
Alberta

Dawn Nickerson
Advanced Care Paramedic
Emergency Health Services
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Tristan Redden
Primary Care Paramedic
Communications Supervisor
Emergency Health Services
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keri Rempel
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Grande Prairie, Alberta

Nick Richards
Advanced Care Paramedic
Clinical Support Paramedic
Emergency Health Services
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Teresa Roberts
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, Alberta

Warren Sharpe
Primary Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Peace River, Alberta

Don Smith
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services, EMS North Zone
Grande Prairie, Alberta

Wes Thompson
Primary Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Peace River, Alberta

Olivia Tomes
Community Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, Alberta

Jacene Tyler
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Grande Prairie, Alberta

Elizabeth Anderson
Primary Care Paramedic
Community Paramedic
Ottawa, Ontario

Alynne Baiton
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
South Zone, Alberta

Leon Baranowski MEd, DipHE, FHEA, MCPARA
Advanced Care Paramedic
Paramedic Practice Leader
BC Emergency Health Services
Vancouver, British Columbia

Lorraine Downey
Primary Care Paramedic
Peer Support Coordinator
Ottawa, Ontario

Tammy Dupuis
Primary Care Paramedic Community Paramedic
Ottawa, Ontario

Tracy Faraday
Primary Care Paramedic
Ottawa, Ontario

Matthew Friesen
Primary Care Paramedic
Ottawa, Ontario

Tianna Gibson
Primary Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Edmonton Zone, Alberta

Dwayne Gidney
Advanced Care Paramedic
Acting Superintendent
Clinical Training and Operations
Ottawa, Ontario

Stacy Goulder
Advanced Care Paramedic
Senior Staff Development Officer
Alberta Health Services

Jennie Helmer BCom, MEd
Advanced Care Paramedic
Paramedic Specialist
Pemberton, British Columbia

Tracey Izzard
Primary Care Paramedic
Community Paramedic
Ottawa, Ontario

Erika Kirkman
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Central Zone, Alberta

Selena Letain
Advanced Care Paramedic
EMS Operations Manager
Saskatchewan Health Authority

Tyne Lunn
Advanced Care Paramedic
Community Care Paramedic
EMS Mobile Integrated Healthcare
Alberta
Alberta Health Services EMS

Nellie Maund-Stephens
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
South Zone, Alberta

Marsha McCall RN MSN
Program Manager
BCEHS Critical Incident Stress Program
Vancouver, British Columbia

Tara McCullough
Primary Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
South Zone, Alberta

Brian Morris
Advanced Care Paramedic
Superintendent
Ottawa, Ontario

Stanley Morrow
Advanced Care Paramedic
Ottawa, Ontario

Denica Mulder
Advanced Care Paramedic
Alberta Health Services
Calgary Zone, Alberta

Tristan Redden
Primary Care Paramedic
Communications Supervisor
Emergency Health Services
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Tammie-Lee Rogowski RN CHPCN(C) CCHN(C)
Clinical Team Manager Palliative Care
and Home Care Nursing Services
Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority
Selkirk, Manitoba

Lori Simcoe
EMS Quality Officer
Shared Health
Selkirk, Manitoba

Jessica Waterhouse
Advanced Care Paramedic
Ottawa, Ontario

Tara Sibko
Manager of Communications and Engagement
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Wendy Rowland BAH, MA
Director
Toronto, Ontario

Robin Bain
Cinematographer
Toronto, Ontario

Courtesy of
Emergency Medical Services, Alberta Health Services and Ottawa Paramedic Service

Aazir Munir
Project Manager
Venuiti Solutions

Paula Nunes-Haggett
Brampton, Ontario

Marg Cooke, M.S.W.
Sidney, British Columbia

Angie Saj
Office Manager
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Danielle Saj
Intern
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Jen Saj
Intern
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Winnipeg, Manitoba