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Start Earlier, Live Better: Why Early Palliative Integration Changes the Illness Journey

10/12/2026

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For many people their understanding of palliative care is that it means end of life. The evidence, and the national standards that guide care in Canada and abroad, point to...

Memory, Access & Dignity: Why Dementia Belongs in the Palliative Care Conversation

09/14/2026

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Ask most people when palliative care should start for someone living with dementia, and you’ll often hear “near the end.” That answer is understandable — and it’s also the myth...

Dementia – What we need to talk about.

09/10/2026

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By: Dr Daphna Grossman When we talk about dementia, there is so much to talk about. We talk about safety. We talk about the enormous burden on care-partners—the countless hours...

From Recognition to Redistribution: What Women’s Equality Day Asks

08/07/2026

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Maria Panzera Rugg’s Women’s Equality Day reflection on Personal Support Workers/Care Aides named something that shouldn’t need naming, but it does, that the women sustaining Canada’s home care and long-term...

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When Care Workers Are Vulnerable: A Women’s Equality Day Reflection on PSWs and Equity

07/31/2026

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Women’s Equality Day is a powerful reminder that gender equity is not theoretical, but it is lived, daily, in the bodies, homes, and workplaces of women whose labour sustains our...

Whole Person Care for the Caregiver: Why Palliative Care Training Is A Missing Link in Canada

07/20/2026

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Across Canada, more people are receiving palliative care than ever before. The Canadian Institute for Health Information reports that 58% of Canadians who died in 2021 to 2022 had some...

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What’s Happening

Start Earlier, Live Better: Why Early Palliative Integration Changes the Illness Journey

Memory, Access & Dignity: Why Dementia Belongs in the Palliative Care Conversation

Dementia – What we need to talk about.

From Recognition to Redistribution: What Women’s Equality Day Asks

When Care Workers Are Vulnerable: A Women’s Equality Day Reflection on PSWs and Equity

Whole Person Care for the Caregiver: Why Palliative Care Training Is A Missing Link in Canada

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