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Spring Palliative Education Evening

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 5-8 pm (Registration Checkin: 4-5pm)

Cost $40.00  

Bingemans Conference Centre Ballroom 
425 Bingemans Centre Dr. Kitchener N2B 3X7
(Directions)

Agenda

Guest Presentation

Jest for the Health of It

Kenneth Ashley Shonk, CCFP
Retired WW Physician
Author, Laughter from Womb to Tomb

Breakout Presentations

1. Adult Clinical  

When Pain Doesn't Go Away, Think Nociplastic Mechanisms

Andrea Furlan, MD PhD
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Staff physician and Senior Scientist, UHN

2. Adult General  

When Care Harms: Moral Distress and the Ethical Call to Self-Care

Mahoganie Hines BScN, RN, MHSc, CHPCN(C)
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care Unit
St. Peter’s Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences

3. Pediatric  

The Provincial Pediatric Model of Care: Children Receiving Care in All Settings and a Proposed Family Advisory Collective for South Central Ontario’s Pediatric Palliative Care

Cindy van Halderen, MSW, RSW, APHSW-C
Manager, Psychosocial, Grief and Bereavement Care Kemp Care Network
Clinical Co-Lead, Palliative Care, Ontario West Region, Ontario Health

Conference Sponsored by:

• The Physician’s Palliative Education Fund
• The WW Interdisciplinary Education Funds