Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Community of Practice
Recurring event
Organized by: Palliative Institute
Audience: Healthcare professionals Researchers
Interested in sharing and learning from other clinicians in delivering palliative and hospice care? Come be a part of the Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Community of Practice!
Connect with colleagues from across Alberta who deliver palliative and end of life care. This community of practice is ideal for clinicians, frontline champions, clinical educators, unit leaders and managers of hospices and palliative care units in Alberta and open to any site that delivers care to people with serious and life-threatening illnesses.
Members of this community of practice will have the opportunity to meet every other month with other clinicians from the province to engage in discussions and explore topics such as continuing education, care delivery processes and best practice care.
Sessions
Spirituality and suffering in end-of-life care
Date: Nov. 27, 2025 · 2-3 p.m. (MST)
Speakers: Wenda Salomons, MTS, certified spiritual care practitioner, Covenant Health and Craig Traynor MDiv, spiritual health practitioner, Covenant Health
Description: This presentation explores end-of-life suffering through a lens of spirituality. While touching on some historical and cultural background, it focuses on modern approaches to spiritual care and proposes some solutions to address suffering in end-of-life care.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify spirituality and suffering.
2. Propose solutions to suffering from spiritual perspectives.
3. Specify and address particular End of Life challenges related to spirituality.
Communication and education for patients and families
Title of session: To be determined
Date: Jan. 29, 2026 · 2-3 p.m. (MST)
Speaker: Jennifer Lam RN, Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, University of Alberta Hospital
Topic: Communication and education for patients and families
Advance care planning and goals of care designation
Title of session: To be determined
Date: Mar. 26, 2026 · 2-3 p.m. (MST)
Speaker: Jennifer Zelmer, RNBN, M.Ed, Education Consultant, Advance Care Planning Goals of Care – Calgary Zone, Assisted Living Alberta
Topic: Advance care planning and goals of care designation
Research on family members and MAiD
Title of session: To be determined
Date: May 28, 2026 · 2-3 p.m. (MST)
Speaker: Jennifer Zelmer, RNBN, M.Ed, Education Consultant, Advance Care Planning Goals of Care – Calgary Zone, Assisted Living Alberta
Topic: Research on family members and medical assistance in dying (MAiD) including supports accessed during anticipatory grief and following MAiD death.
This event is part of the Covenant Health Palliative Institute's ECHO Hub virtual knowledge-sharing platform. Find more events or revisit past sessions on ECHO Hub.