Key Audience: Health & Social Care Providers The Northwest Grief & Bereavement Community of Practice Presents: Acknowledging Care Provider Grief When: January 15, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET Session Info: Do you work in healthcare? Do you support and care for people who are on their end-of-life journey? Have you supported someone […]
Title: The family picture: A collection of family case studies exploring roles, relationships, and identities after a dementia diagnosis and a transition into a long-term care home Session Info: Research exploring the lived experiences of people living with dementia and family members is often overlooked. This study discusses the meaning of family after a transition […]
Key Audience: Health & Social Care Providers The Northwest Grief & Bereavement Community of Practice Presents: Sitting with Grief: Supporting Patients & Families When: February 26, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET Session Info: Grief is a universal experience, yet supporting others through it can be deeply challenging. In this session, Eugene Dufour […]
In partnership with the North West Regional Palliative Care Program, and Indigenous Services Canada, First Nations & Inuit Health - Ontario region, Lakehead University's Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health (CERAH) is pleased to offer education for registered healthcare providers in Northwestern Ontario at no cost. About LEAP Core: Pallium Canada’s LEAP […]
Lakehead University respectfully acknowledges its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Indigenous people. Lakehead Thunder Bay is located on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850. Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses, and is committed to a relationship with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit based on the principles of mutual trust, respect, reciprocity, and collaboration in the spirit of reconciliation. As a Centre we are committed to working towards reconciliation and decolonizing our work and have committed as a staff to educating ourselves in these areas both personally and professionally.