Session Info: In this session, certified grief counsellor, Claudia Otto will share practical tips, tools, and examples of ways health and social care providers can help others heal through methods like storytelling and tapping into the senses. This session will describe various approaches to support patients and families at various stages of their grief […]
Session Info: Supporting Patients Who Identify as 2-Spirit LGBTQ+ Who Could Benefit from a Palliative Approach to Care When: February 21, 2024 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (EDT) Where: Zoom Albert's Bio: Albert McLeod is a Status Indian with ancestry from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Métis communities of Norway House and Cross Lake […]
Session Info: Imagine trying to access home care without a home... In this session, members of the Palliative Advocacy Care Team (PACT) & Palliative Carelink will discuss how health and social care workers can adopt approaches to care that recognize and adapt to the social and structural determinants of health. The goal of this session […]
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.