Conference Schedule
All events related to the NSHPCA Conference 2025 will take place in the Lakelands Room. This venue offers a comfortable and professional setting for the conference's diverse sessions and activities, ensuring attendees have a centralized and seamless experience.

Time | Session | Presenter | Topic | On-Site/Virtual |
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8:30-9:00AM | Registration/ Coffee and Tea | |||
9:00-9:10AM | Opening Remarks | Ann Cosgrove (English and French) | On-Site | |
9:10-9:30AM | Welcome | Angela Doyle- Faulkner | ||
9:30-10:30AM | Keynote | Dr. Amit Arya | Equity at the Heart of Care: Integrating Cultural Safety and Anti-Racism in Seniors and Palliative Care while supporting Grief and Bereavement | Virtual |
10:30-10:45AM | Break | |||
10:45-11:45AM | Speaker | Colleen Belle | Intercultural Competence and How Best to Support Newcomer Immigrants through Grief and Bereavement. | On-Site |
11:45-12:45PM | Lunch Buffet / Visit Exhibitors | |||
12:45-1:45PM | Speaker | Lana MacLean | Are there Health disparities in End of Life? Consider African NS Lens | On-Site |
1:45-2:00PM | Break | |||
2:00-3:00PM | Speaker | Mal Rose | Grieving While “Ungrievable”: 2SLGBTQIA+ Grief in a hostile world. | On-Site |
3:00-3:15PM | Break | |||
3:15-4:15PM | Speaker | Alan Syliboy | Presentation: When the Owl Calls Your Name- Exploring Mi’kmaw spirituality, life and death. | On-Site |
4:15PM | Wrap Up |