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Annual Events

Hike for Hospice: Every May PCSBV hosts Hike for Hospice during National Hospice Palliative Care Week. Through this event and week PCSBV promotes and fundraises for hospice, end of life, and palliative care in the Bow Valley. The hike is a flat five-kilometer loop in Canmore that follows the Bow River. Annually the first full week of May marks National Hospice Palliative Care Week in Canada. This week is a time to celebrate and share achievements of hospice palliative care throughout the nation.

 

Golf for Hospice: Eevery August the PCSBV hosts an annual golf tournament to raise awareness about palliative and hospice care in the Bow Valley. Golfers, sponsors, patrons and donors made our 2024 Golf for Hospice Tournament amazing. Each helped raises $77,000 through donations, gifts-in-kind, sponsorships, and participation.

Here are some snapshots we captured to remember this special day!

 

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Past Event Highlights

COMMUNITY SUMMIT 2023: Compassion & Care

In October of 2023, PCSBV hosted a series of events as part of the "Community Summit: Compassion & Care" focused on building understanding around palliative and end of life care - from new perspectives to help change the dialogue.  Focused on creating a community of care, PCSBV invited leading speakers on the topic to the Bow Valley:

Dr. Kathyrn Mannix, a palliative care physician and author of several books, and a leading international speaker on palliative care. 

Dr. Sammy Winemaker, physician & Dr. Hsien Seow, researcher, hosts of the popular podcast "The Waiting Room Revolution" and authors of the book "Hope for the Best, Plan for the Rest".

COMMUNITY SUMMIT 2023: In Conversation with Dr. Kathryn Mannix

COMMUNITY SUMMIT 2023: In Conversation with Dr. Winemaker and Dr. Seow

SPECIAL SPEAKER SERIES - Dr. Sammy Winemaker

From Dr. Winemaker:

“I spent the first part of my career imagining how I could improve the illness journey for patients and families. I imagined a world where patients and families didn’t have to ask for palliative care to achieve a ‘good death’. I imagined a world where patients and families felt they had a roadmap for what to expect along their illness journey. I imagined a tidal wave of patients and families demanding a different type of care. I’d like you to imagine the same. “

 

More About Our Presenter:

Dr. Samantha Winemaker BSc., MD, CCFP(PC), FCFPDr. Winemaker is a graduate of McMaster University Medical School. She has completed residency training in Family Medicine, and fellowship training in Palliative Medicine. Her clinical work is predominately community based, caring for people in their home. She is an advocate for palliative care reform. She believes strongly that basic principles of palliative care should be the responsibility of all health care providers and integrated into care seamlessly, upstream in the patient’s illness journey.