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By the ePAC Action Team “It’s as much about death as it is about life,” is a statement heard frequently around the Action Team table....
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kdwhitlo
May 25, 20231 min read
The PORTmobile!
By Carolyn Wilkinson Manager, Palliative & End of Life Care and Spiritual Health, Island Health* We needed a car! Not a new car, not a...
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kdwhitlo
Mar 1, 20234 min read
Why I think a palliative approach to care is important when working with youth.
By Carley McConnachie I remember the first time I overheard a conversation about death in a youth support setting. What immediately...
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kdwhitlo
Nov 29, 20224 min read
Social capital and homelessness: Reflections on my PhD experience
By Nadia Ayed, PhD "This piece was created by Joe (participant pseudonym) and his daughter after Joe was housed. They named it...
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kdwhitlo
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Inspired by personal experience
By Courtney Petruik PhD student examines the organization of palliative care for people who are socially marginalized In 2016, I moved to...
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kdwhitlo
Jun 9, 20222 min read
Equity-in-Practice: Arrow Big Smoke
By Ashley Mollison Arrow Big Smoke is a proud member of the Blackfoot Confederacy and is registered with the Piikani Nation. She is also...
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kdwhitlo
Feb 8, 20223 min read
Installing end-of-life care at home
By Charlotte Futcher and Ashley Mollison Agencies in Greater Victoria have come together to remedy the unavailability and inaccessibility...
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kdwhitlo
Feb 1, 20224 min read
What is a ‘good’ death?
by Charlotte Futcher How I got here, as a social work student doing a practicum with the Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care (ePAC)...
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kdwhitlo
Dec 3, 20213 min read
Introducing research briefs!
Knowledge Translation By: ePAC Research Team Knowledge translation is about ensuring that what we learn in research is useable for the...
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kdwhitlo
Nov 25, 20212 min read
PORT RePORT
PORT Update – Nov 24, 2021 This summer, the ‘new’ Palliative Outreach Resource Team officially turned two years old! We didn’t pause to...
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Annie Do
Oct 6, 20204 min read
Talking Equity-Informed Advance Care Planning
By Ashley Mollison & Kara Whitlock On behalf of our ePAC collaborative and with deep gratitude to our Inner City Action Team and ePAC...
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ePAC
May 14, 20205 min read
What caring for Joe taught me about privilege, forgiveness, and love
By Jenafor Ryane Folks facing life-limiting illness often find themselves wading through uncomfortable feelings such as fear,...
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ePAC
Apr 17, 20203 min read
Introducing the ePAC Crew!
Word has been spreading about the excellent work of ePAC and PORT (Palliative Outreach Response Team) and community members are stepping...
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ePAC
Mar 30, 20204 min read
COVID-19: Equity-Informed Palliative Care & Social Disadvantage
Erin Donald, RN, PhD (c) Kelli Stajduhar, RN, PhD, FCAHS As COVID-19 rips through our communities, those who are socially disadvantaged...
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ePAC
Dec 25, 20191 min read
New article on privilege in palliative care
On October 13th, Dr. Kelli Stajduhar delivered a keynote presentation at the Public Health Palliative Care International Conference in...
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ePAC
Oct 24, 20192 min read
“What do you want to do before you die?”
The "Before I Die" global art project is coming to the University of Victoria on October 30, 31, and November 1 at the SUB. A life-size...
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ePAC
Oct 8, 20192 min read
The Palliative Outreach Resource Team (PORT) Launches in Victoria
September 19th was an exciting day for the city of Victoria as the Palliative Outreach Resource Team (PORT) officially launched its...
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ePAC
Sep 17, 20191 min read
ePAC in the news
Advance Care Planning (ACP) has emerged in our Action Team as a focus to ensure that people's values, wishes, and bodies are respected at...
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ePAC
May 1, 20191 min read
A PORT update by Katie Leahy & Fraser Black
A result of years of advocacy, research and community mobilization, The Palliative Outreach Resource Team (PORT) is a new service helping...
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