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GIPPEC

@GIPPEC

The Global Institute of Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Joined November 2014
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🎉 1 month to go until our virtual Research Conference! 14 sessions with handy take home messages for practitioners and researchers, dip in and out as you wish across the week. All held on a new & improved platform. View the programme & register for free: bit.ly/3Q9Vgsb
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There is a #Rwandan saying, "When you are well, you belong to yourself. But when you are sick, you belong to your family." "The #Safari Concept is a groundbreaking approach to #palliative care that transcends #cultural and linguistic barriers. By recognizing the importance of family and community in #African cultures..."
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GIPPEC@GIPPEC30 Mar 2023
Register today for our annual Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) Virtual Workshop happening on April 20 and 21, 2023 from 8am-12pm EST. Register here today: gippec.org/events/managing-c…
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Congratulations to Dr. John Dick @pmcancercentre @UHN on being awarded the prestigious 2022 Canada Gairdner International Award (@GairdnerAwards) and to all 2022 laureates! #GairdnerAwards 🥳
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WHPCA@whpca24 Mar 2022
WHPCA Notes the Death of our Founding Co-chair Dr. Cynthia Goh. Celebrating a life lived in service to humanity. Please find the full article by clicking the link bit.ly/3L43lZM
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The COVID-19 and Cancer Global Modelling Consortium. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Director-General of @WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom at yesterday's live Joint Call to Action during #CND65 emphasized the critical importance of essential controlled medicines for #palliativecare and to relieve needless suffering @DrTedros🇺🇳 @gjmdhoop @UNODC #NoPatientLeftBehind
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Around the 🌍, millions of people rely on medicines based on controlled substances, such as morphine, to manage the pain caused by their illness. @WHO is concerned about the persistent barriers to the availability of controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes.
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Important new tool to help prioritise the development of radiotherapy infrastructure led by @fabiomoraesmd. Patients travelling thousands km to access RXT. thelancet.com/journals/lanon… Great King's & Queen's collaboration @ccsph_kcl @QueensGlobalOnc @iaeapact
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First Nations House Indigenous Student Services presents a lunch time world water day event w/Amy Desjarlais Tues March 22 12-1 PM Earth Sciences courtyard. If it rains we move indoors to the Multi Faith Centre Register:clnx.utoronto.ca/home/sleven… [email protected]
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Letter to the Editor: Response to Fitzgerald Jones et al., Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Delivering Antiracist Care to Black Americans (DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.05021) | Journal of Palliative Medicine liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1… @Curseen @KBulloc2 #Palliative
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“Gender equality + women’s rights must be at the heart of a renewed social contract that is fit for today’s societies and economies,” @UN chief @antonioguterrs told a top women’s meeting, @UN_CSW. news.un.org/en/story/2022/03…
Women and girls must lead battle against ‘widespread and interlinked crises’

Women and girls must lead battle against ‘widespread and interlinked crises’

To forge a sustainable future for us all, “women and girls must be front and centre, leading the way”. Secretary-General António Guterres told the opening session of the Commission on the Status of...

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We are delighted to announce that @dwai_banerjee will be one of our keynote speakers for the Symposium on Health and Community. Details of his presentation will be announced closer to the date. For more info, please see our Symposium website: southasiasymposium2022.wordp…
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WHPCA@whpca10 Mar 2022
APCA announces the 7th International African Palliative Care Conference Registration and Call for Abstracts. Please find out more by clicking the link bit.ly/34qYOkr
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WHPCA@whpca9 Mar 2022
On Friday, May 20th, this spring’s most important conference on sustainable end-of-life care for the future will focus on the future of end-of-life care and how we meet the subsequent grief of death. Find out more by clicking the link bit.ly/3KoHCLQ
What’s Important is Creating Good Days

What’s Important is Creating Good Days

On Friday, May 20th, this spring’s most important conference is being co-hosted by Hospice Forum Norway and International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bere

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Welcoming Dr. Mutebi to the @pmcancercentre Grand Rounds this morning, speaking on Women and Cancer in Africa: Changing Narratives in Practice and Policy. @m_mutebi
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GIPPEC@GIPPEC5 Jan 2022
GIPPEC and King’s College London invite you to REGISTER TODAY for the 2022 The Soul of Medicine in the Last Year of Life: Novel Solutions to Palliative Care Access Across Economic and Cultural Divides, happening virtually on March 10, 17, & 23, 2022. events.myconferencesuite.com…
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Health related suffering projected to increase world wide @ prof Harding # CSI # Gippec symposium
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Do you worry about your loved one’s cancer coming back or progressing or about anyone else in your family getting cancer? We are inviting family members of patients who receive care @pmcancercentre to take part in a virtual online focus group. If interested, see attached flyer.
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Follow @rawtalkpodcast to listen to the #COVIDecoded series with Eryn Tong, DSC Clinical Research Analyst!
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Our next instalment in the #COVIDecoded series is taking place this Thursday, July 30th at 3PM! We're Putting it To the Test and discussing all things COVID-19 testing with Dr. Khosrow Adeli and Mary Kathryn Bohn @SickKidsNews @UoftB. Register at rawtalkpodcast.com/covid-19
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