We’re dedicated to supporting a continuous learning journey for health care providers to build local capacity to provide a palliative care approach to patients and their families.
Be a part of a community of practice with the Palliative Care ECHO Project
The Palliative Care ECHO Project is a national initiative to cultivate communities of practice and establish continuous professional development among health care providers across Canada who care for patients with life-limiting illness.
Led by Pallium Canada and its network of Hub Partners from across Canada, the Project offers free online programs that bring together health care providers from across Canada with shared interests to foster continued knowledge exchange through interactive, case-based learning.
Why is this important?
Many health care professionals require on-going support and learning as they work to provide a palliative care approach for their patients.
Equity issues in Canada limit access to palliative care education and support, especially in rural or remote communities.
Interactive and case-based learning empowers health care professionals with practical knowledge that supports real-world application, with over 95% of learners finding the webinars highly relevant to their practice.
ECHO is a trusted platform to rapidly disseminate palliative care knowledge, tools, and resources across the country.
Learning resources
The Palliative Care ECHO Project delivers its content through national, provincial, and regional communities of practice, webinars, and an extensive library of on-demand sessions. All national ECHO programming is free for all health care providers to participate, and includes:
Series and webinars
Connect with peers and leaders through focused, interdisciplinary sessions on priority topics such as pediatric palliative care, primary palliative care, and more.
Hub Partner programming
These programs are delivered by our Hub Partners across Canada, tailored to national and regional priorities and community needs.
Learn on demand
Access hundreds of past ECHO sessions anytime. Explore past Communities of Practice, quality improvement initiatives, and sessions led by national experts.
Featured sessions
Explore upcoming ECHO sessions open to all health care providers. Join free, interactive learning experiences, connect with national experts, and gain practical strategies to enhance palliative care in your practice or community. View all upcoming sessions.
Exploring the Alberta Atlas of Palliative Care: Key Findings and Insights
April 9, 2026, from 12–1:00 p.m. MDT
Explore the key findings of the new Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care: Alberta Edition, a unique Canadian resource mapping palliative care across the province. Whether you’re a health care provider, policymaker, researcher, or anyone interested in advancing palliative care, this session will equip you with the knowledge to navigate and understand the results of this provincial Atlas.
McGill Palliative Care National Grand Rounds Programme
Ongoing monthly sessions
Stay connected with the latest evidence and best practices in palliative care. Hosted by McGill Palliative Care in partnership with the Palliative Care ECHO Project, this series advances the field by sharing cutting-edge research, national and international initiatives, and strategies to address pressing challenges.
Atlas CareMaps Series: Helping Caregivers Map Their Care Connections
Ongoing monthly sessions
With support from the Rexall Care Network, Pallium Canada is expanding access to the Atlas CareMap Toolkit. These interactive workshops equip you with the knowledge and tools to introduce the CareMap Program in your community or organization. Participants will learn how the tool works, explore free resources to raise awareness, and gain practical strategies to help caregivers map their support networks and strengthen their circles of care.
650+
free learning webinars
40,600+
learner encounters
95%
of learners found the webinars valuable
Pallium Canada's role
Pallium Canada’s role as a Superhub is to coordinate and connect the system of hubs across Canada, curate and develop content to support Hub Partners (and their spokes) in meeting their local needs, deliver national palliative care programming, and lead the overall evaluation of the Project’s impacts and reporting.
Hub Partners
Hub Partners are at the heart of the Palliative Care ECHO Project and are critical to adapting the Project programming to meet their stakeholders’ needs. Their leadership ensures existing programs and resources reach more health care providers and learners and lead to rapid knowledge sharing of new content and programming to fill gaps and enhance learning opportunities.
Founding and Past Hub Partners
We are grateful to the organizations that have contributed to the Palliative Care ECHO Project as Hub Partners in earlier phases of the Project. Their collaboration helped build the foundation of the Palliative Care ECHO Project and strengthened palliative care capacity nationwide.
Funding acknowledgement
The Palliative Care ECHO Project was previously supported by a grant from Health Canada. The views expressed here are those of Pallium Canada and do not necessarily reflect the views of Health Canada.
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