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Take the next step in your palliative care learning journey with our palliative care resources and tools for health care professionals. Access educational resources to build your learning journey, practical clinical tools, strategies for quality improvement, and opportunities to engage with communities of practice. These practical, interprofessional resources can help you deliver better palliative and end-of-life care in your daily practice.
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Discover the new third edition of the best-selling Pallium Palliative Pocketbook, the trusted clinical reference for palliative care.

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Explore the Palliative Care Handbook for Personal Support Workers, a practical digital guide tailored to learning and everyday care.

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Pallium’s LEAP courses provide the foundation needed to make the most of these palliative care resources. We also offer programs and resources to support community care.

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Atlantic editions of the Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care: Mapping the present, shaping the future

Following the 2025 launch of the first Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care editions in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, the project is now expanding into Atlantic Canada. This next phase will support the development of four new provincial Atlas editions – one each for Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador. This recording captures the event that took place on June 9, 2026, which marked the launch of this important work, shared details about how the project will unfold, and explored how Canadians can contribute to its success.

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Pediatric Palliative Care Series

This series from the Palliative Care ECHO Project and Canada’s Pediatric Palliative Care Alliance, is designed to build pediatric palliative care capacity within generalist settings. It aims to help non-palliative care and non-pediatric specialists feel more comfortable supporting children with serious illnesses and their families, connecting them with the knowledge, resources, and networks they need to provide compassionate care.

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Exploring the Alberta Atlas of Palliative Care

Dive into the key findings from the Alberta Edition of the Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care! In this webinar, Pallium Canada’s CEO Jeffrey Moat and Dr. Leonie Herx walked through the key findings, strengths and opportunities to improve palliative care access in Alberta.

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Family Caregiver Interactive Information Series

Hub Partner – Being a family caregiver can be as challenging as it is rewarding. If you are a family caregiver looking after someone with a chronic illness, this series from the Montreal Institute for Palliative Care is an excellent forum to learn, exchange ideas, and connect with others who may have caregiving stories that resonate with your own.

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Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Community of Practice (Ontario)

This community of practice (CoP) focuses on supporting long-term care providers in Ontario implement palliative care-related QI initiatives within their organizations.

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Interprofessional Palliative Care Community of Practice

This ongoing community of practice is designed for health care professionals across disciplines who are passionate about improving high-quality, team-based palliative care. Register today to join an upcoming session.

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Community-Based Primary Palliative Care Community of Practice

This community of practice from the Palliative Care ECHO Project supported interprofessional primary care clinicians and health care providers from across Canada interested in augmenting their primary-level palliative care skills and connecting with and learning from colleagues providing a palliative care approach.

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Improving Palliative Care Outreach With Evidence-Based Tools

Dr. Marian Grant brings her clinical, policy, and marketing expertise to explore how to improve public understanding of palliative care. Building off of real-world examples and insights from national campaigns, she breaks down common myths, shares what actually works, and discuss strategies for effectively utilizing an online palliative care messaging toolkit.

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Spiritual Care Community of Practice

This community of practice from the Palliative Care ECHO Project in partnership with the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care, centers around the understanding and application of spiritual health and its diverse meanings within the context of palliative and bereavement care.

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Culturally Sensitive Palliative Care for the Chinese Community

Explore the principles of providing culturally sensitive palliative care tailored to the unique beliefs, values, and traditions of the Chinese community. Gain insights into cultural nuances around illness, caregiving, and end-of-life discussions, as well as practical strategies for building trust and delivering compassionate, culturally appropriate care.

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Updates & Innovations in Essential Conversations for the Health Care Team ECHO – BC Centre for Palliative Care

Hub Partner – This series from the BC Centre for Palliative Care aims to enhance communication skills within health care teams, fostering collaboration and connection. Sessions in this series provide valuable insights and strategies, helping professionals network and share best practices to improve patient care.

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Parlons des troubles neurocognitifs

This presentation aims to raise awareness and provide basic information about Alzheimer’s disease and other neurocognitive disorders. During the session, Claire Webster, former caregiver and certified dementia care consultant, will share practical guidance on how to support someone living with dementia.

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Let’s talk about Dementia

In this webinar, Claire Webster, Certified Dementia Care Consultant and former caregiver, shares practical advice on caring for a person living with dementia. Learn more about key considerations to ensure the safety and wellbeing of both the individual as well as the care partner to help families understand and access the resources needed to navigate this disease.

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Lung Health Community of Practice

This community of practice from the Palliative Care ECHO Project focused on supporting interprofessional palliative care clinicians with an interest in lung disease and lung/respirology specialists.

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The World’s Largest Palliative Care ECHO Session

In 2024, the Palliative Care ECHO Project hosted the World’s Largest Palliative Care ECHO Session simultaneously online and in-person. Participants learned from internationally acclaimed experts, shared experiences and best practices, and contributed to raising awareness and advancing accessible palliative care globally. The recording is available in seven languages.

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Symptômes gastro-intestinaux en soins palliatifs

In this session, learn how to effectively recognize and address common gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in palliative care, such as nausea, constipation, and bowel obstruction. Dr. Golda Tradounsky will guide you through the process of identifying these symptoms and provide practical strategies for their management.

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Paramedic Community of Practice

This COP connected community and frontline paramedics from across Canada who had a shared interest in integrating a palliative care approach for patients and their families. It fostered collaboration and knowledge exchange with the interprofessional panel of experts and peers from across Canada. We explored palliative care related topics that paramedics are likely to encounter.

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Navigating Psychedelic Journeys: A Comprehensive Webinar on Psilocybin Therapy & the End-of-Life

Learn more about Canada’s evolving legal, regulatory and policy landscape for psychedelic-assisted therapies, including emerging opportunities, clinical challenges, and considerations for integrating these treatments safely and effectively into mainstream health care.

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Communauté de pratique en soins palliatifs pédiatriques

Come be part of the Pediatric Palliative Care Community of Practice, in collaboration with Le Phare, Enfants et Familles! This community of practice allowed participants to network and learn from experts across French-speaking Canada who shared their interest in the integrated approach to pediatric palliative care.

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Heart Disease Community of Practice

This community of practice connects colleagues from across Canada with a shared interest in integrating a palliative care approach for individuals with advanced heart failure.

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