In January 2025, we caught up with Lynne Cooper—Cultural Mediator, Mum, Spoken-Word Artist, Actor, Clown and Community Outreach Coordinator for Castelier, the Montreal Puppet House. Along with her...
What does it feel like to perform in front of an audience who might be having their last show in life? “I was excited,” Sandy said. “Not because I was happy, but because this might be the last time...
All stories have an end, and at the end, all we have are stories. But for many at the end of life, these stories never leave the palliative care unit. That is where blind professional storyteller...
News of a poor prognosis is never easy to break—especially when there are young children involved. But how do we bring up the subject of a parents’ terminal illness to their kids? It is a topic...
Claire Creutzfeldt, MD, is a stroke neurologist at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to the integration of palliative care in patients with severe acute brain injury and...
This collective poem of reflections on kindness originated at the Palliative Care McGill - Retreat 2024. The concept was initially developed by Danusha Leméris with her poem "Small Kindnesses."...
