Upcoming
Free Public Lecture
Neurological Palliative Care: The Evolution from Carepartner to Caregiver
Janis Miyasaki, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FAAN
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Time: 5 PM
Location: Aberman Auditorium, A-102. Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2
Cost: Free (registration required)
Educational Objectives:
- Define carepartner and caregiver
- Understand loss as it relates to caregiving
- List strategies that support caregivers
The McGill Council on Palliative Care and Palliative Care McGill are pleased to welcome Dr. Janis Miyasaki, neuropalliative care physician and University of Alberta professor, to give a free public talk. Caregivers will not want to miss this!
Events
Since 1996, as part of its mission to provide information about palliative care to the public, the Council has run a variety of workshops and lectures throughout the years. The workshops are usually run in the spring and fall and cover a range of topics from practical caregiving, how to access palliative care, living wills, communications, grieving and ethical issues. These workshops include the annual workshop held in memory of David Bourke - a co-founder of the Council.
As part of Palliative Care Week in May, the Council invites a well known speaker to present to address subjects of topical interest.
All these events are free and open to all.
With the help of NCS Multimedia, McGill University, the Council had been able to record its recent lectures which are listed here.
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Workshops
The workshops are a major focus of what the Council does to reach out to the public to advocate for Palliative Care and help provide much needed information for those facing crises near the end-of-life and enable them to live as well as possible.
To get an idea of the enormous variety of topics that have been presented we invite you to refer to:
English list of Council workshops
Resources
Palliative Care Reimagined: A Needed Shift
palliative_care_reimagined_2016_abel_and_kellehear.pdf
Health Law in Canada - Special Issue on physician assisted death
health_law_in_canada-special_issue-physician_assisted_death.pdf