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CHPCA Initiatives

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Advance Care Planning Canada

Led by CHPCA, Advance Care Planning Canada focuses on advancing the Pan-Canadian Framework for Advance Care Planning.

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Canadian Compassionate Companies (CCC)

CCC certification celebrates employers who provide more compassionate work environments for employees.

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Canadian Network of Palliative Care for Children (CNPCC)

The CNPCC aims to improve the quality of living and dying for infants, children, and youth with life threatening conditions, and their families.

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Your Donations Matter

CHPCA advocates for accessible quality hospice palliative care across the country. We do this so one day, everyone in Canada with a life-limiting illness can access care that alleviates their suffering when they need it most. Your support is essential to this work.

Visit the Palliative Approach Blog

The Palliative Approach, a blog hosted and edited by CHPCA, provides relevant and thought-provoking palliative care content for hospice palliative care professionals, volunteers, and supporters, as well as health care workers, and caregivers across Canada.

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Resources

Explore our curated collections of useful information including articles, videos, and websites.

Canada’s National Directory of Hospice Palliative Care Services

A listing of programs and services, providing hospice palliative care services across Canada.

Grief and Bereavement Resource Repository

Resources to help you and your loved ones cope with grief, including regional resources.

Children’s Hospice Palliative Care Resource Repository

Resources focused on pediatric palliative care including anticipatory grief, supporting siblings of children with life threatening illnesses, and more.

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CHPCA News

  • Press Release

    WHPCA Board Member and CHPCA CEO Laurel Gillespie Advocates for Global Access to Palliative Care at WHO Executive Board Meeting

    CHPCA proudly shares that CEO Laurel Gillespie, trustee of the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), attended the 156th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO).

  • Press Release

    CHPCA Announces 25 Recipients for the King Charles III Coronation Medal

    CHCPA is happy to announce 25 recipients of the King Charles III Coronation Medal. As a nominating partner organization for the Coronation Medals, CHPCA is proud to recognize these champions for hospice palliative care from across Canada with this honour.

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    CHPCA to Present and Exhibit at the McGill International Palliative Care Congress 2024

    Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) announced they will be sending four delegates to Montréal, Québec to represent CHPCA at the 24th McGill International Palliative Care Congress.