If you are a nurse, physician, personal support worker, spiritual care worker, social worker, pharmacist or volunteer supporting those suffering from a life limiting illness our retreat is designed to help you learn, connect and recharge with colleagues.
We are passionate about creating a learning experience that will help you grow and will inspire you to keep providing compassionate care.
Join us September 25 & 26, 2025 for the 6th Bluewater Palliative Care Retreat.
Retreat Program
September 25, 2025
| 8:15 – 9:00 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:25 AM | Welcome |
| 9:25 – 9:30 AM | Centering Meditation |
| 9:30 – 10:30AM | Dr. Patricia Strachan: Nursing Communication Approaches and Dynamic Relational Work in Caring for those with Life Limiting Illness |
| 10:30 – 10:45 AM | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 AM | Dr. Gillian Mount: Palliative Care in Hematologic Malignancies |
| 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00 PM | Dr. Sheri Bergeron: Palliative Care for All: Persons Experiencing Homelessness |
| 2:00 – 3:00 PM | Dr. Julie Lebert: Immunotherapy Adverse Effects |
| 3:00 – 3:15 PM | Break |
| 3:15 – 4:45 PM | Dr. Joanna Laba: Radiation for Brain Metastases: Balancing Burden and Benefit |
| 5:15 PM | Cocktails, Dinner & Social Event |
September 26, 2025
| 8:30 – 9:10 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:10 – 9:15 AM | Welcome |
| 9:15 – 10:15 AM | Dr. Sunita Puri: Saying What We Mean and Meaning What We Say: Finding the Right Words for Courageous Conversations about Living and Dying Well |
| 10:15 – 10:30AM | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 AM | Dr. Sunita Puri: Being The Witness: Writing as a Tool for Healing and Fulfillment |
| 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM | Lunch |
| 12:15 – 1:15 PM | Dr. Caroline McGuinty and Ms. Freya Kelly: Palliative Care in Patients with Heart Failure |
| 1:15 – 2:15 PM | Doug George: Culturally Safe Care for Indigenous People |
| 2:15 – 2:30 PM | Closing Remarks |