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Council Members

Members of the Council are drawn from a wide variety of occupations within the community; professional health care providers, educators, financial and volunteers as well as representatives of service providers including public, private and philanthropic.

Co-Chairs:

Suzanne O’BrienÌýÌý

MA, Executive Director, Hope and Cope at the Jewish General Hospital.

John Sanford

B.Eng, volunteer on the Council.

Secretary:
Lexa Frail Secretary.
Members:
Barbara BishopÌý Member of the Council and organiser of the workshops since 1996.
Sue BrittonÌý RN, Pioneer nurse at RVH from 1975-1997.Ìý Works as a Palliative Care Consultant and Educator for Equinoxe LifeCare, private Nursing Agency.Ìý Works as a yoga therapist at MGH Griffith Edwards Addictions Unit since 2000.
Linda Crelinsten RN, MA, Assistant Director of the Arnold and Blema Steinberg Medical Simulation Centre in the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøFaculty of Medicine and a volunteer on the Council.
Patrick Durivage MSc, Social workerÌýon the home care team at CSSS Cavendish and a trainer on the global assessment tools. Trainer on Palliative Care issues (please see for details.)
Elle Flanders Ìý
Zelda Freitas Social Worker and Clinical supervisor in the program for persons with a loss of autonomy including palliative homecare, CSSS Cavendish; member of a Clinician-research team in palliative care and the elderly, CSSS Cavendish.
Patricia Friesen Ìý
Virginia Lee N, PhD, Manager,ÌýSupportive and Palliative Care Program and Services, Cedars CanSupport.
Devon Phillips BFA, Program Advisor, Palliative Care McGill.
Justin Sanders

MD, MSc, FAAHPM, Kappy and Eric M. Flanders Chair in Palliative Medicine at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.ÌýDirector of Palliative Care McGill,
Associate Professor inÌýDepartment of Family Medicine atÌý51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Dale Weil Executive Director,ÌýTeresa DellarÌýPalliative CareÌýResidence

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