Standing Together at the Margins: Creating a Circle of Compassion. Conference Program. Catholic Health Alliance of Canada

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1 Catholic Health Alliance of Canada Conference Program May 6-8, 2015 Sheraton Cavalier Hotel ~ Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Truly, the Gospel of the marginalized is where our credibility is at stake, is found and is revealed! Pope Francis Homily, February 15, 2015 Standing Together at the Margins: Creating a Circle of Compassion

2 Welcome Thank you for joining us for the 2015 National Conference of the Catholic Health Alliance of Canada, and welcome to Saskatoon! The 2015 conference theme, Standing Together at the Margins: Creating a Circle of Compassion, focuses on one of the Catholic Health Alliance s three major strategic directions Serve. We have a calling. Today we serve in operating rooms, emergency departments, seniors centres, hospices, clinics and maternity wards across the country. Our founding stories of innovation and resourcefulness, risk-taking and adaptability have shaped our culture. We are flexible and nimble, ready to respond when others are unable or unwilling. We fill in the gaps in seniors care, care of chronically ill or frail individuals, and care of those with mental health challenges. And true to our founding congregations who have helped shape this mission, we continue to go where the needs are greatest. During this conference we are blessed to have an opportunity to bring together committed individuals who will speak to matters at the heart of our ministry in Canada. Over the precious hours and days we have together, we look forward to talking about these foundational values as well as some very current and topical issues. I want to thank the newly created National Conference Steering Committee, our Alliance staff, local conference committee and partners in the ministry for their leadership and hard work in putting this conference together. It is through this kind of collaboration that Catholic health care will flourish in the future. I welcome you on behalf of my colleagues on the Governing Council of the Catholic Health Alliance of Canada. Thank you for sharing your time and for your commitment to the work of Catholic health care in Canada. Daniel Lussier Chairperson Catholic Health Alliance of Canada Catholic Health Alliance of Canada Our Mission Inspired by the Gospel and grounded in shared beliefs and values, the Alliance is a forum for Catholic health and social services Sponsors in Canada, to exchange ideas and develop shared strategic initiatives that support their ability to strengthen the healing ministry of Jesus.

3 The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. Thomas Merton, OCSO Schedule of Events Wednesday, May 6, :30 16:30 Pre-Conference Workshop ~ The Compassion Project 19:00 19:30 Welcome, Presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award 19:30 20:30 Opening Keynote Presentation: Dr. Brian Goldman 20:30 Reception for conference participants Thursday, May 7, :00 07:45 Eucharist (For conference participants wishing to attend, Bishop Donald Bolen will celebrate Mass at St. Paul s Co-Cathedral, 720 Spadina Crescent East. See map on final page.) 07:30 08:45 Continental Breakfast 08:45 10:15 Morning Prayer and Keynote Presentation: Rev. Thomas Nairn, OFM 10:15 10:45 Refreshment Break 10:45 12:00 Keynote Presentation: Dr. Philip Berger 12:00 13:00 Lunch 13:00 13:20 Presentation of the Midcareer Leadership Award 13:20 14:30 Plenary Session: New Directions Update 14:30 15:15 Plenary Session: Physician-Assisted Suicide 15:15 17:30 Free Time 17:30 18:30 Pre-Banquet Reception 18:30 21:00 Banquet and Entertainment Connie Kaldor, singer-songwriter Friday, May 8, :30 08:45 Full Breakfast 08:45 10:15 Morning Prayer and Keynote Presentation: Rev. Mark Miller, CSsR 10:15 10:45 Refreshment Break 10:45 11:45 Keynote Presentation: Dr. Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes 11:45 Closing Ceremony and Lunch

4 Pre-Conference Workshop The Compassion Project Wednesday, May 6, 2015 ~ 13:30 16:30 Micheline St-Hilaire Dawn MacDonald The purpose of this interactive workshop is to introduce a contemporary contemplative pathway designed as an initial step to organizational change and development. In an effort to begin to re-found spirituality as a source of health and healing, interpersonally, intrapersonally, and organizationally, a documentary film was created as a catalyst to courageous conversations about compassion. In this workshop, we will screen a portion of This Film is About Compassion, and engage in its accompanying process, which asks us to reflect on: 1. What is compassion, what isn t? 2. How do we know compassion is present/absent? 3. What can be done at individual/organization level to nurture and strengthen this human capacity and need? This workshop is designed to support and inspire all those who wish to begin creating conditions for further compassion and wisdom in medicine, health care and the larger society. Micheline St-Hilaire, Organizational Change and Development Leader, Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba Dawn MacDonald, Compassion Project Coordinator, Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba Keynote Speakers and Sessions Wednesday May 6, 2015 ~ 19:30 20:30 Dr. Brian Goldman ER physician and CBC Radio host of White Coat, Black Arts Empathy in Health Care Health care is more advanced than ever. Unfortunately, each technological advance takes health professionals further and further away from empathizing with patients. Drawing on examples from his radio show White Coat, Black Art, and his experience as the son of aging parents who were frequent users of modern health care, Dr. Goldman talks about the growing lack of empathy in health care, the causes, the impact, and how to put care back into health care. Dr. Brian Goldman is a Canadian doctor and radio personality. He practices in the Schwartz Reisman Emergency Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Goldman has been a regular medical columnist on CBC Radio One since Those who are weak have great difficulty finding their place in our society. The image of the ideal human as powerful and capable disenfranchises the old, the sick, the less-abled. Jean Vanier

5 Thursday May 7, 2015 ~ 09:00 10:15 Rev. Thomas Nairn, OFM Senior Director, Ethics, Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) The Catholic Social Tradition: Building a Culture of Justice and Compassion It is not enough for Catholic health care simply to avoid injustice. Our organizations are called to build a culture of justice and compassion, embodying the righteousness of the Gospel. Looking especially to the writings of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, the talk will show how the Catholic social justice tradition is foundational for understanding how our health care institutions need to live out their vocation in the contemporary world with courage and imagination. Rev. Thomas A. Nairn, OFM, Ph.D., is senior director of ethics for the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). He is a Franciscan priest. Before coming to CHA, he was the Erica and Harry John Family Professor of Catholic Ethics at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and Director of its Health Care Mission Leadership Program. Rev. Nairn holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School and has taught in several schools in the U.S. and also in Melbourne, Australia. Thursday May 7, 2015 ~ 10:45 12:00 Dr. Philip Berger Medical Director, Inner City Health Program, St. Michael s, Toronto The Heart of Catholic Health: Heritage and Contemporary Attention on the Vulnerable Dr. Philip Berger, a Jewish physician, is Medical Director of the Inner City Health Program at St. Michael s Hospital in Toronto, and the former Chief of its Department of Family and Community Medicine. He is also an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Berger has published and lectured widely on critical health issues including drug addiction, the physical and psychological effects of torture, and HIV/AIDS. In 2012, Dr. Berger co-founded Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, a group of physicians and residents who have participated in protests and other activities to oppose cuts to refugee health care in Canada. Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama

6 The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor. Dorothy Day Thursday Afternoon Plenary Sessions Thursday May 7, 2015 ~ 13:20-14:30 New Directions Update Daniel Lussier Dianne Doyle At the May 2014 conference of the Catholic Health Alliance of Canada, the Governing Council released a discussion paper entitled, Defining a Bold & Vibrant Vision for Catholic Health Care in Canada: A National Challenge. The Council invited and received feedback on the document from the national Catholic health community. From that feedback new and exciting directions for Catholic health care in Canada were created. Daniel Lussier and Dianne Doyle will provide an update on the progress made in strengthening our collective impact through working together as Catholic health service providers across Canada. Dan Lussier is CEO of the Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba (CHCM). CHCM sponsors 15 health care communities that cover all aspects of the continuum of health and social care acute, long term care, developmental disabilities, community & primary care and social housing. Dianne Doyle is President and CEO of Providence Health Care, Vancouver. Dianne is respected as a values-driven leader committed to fostering and strengthening her organization s culture as the key factor for improved innovation, staff engagement, patient/resident outcomes and organizational excellence. Thursday May 7, 2015 ~ 14:30-15:15 Physician-Assisted Suicide The release of the Supreme Court of Canada s ruling on physician-assisted suicide on February 6, 2015 marked the culmination of months of discussion and debate about this very important matter. The Catholic Health Alliance of Canada acted as an intervener in the Supreme Court hearing and remains very involved and concerned about the impact of ruling. During the conference, time will be allocated to examine and discuss the most current developments as this critical matter continues to evolve and develop.

7 Keynote Speakers and Sessions Friday, May 8, 2015 ~ 09:00 10:15 Rev. Mark Miller, CSsR Provincial, English Redemptorists; Ethicist, Centre for Clinical Ethics, Toronto Bioethics as Caring: Twenty Years Experience of Listening and Learning as a Bioethicist Friday, May 8, 2015 ~ 10:45 11:45 The point of bioethics in the clinical setting is not just to find the right answer. Indeed, what happens if a right answer is reached, but everybody is unhappy? This talk will explore 20 years of learning to listen to patients, their families, doctors and caregivers. It will seek to bring some light into the roles of communicating, clarifying ethical thinking and pathways of decision making, and acknowledging both moral distress and moral residue. Rev. Mark Miller, CSsR, the Provincial of the English-speaking Redemptorists in Canada, is an ethicist with the Centre for Clinical Ethics which serves St. Joseph s Health Centre, St. Michael s Hospital, and Providence Healthcare in Toronto. He received a doctorate in Moral Theology from the University of Notre Dame and spent sixteen years as a clinical bioethicist with St. Paul s Hospital in Saskatoon and the Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan. Dr. Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes Assisting People With Addictions: The Role of Supervised Treatment with Injectables for Opioid Dependence For some individuals struggling with addictions, we must consider alternative treatments, such as prescribed injectable opioids, to reduce the harms associated with illicit street opioid use and improve their health. Dr. Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes has obtained degrees in clinical psychology, social psychology and behavioural sciences methodology. She is an assistant professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, a research scientist in the Centre for Health Outcomes Evaluation at Providence Health Care, and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar. Her main research area is public health and addictions, with a focus on testing alternative approaches to expand and diversify treatments for vulnerable populations.

8 Catholic Health Alliance of Canada STRATEGIC PLAN DEFINING A BOLD & VIBRANT VISION FOR CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE IN CANADA

9 MISSION Inspired by the Gospel and grounded in shared beliefs and values, the Alliance is a forum for Catholic health and social services Sponsors in Canada to exchange ideas and develop shared strategic initiatives that support their ability to strengthen the healing ministry of Jesus. VISION We are called to lead, collaborate, innovate and influence to improve health care and serve where the needs are greatest especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalized.

10 Strategic Direction 1 Proclaim Tell the story and ensure an understanding of our strategic contribution not only historically, but also the current and future critical role of Catholic health care in Canada. Goal Initiatives Collectively re-establish a consistent story for Catholic health care in Canada. Create an inventory of information that demonstrates the value added and ongoing relevance of Catholic health care organizations on a national basis. Drawing from the inventory of information, develop documents geared to the following target audiences: Government / health authorities / bureaucrats General public The Catholic community Internal audiences (staff, Boards, physicians, etc.) Patients / residents / families Based upon this national inventory, the Sponsors from each province where Catholic health care is active, to create provincial level documents that articulate the value added and ongoing relevance of Catholic health care organizations in that province. Ensure the Catholic health care story is entrenched within the following communities political, church, health care and public. Develop provincial level identity and communication strategies with specific focus.

11 Strategic Direction 2 Serve In the spirit of social justice, serve the vulnerable and the voiceless; ensuring that we support those in need. Goal Initiatives Ensure that our work encourages the development of health and social policy that is consistent with social justice teachings. Based on the current work of the ministry in all sectors of the health system in Canada (i.e. acute, continuing, and other health sectors), select themes on an annual basis, develop foundational framework papers to stimulate national and provincial discussion and action. Create services for targeted populations through coalitions and leveraging the strength of individual providers. Sponsor groups assess what mission critical service gaps exist in their geographical communities and make plans to address these gaps. I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars! You have to heal the wounds. Then we can talk about everything else. Heal the wounds, heal the wounds... Pope Francis August 2013

12 Strategic Direction 3 Witness Innovate within the entire system by working collaboratively across the Catholic health care system to leverage the strengths that exist in our many charitable works. Goal Gather evidence of, and enhance the excellence and quality of service that Catholic health care provides in Canada. Initiatives Develop appropriate, high level key performance indicators for each Sponsor group to provide evidence of excellence and to provide mutual accountability. Each Sponsor group to complete an annual analysis of threats and opportunities to sustain the ministry; Sponsors will submit the analysis to the Alliance with an action plan. Alliance to maintain a resource repository of best practices, resources, documents, videos and other quality related tools. Strengthen productive leadership in Catholic health care. Engage the local bishops in Catholic health care matters increase liaison, raise priority level and engage the Catholic community. Enhance cooperation and leverage the strength of sponsorship and operating bodies across Canada to enhance the functioning of Catholic health care, and assist in transforming the entire health system to better innovation, sustainability, excellence and leadership. Create networks in key areas to promote sharing, consistency and improve practical practice levels.

13 Catholic Health Alliance of Canada Sponsor Members and Governing Council Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba, Misericordia Corporation, and the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate Appointee: Daniel Lussier, Chair CEO, Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba, Winnipeg Providence Health Care Society, and Sisters of Providence of Western Canada Appointee: Dianne Doyle, Vice Chair President and CEO Providence Health Care, Vancouver Diocese of Victoria Appointee: Jane Murphy President and CEO St. Joseph s General Hospital Comox, BC Sisters of Saint Ann, Pacific-Northwest, Victoria Appointee: Sara John Fowler Chief Executive Officer Mount St. Mary Hospital Victoria BC Catholic Health of Alberta Appointee: Patrick Dumelie President and CEO Covenant Health Edmonton, AB Catholic Health Corporation of Ontario Appointee: John P. Ruetz President and CEO Catholic Health Corporation of Ontario, Toronto, ON St. Joseph s Health Care Society Appointee: John Callaghan Executive Director St. Joseph s Health Care Society London, ON Saskatchewan Catholic Health Corporation Appointee: Scott Irwin President and CEO Catholic Health Ministry of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Catholic Health International Appointee: Robert Stewart President and CEO Catholic Health International Miramichi, NB Other Governing Council Appointees Susan House Executive Director Catholic Health Association of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Appointed by the provincial Catholic health associations Most Rev. William Terrence McGrattan Bishop of Peterborough Appointed by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB)

14 Mass ~ Thursday, May 7 ~ 7:00 AM St. Paul s Co-Cathedral, 720 Spadina Crescent East St. Paul s Co-Cathedral Sheraton Cavalier Hotel See you next year in Vancouver, British Columbia Wednesday May 4 to Friday May 6, 2016 Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre

15 Silver Friends Sisters of Providence of Western Canada Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland Bronze Friends Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan Filles de la Sagesse du Canada Misericordia Health Centre, Winnipeg Mount St. Mary Hospital, Victoria Sœurs de la Providence, Province Emilie-Gamelin St. Martha s Regional Hospital, Antigonish St. Joseph s Health Care, London St. Joseph s Health Care Society, London St. Paul s Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon Sisters of Saint Martha, Antigonish Supporters Archdiocese of Ottawa Archdiocese of Regina Archdiocese of Toronto Archdiocese of Vancouver Archdiocese of Winnipeg Catholic Health Association of British Columbia Columbus Long Term Care Society, Vancouver Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Pembroke Le Foyer Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Inc. Pembroke Regional Hospital The Sisters of Saint Ann, Pacifi c Northwest St. Clare s Mercy Hospital Advisory Council, St. John s St. Joseph s General Hospital, Comox

16 Platinum Friends Sisters of C h a r i t y of Ottawa Thank You Merci Gold Friends The Sisters of Charity of Montreal Grey Nuns Catholic Health Association of Manitoba