From March to May 2022, the Ontario CLRI at Bruyère hosted three virtual sessions to provide a flexible, supportive, and interactive space for participants to be introduced to a particular ‘slice’ of the topic of cultural responsiveness, hear about a case example that highlights the content introduced in the session and engage in discussion about integrating learnings around culturally responsive care to the case example.
The Culturally Responsive Palliative Care in LTC – Case-Oriented Learning Session Series is part of our Collaborative Project to Sustain a Palliative Approach to Care in Long-Term Care. Team members that attended the sessions can refresh their learning with the webinar recordings below, and team members that missed the event now have access to this resource to support their continued learning!
Pre-session learning
We encourage you to view the recorded mini session series before viewing the case-oriented learning sessions.
Mini Session 1: Starting with the Basics
Mini Session 2: Layers and Intersections
Mini Session 3: Practice Makes… Imperfect
Session recordings
The following videos are recordings of the live presentations. The sessions also included an interactive discussion, so we encourage you to reflect and discuss your questions and takeaways with other team members to enhance your learning.
Session 1: Cultural considerations in palliative care within LTC
March 29, 2022
Session 2: We are all bearers of culture
Cultural self-awareness and socio-cultural location in long-term and end-of-life care contexts.
April 26, 2022
Session 3: Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable
Culturally responsive approaches to navigating resistance, dominance, tension, and conflict.
May 31, 2022
About the Presenter
Erin Beckwell, Social Worker, Consultant and Educator
A life-long “pot-stirrer” and “boat rocker”, Erin Beckwell is a social worker, consultant, and educator who is passionate about helping create communities and organizations where all people can feel safe and connected and be as well as possible. She loves the challenge of finding creative ways to share information and stories, support one another, and provide compassionate care.
She is currently serving as President of the Saskatchewan association of Social Workers and is a recipient of the Canadian Association of Social Workers Distinguished Service Award. Raised on a farm in Treaty 4 Territory in Southwest Saskatchewan, she and her wife have called Treaty 6 Territory & Homeland of the Métis (Saskatoon, SK) home for over 20 years.