Unpacking for the Journey with David Maginley
On May 9, 2022, SASHA hosted “Unpacking for the Journey” featuring well known speaker and author, David Maginley. Due to the COVID pandemic, the event, which was originally planned as an in-person event in 2020, was held virtually. This change provided the opportunity for SASHA to expand their audience reach throughout the province.
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PROGRAM
WELCOME
LuAnne Sirdiak
HOST
Carmen Leibel
PRESENTATION
David Maginley
PANEL DISCUSSION
Carmen Leibel
Dr. Ingrid de Kock
Dr. Barbara Fischer
Chris Guest
David Maginley
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PARTNERS
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SILVER SPONSORS
Associate Medical Clinic
St. Albert
Dr. Allan McDonald
The Maxston Family
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OUR PRESENTER AND PANELISTS
David Maginley is an interfaith spiritual counsellor with the cancer, palliative and ICU programs at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and author of Beyond Surviving: Cancer and Your Spiritual Journey. He has also survived cancer four times, which resulted in a profound near-death experience and explorations in the nature of consciousness and the connection of body, mind and spirit. He is an advisor for provincial and federal cancer initiatives, and lectures throughout Canada on integrative spirituality in health care. David knows what it’s like to have cancer from both sides of the hospital bed, and has a sense of this life from both sides of the veil. Visit www.davidmaginley.com for more information.
Carmen Leibel is the anchor of CTV News at Five. Before taking on the 5:00 news desk, Carmen was the host of the popular “Your Health” segment where she routinely interviewed top researchers and medical professionals, offering Edmonton viewers a glimpse of the latest developments in medical research and health care.
Born in Edmonton and raised in St. Albert, Carmen is a proud member of the community and dedicates time supporting a number of charities.
In 2014, Carmen was recognized with the Excellence in Media award by the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.
As a palliative care physician with the Edmonton Zone Palliative Community Consult team, Dr. Ingrid de Kock provides consulting services to the community, acute care hospitals, Edmonton hospices and long-term care facilities. She has a strong clinical focus and is involved in teaching and research activities of the Division of Palliative Care Medicine in the capacity of clinical professor.
Dr. de Kock is the physician lead for the Palliative Community Consult team and currently also the Section Chief Palliative Care, the clinical medical lead for the Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program. She is a past president of the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians.
Dr. Barbara Fischer has been practicing medicine since 1998, after graduating from the University of Alberta. She is currently appointed as Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta. Along with her general practice in St. Albert, she is also part of the medical staff at Foyer Lacombe Hospice. Her unique position caring for patients at the office, home and hospice allows her to experience the challenges her patients, along with their families, face in their health care journey. Her advocacy for those who need her help is second to none.
Chris Guest is a retired nurse who has worked and lived in St. Albert for over 30 years. Many of her years of nursing have been with palliative patients. She is a dedicated member of the SASHA board and has been instrumental in developing SASHA’s Compassionate Care Volunteer Program. She is committed to seeing St. Albert and Sturgeon County support their residents by offering community palliative care.