Integrating Spirituality and Health Care

YOU ARE INVITED TO A MEETING OF THE
SPIRITUALITY IN HEALTH-CARE NETWORK
“Integrating Spirituality and Health Care”

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.

Auditorium Bridgepoint Health Center 14 St. Matthews Road
Toronto (Entrance: On Broadview one block north of Gerrard)

Agenda:

7:00 - 7:10 Registration

7:10 - 7:15 Opening Remarks John Rossiter-Thornton MD

7:15 - 7:30 Opening Sacred Ritual: Larry Nusbaum and his instruments of
mass percussion

7:30 - 8:30 Speakers Ann Kerr-Linden and Dr. Mary Vachon
Ann was a social worker specializing in outpatient work in a psychiatric hospital. She is currently a psychotherapist in private practice and has told stories at the Toronto Festival of Storytelling. Dr. Mary Vachon is a nurse, clinical sociologist, psychotherapist, researcher, educator and cancer survivor.
Title: Jean’s Story: A personal narrative of the 1918 flu epidemic in Toronto.
Ann’s mother Jean was a 21-year-old University of Toronto student in 1918 when the flu arrived. Without previous nursing experience she found herself nursing desperately ill people. After Ann tell Jean’s story, Mary Vachon will highlight the need for us to ponder our responsibilities towards ourselves, our families, our workplaces and the larger community during a pandemic.

8:30 - 8:35 Announcements John Rossiter-Thornton MD

8:35 - 8:50 Break

8:50 - 9:30 Group Sharing

9:30 - 9:45 Closing Sacred Ritual : Larry Nusbaum

SHCN Executive: John Thornton MD, Larry Nusbaum MD, and Jeannette McCullough RN
SHCN Steering Committee: Eli Bay, Heloisa Porto, Maria Rossiter-Thornton RN,
Sharon Cass -Toole PhD, and Brandon Klayman
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Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 28, 2009