About this Event
Welcome to the APNs of THP Present Current Issues and Trends in Health Care Conference 2025! Join us at the University of Toronto Mississauga for a day filled with insightful discussions and networking opportunities. Our event will feature expert speakers sharing the latest trends and challenges in the healthcare industry. Don't miss this chance to stay up-to-date with the ever-evolving field of healthcare. See you there!
Agenda
🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:15 AM
Registration
🕑: 08:15 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome Address - Terri Irwin THP CNE
Info: Chief Nurse Executive and EVP Patient Care Services at THP
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Keynote Address - Women and Aging - Paula Rochon MD - Geriatrics
Info: Paula Rochon MD– Women and Aging – a Geriatrician working for the Women’s Age Lab whose research tackles unique health challenges faced by older women. She is working to uncover the gender gap in aging studies and advocates for women’s health.
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Pediatric Refugee Health - Vanessa Wright NP
Info: Vanessa Wright – Paeds Refugee Health Vanessa is a Nurse Practitioner subject matter expert for CAMH's Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Course and a co-chair for the Mid-West OHT's underhoused working group.
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Coffee Break - Poster Presentations/Vendor Stations
🕑: 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Diabetes Management - Zhang Li NP DMC
Info: Zhang Li – DM – a Nurse Practitioner at THP who is focusing on developing and validating immune interventions for treating type 1 diabetes.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Panel Discussion - MAiD and Grief
Info: Melissa Raneri - Hospice Mississauga councillor Pamela Borthwick - Death doula Jeff Brown - THP Spiritual Care Cathy Kiteley - CNS - palliative care/oncology Trish Archibald - Chaplain/spiritual care practitioner Niagara Health
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Lunch - Poster Presentations/Vendor Stations
🕑: 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM
Menopause - Roberta Heale NP
Info: Roberta Heale – A Nurse Practitioner with over 26 years of experience and holding credentials as a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. This certification demonstrates her commitment to providing the best quality, evidence-based care.
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:15 PM
AI and Ethics - Rosalind Abdool PhD
Info: Rozalind AbDool PhD – Ethicist at Trillium Health Partners. Her interests include health equity and challenges of social justice in our evolving healthcare system. Other areas of interest include ethical deliberation in acute care medicine, specifically in rehabilitation, mental health, oncology and palliative care, as well as in applying theoretical concepts to tangible dilemmas.
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Coffee Break - Poster Presentation/Vendor Stations
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM
Poster Podium - presenters to be determined
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM
Panel Discussion - Advanced Practice
Info: Joy Navaroj: RN, CNS – THP Regional continence program
Rajiv Vase: BHK, MPT, C.Ped(C), Sport Physio Fellow (FKSMC), AHCP (MClSc- Man. Therapy), FCAMPT, ACPAC THP
Krista McGrath, THP Clinical Specialist Radiation Therapist in Palliative Care
Soraya Kanjee, Nurse Practitioner at the THP - Reactivation Care Centre
🕑: 04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
University of Toronto Mississauga-Kaneff Rotunda Hall, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Canada
CAD 28.25 to CAD 81.73
