PCNE Book Club: Sociology of Ignorance
Hosted by Amélie Perron, PhD
April 4th, 2024, 1pm-3pm EST
This book club featured special guest Amélie Perron, PhD, author of the chapter Who knew? Towards a sociology of ignorance in nursing (chapter 28) of the Routledge Handbook of Nursing and Philosophy.
Ethics Café: Aging and Canada’s Failing Healthcare System
Led by David Wright, PhD
March 28th, 2024, 10am-12pm EST
This Ethics Café featured a critical discussion of Elizabeth’s Payne’s “The Fall” and what aging can look like in Canada’s failing healthcare system.
Mock Thesis Defence: Sociopolitical Knowing
Presented by Robyn Soulsby, RN, MScN student
March 14th, 2024, 1:30pm-3:30pm EST
Here, the PCNE hub hosted a mock MScN thesis defence for hub trainee Robyn Soulsby. Her master’s work focused on Sociopolitical Knowing: A Secondary Analysis of New Graduate Nurses Transition During the Covid-19 Pandemic.
PCNE Book Club: Queering Nursing Ethics and Moral Courage
Hosted by Amalissa Chisamore-Hum, RN, MScN student, and Justin Abbé Vaillancourt, RN, MScN
March 1st, 2024, 1pm-2:30pm EST
The PCNE hub will be hosted its second book club meeting, looking at two new chapters from the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Nursing. Here, hub trainees Amalissa Chisamore-Hum and Justin Abbé Vaillancourt led critical discussions on What can queers teach us about nursing ethics? (chapter 39) and Anxiety and moral courage (chapter 35) respectively.
PCNE Book Club: Vulnerability
Hosted by Marianne Sofronas, RN, PhD, and Kristina Ma, RN, PhD(c)
January 23rd, 2024, 12pm-1:30pm EST
In this inaugural first hub book club, the hub started a new series critically discussing select chapters of the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Nursing. Here, the hub’s very own Kristina Ma, PhD(c), and Marianne Sofronas, PhD, led discussions on Vulnerability and Relations of Care (Chapter 14), and Epistemic Injustice and Vulnerability (Chapter 44), respectively.
A Moral Conceptualization of Grief
Hosted by Liana Bailey, RN, PhD student
December 18th, 2023, 9:30am-11am EST
Here, Liana shared some of her draft theoretical framework for her PhD, proposing a moral conceptualization of grief. Then, drawing on hermeneutics and moral experience as foundational orientations, she explored ways of knowing which were ethically attuned to the complex grief experiences of terminally ill children and their families.
Peer Review Session
Hosted by Palmina Montanaro, RN, MScN
June 26th, 2023, 10am-12pm EST
The PCNE hosted a peer review for a draft for publication of Palmina’s master’s thesis work entitled: Making Decisions About Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment at End of Life: A Metasynthesis Exploring Relational Dynamics and Healthcare Philosophies
Ethics Café
Hosted by Dr. Kim McMillan and Dr. Marianne Sofronas
June 2nd, 2023, 2pm-4pm EST
Here, hub academic mentor Dr. Kim McMillan and post-doctoral researcher Dr. Marianne Sofronas shared their ongoing work on Compassionate Communities, engaging with the Hub in discussions surrounding policy decisions and the future of nursing practice.
Navigating through meaning in work, humanistic ideals, and professional identity
Presented by Dr. Dimitri Létourneau
May 11th, 2023, 7pm-8pm EST
In honour of Nursing Week, the CPCNA in collaboration with the PCNE hub, hosted a free talk by Dr. Dimitri Létourneau. In his talk, he explored connections between professional nursing identity, humanistic ideals, and meaning in work from a palliative care perspective.
An ethnography of neuropalliative care
Presented by Dr. Marianne Sofronas
April 28th, 2023, 10am-12pm EST
Here, Dr. Marianne Sofronas shared a manuscript for publication based on her doctoral ethnography of neuropalliative care. Together, the PCNE hub discussed the underlying themes of her work and shared feedback for publication.
A study of bereaved parents’ perspectives of end-of-life care in a pediatric ICU
Hosted by Stephanie Avery, RN, MScN
September 28th, 2022, 4 pm EST
Stephanie presented the findings from a study she conducted for her master’s thesis regarding the ethical significance of the nurse-parent relationship when a child is dying in a pediatric ICU. This presentation was in anticipation of the upcoming McGill International Palliative Care Congress.
Ethics Café: MAiD and Personhood
Hosted by Dr. Kimberly McMillan
June 29th, 2022, 10 am EST
The PCNE’s Ethics Cafés discuss issues of nursing ethics and hold space for a wider variety of pertinent topics. This Ethics Café discussed a podcast on Medical Assistance in Dying, MAiD, the patients right to privacy, and personhood.
Moral experiences of children with medical complexity: Resistance to “the norm”
Presented by Dr. Raissa Passos Dos Santos
May 30th, 2022, 9 am EST
Here, Dr. Raissa Passos Dos Santos presented part of her thesis work by opening a discussion with the hub on the moral experiences of children with medical complexity.
Creating a milieu of mattering
Presented by Dr. Betty Davies
May 3rd, 2022, 7 pm EST
In this lecture, Dr. Betty Davies shared key insights from a lifetime of nursing practice, education, and scholarship, including her most recent work looking at the components of exemplary interaction between health care providers and parents of seriously ill children. She introduced the unique concept of creating a milieu of mattering – a concept relevant to other healthcare settings and beyond to wherever personal interaction occurs.
This event was hosted in collaboration with the Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association
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