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Friday, June 16, 2023 – Intercontinental Toronto Centre
| 7:00 – 7:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | 25th Anniversary Breakfast Come and celebrate 25 years of delivering care closer to home! |
| 8:30 – 8:35 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 8:35 – 8:55 a.m. | Targeted Therapies in Low Grade Brain Tumours: New Drugs, New Toxicities Adam Fleming, MD, McMaster Children’s Hospital |
| 8:55 – 9:05 a.m. | Q&A – New Drugs, New Toxicities |
| 9:05 – 9:25 a.m. | Satellite Showcase: Peterborough Regional Health Centre – Shay Cannon, RN Southlake Regional Health Centre – Jennifer Barbeau, RN |
| 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. | Workshop A: Hands-On Port Access Practice Shay Cannon, RN, APHON, Peterborough Regional Health Centre Virginia Graves, RN, BScN, CHEO Kaniska Young-Tai, RN, SickKids Workshop B: ALL Therapy: Stages, Side Effects and Supportive Care Laura Wheaton, MD, Kingston Health Sciences Centre Kirsty Morelli, BScN, MN, NP-Paeds, CPHON, Scarborough Health Network Workshop C: Supporting Patients and Families at the End of Life Gurjit Sangha, MN, RN, Trillium Health Partners, Credit Valley Hospital Heather Stewart, parent |
| 10:15 – 10:35 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 10:35 – 10:55 a.m. | Satellite Showcase: Grand River Hospital – Kendra Komsa, MD Trillium Health Partners, Credit Valley Hospital – Lindsay Lauer, RN & Jose Oliveria, RN |
| 10:55 – 11:45 a.m. | Building Trust with Indigenous Patients and Families: Lessons from Sudbury Vicky Wilton, RN, Health Sciences North Deanna Jones-Keeshig, Director – Indigenous Health, Health Sciences North |
| 11:45 – 11:55 a.m. | Q&A – Building Trust with Indigenous Patients and Families |
| 11:55 a.m. – 12:55 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:55 – 1:25 p.m. | Practice Update: Management of Low-Risk Outpatient Fever & Neutropenia Khalid Alodan, Hematology/Oncology Fellow, SickKids |
| 1:25 – 1:35 p.m. | Q&A – Management of Low-Risk Outpatient Fever & Neutropenia |
| 1:35 – 1:55 pm | Satellite Showcase: Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital – Sarah Barker, MD Windsor Regional Hospital – Ursula DeBono, RN |
| 1:55 – 2:25 pm | Enteral Feeding Support for Children on Treatment: Your Questions Answered Laura Collins, RD, McMaster Children’s Hospital |
| 2:25 – 2:35 pm | Q&A – Enteral Feeding Support for Children on Treatment |
| 2:35 – 2:55 pm | Afternoon Break |
| 2:55 – 3:15 pm | Satellite Showcase: Scarborough Health Network, Centenary Hospital – Kirsty Morelli, MN, NP-Paeds Northeast Cancer Centre, Health Sciences North – Cassandra Bedard, RN & Tanya Hobson, RN |
| 3:15 – 3:55 pm | When Distress Leads to Aggression: How to Communicate with Challenging Families Breanna Gibbon, CHEO |
| 3:55 – 4:05 pm | Q&A – How to Communicate with Challenging Families |
| 4:05 – 4:35 p.m. | Practice Update: Focus on Asparaginase Lisa Egan-Bates, RN, Southlake Regional Health Centre Paul Gibson, MD, McMaster Children’s Hospital/Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) |
| 4:35 – 4:45 pm | Q&A – Practice Update: Focus on Asparaginase |
| 4:45 – 4:50 p.m. | Closing Remarks |