COMPASSIONATE OTTAWA Reimagining Palliative Care Partnering with Schools

COMPASSIONATE OTTAWA Reimagining Palliative Care Partnering with Schools Champions Circle Meeting April 20, 2018 1

Background • Interest demonstrated in early discussions - 2016/2017 • Follow up meetings in summer 2017 • Dialogue continued with the two French school boards in fall 2017 • Preparing the system for conversations on dying, death, lost and grief identified as key • Decision to partner with CO made by the French school boards in Dec 2017/Jan 2018 Compassionate Ottawa | Reimagining Palliative Care 2

Background cont’d • Discussions resulted in the preparation of a project proposal • Provincial Mental Health and Well-Being Sustainability Practices Framework identified by school boards as a model to follow • Project proposal developed to focus on the first level of a continuum of activities schools take for building capacity • Goal is to develop materials on dying, death, loss and grieving that will present a common language for use within schools Compassionate Ottawa | Reimagining Palliative Care 3

Current Work Plans • Establish project working group (WG) • Disseminate information on project • Hold first WG meeting • Undertake a literature review • Continue gathering of relevant materials • Hold second WG meeting to discuss results of review • Develop materials for schools Spring 2018 Spring/Summer 2018 Early fall 2018 Compassionate Ottawa | Reimagining Palliative Care 4

Current Work Plans cont’d • Review of materials by experts • Translate materials for discussion with WG • Hold third WG meeting to review and decide • Amend, finalize and translate materials • Begin delivering presentations (8 in total) • Present project outcomes to City of Ottawa’s committee on mental health • Plan and conduct project evaluation • Project wrap up (WG meeting, report etc. ) Early fall 2018 Fall 2018 Early winter 2019 Winter 2019 On-going Spring 2019 Compassionate Ottawa | Reimagining Palliative Care 5

Key Considerations/Needs • CO Team. Lead Carole Bouchard. One member Joanne Lefebvre • Funding (Ottawa Community Foundation and possibly other funders) • Working group (WG) composition 3 to 6 members (small but relevant) • Project lead (person with expertise in the field) • WG members’ availabilities (maintaining interest in the project) • Project scope and bilingualism (staying within scope and budget) • Connecting with remaining school boards in Ottawa • Stimulating interest from other groups for the project Compassionate Ottawa | Reimagining Palliative Care 6

Looking Forward • Great and unique opportunity to work with school boards • Ground-breaking initiative which may result in other collaborations including additional schools initiatives • Potential to be transformative as groups involved in the project (e. g. students, parents and staff) may spread out the work of CO to their own networks • Project outcomes could be used by other school boards • Serve two CO priority areas: education and workplace Compassionate Ottawa | Reimagining Palliative Care 7

Thank you! Read more about our initiative: http: //compassionateottawa. ca Contact information: info@compassionateottawa. ca Compassionate Ottawa | Reimagining Palliative Care 8