Promoting excellence in palliative care

The Palliative Institute is committed to alleviating suffering for patients and their families by supporting excellence in palliative and end-of-life care.

Covenant Health launched the Palliative Institute in October 2012, envisioning a future where every Albertan can make informed choices about their palliative and end-of-life care and where caregivers have the knowledge, expertise and resources to support them.

It is the institute’s role to serve as a knowledge broker and problem solver for patients and families, clinicians, policymakers, caregivers and researchers, and to lead informed public conversation about palliative and end-of-life issues.

Palliative Care Stories

Embracing palliative care
Thursday, May 11, 2023

Not many 17-year-olds have direct experience of palliative care. Read Bill Zheng's story about how he supported his mother through until end of life and became a passionate palliative care advocate.

Talking about death
Monday, May 2, 2022

Death is a difficult topic for many of us to talk about. Now there's a book club to help with this, courtesy of a collaboration between the Palliative Institute and Edmonton Public Library.

Supporting a grieving loved one
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Grief is messy, complicated and unpredictable and does not fit neatly into ‘stages’. Supporting a grieving loved one means listening to the person and being supportive without trying to ‘fix’ the problem.

News

Launching CompassionateAlberta.ca
Saturday, October 1, 2022

Palliative Institute brings together renowned international speakers for Building Compassionate Communities Forum
Wednesday, March 8, 2022

Advance care planning presentation scheduled for November 23
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Registration for 32^nd Annual Palliative Education and Research Day to open August 30
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Covenant Health Palliative Institute launches new provincial initiative to promote advance care planning
Thursday, April 15, 2021.

Events

Palliative Education and Research Conference
Monday, October 23, 2023

Building Compassionate Communities Forum
Saturday, March 19, 2022