CAPO WEBINAR SERIES

CAPO is pleased to release a series of free webinars. To further our efforts to encourage interdisciplinary excellence in psychosocial research education and clinical practice in oncology, the CAPO Education Committee in collaboration with the CAPO Research Committee has planned a series of webinars of varied topics address psychosocial oncology.


Supporting High-Quality Patient Engagement in Research: Planning, Implementation and Evaluation

Featuring: Julia Abelson, Vicky Forster and Peri Tutelman

The potential benefits of including patients and caregivers throughout the research process are now well-established, and a growing number of research organizations and funding bodies either encourage or require patient involvement. Yet this collaboration isn’t always meaningful or valuable for patients or researchers. In this webinar, three leaders in the field of patient engagement will discuss key strategies and tools that can foster and sustain high-quality patient engagement in research.

Panelists will address questions such as:

  • What makes an engagement meaningful and worthwhile for patient partners?
  • How can research organizations support and promote high-quality engagement?
  • How can researchers plan for and implement high-quality patient engagement?
  • What are some key lessons learned from partnering with patients in research?
  • How can evaluation support high-quality patient engagement in research?
  • What evaluation tools are available, and how are they evolving to meet emerging engagement needs and priorities?

Panelists:
Julia Abelson

Dr. Abelson is a Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University, a member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) and lead of the Public and Patient Engagement Collaborative. Throughout her career, Dr. Abelson’s research program has been guided by a long-standing interest in how the public interacts with health systems as patients, community members, voters, and taxpayers. These interests have provided the foundation for numerous research studies focused on the design and evaluation of processes for engaging the public and patients in health system decision-making. Through her research, she has developed productive and long-standing partnerships with a wide range of policymakers and health system managers at the provincial and regional governance levels across the country and is regularly invited to advise policy decision-makers and health system managers on the design, implementation, and evaluation of public engagement processes.

Vicky Forster

Dr. Victoria (Vicky) Forster is the Patient and Community Engagement Lead at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto. A cancer biologist by training, she completed a postdoctoral position at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Her research experience involves various pediatric cancer research topics and survivorship projects. She is also a keen science communicator and was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in the Science and Healthcare category. As a freelance science writer, Dr. Forster has contributed to publications such as The Times and Forbes Health. As a prolific public speaker, she has given talks on survivorship and patient engagement in research to organizations such as TEDGlobal, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), and the Society of Neuro-oncology. A childhood cancer survivor herself, Dr. Forster combines all of these skills to design and build bridges between researchers and patient advocacy communities.

Perri Tutelman

Dr. Tutelman is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Oncology and Psychology at the University of Calgary. Her research expertise is centered at the intersection of psychosocial oncology, pain, and mental health. Her work has been recognized nationally and internationally, including by the World Health Organization as evidence on the burden of cancer-related chronic pain in children. As a clinician-scientist, Dr. Tutelman also provides clinical care to children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer through Cancer Care Alberta. Dr. Tutelman is a leader in patient engagement in research. She works closely with patient partners to co-design research that addresses what matters most to patients and their families. Dr. Tutelman is currently co-leading a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to establish the Top 10 research priorities for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer in Canada. She was a 2021 recipient of the inaugural Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award.

Webinar registration now open :

  • FREE to CAPO Members. 
  • $15 to non-members
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Webinar access details will be provided in your registration confirmation email. Pending quality of recording, this webcast will be available within 30 days of the live webinar.

If you are not a current member of CAPO, find out more about membership by going to https://capo.ca/apply

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At the end of this webinar, the participants will be able to:

  • Understand the CAPO Advocacy committee’s mandate, and involvement and importance of the patient advisors in it activities
  • Learn what motivates patient advisors to advocate for PSO
  • Review the recent progress done in PSO advocacy and understand how to better advocate for PSO from the lenses of patient advisors

Featured Panelists: Chantale Thurston, Nadine Frisk, Tristan Bilash

Chantale Thurston  is a hearty Winnipegger and daytime accountant. During her free time, she is the board chair of AYA Can – Canadian Cancer Advocacy, which is a peer-led national charity that advocates for adolescents and young adults (AYA) affected by cancer. Chantale was diagnosed in 2017 with Stage IV Appendix Cancer and has thankfully been No Evidence of Disease since her HIPEC surgery in 2017. IG: @ChantaleT1



Nadine Frisk, BSW, is a Leukemia survivor and patient advocate. Her mission is to advocate for enhanced psychosocial support for cancer patients. She is a Patient Advisor and member of the CAPO Advocacy Committee.




Tristan (he/him/human) is a stage 3C ovarian cancer survivor, transgender man, oncology social worker, writer, international speaker and inclusive health advocate. Tristan is a national 2SLGBTQIA+ patient representative with CAPO's Advocacy Committee, a proud volunteer community partner with QueeringCancer.ca, and a friend and advisor to the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition. Tristan’s story is featured in the journal article, “Spare Parts: Navigating Ovarian Cancer As A Transgender Man” which Tristan co-authored with his friend and colleague, Dr. Lauren Walker (Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary). “Spare Parts” was recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (Volume 40, Issue 9).

Co-chairs: 

Sevtap Savas, PhD., is a patient advocate, cancer scientist, and professor of genetic and oncology at Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her goal is to improve the well-being and social-medical outcomes of cancer patients through research, education, public engagement, patient partnership, advocacy, and leadership. She is the Chair of the Advocacy Committee of CAPO (Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology).



nullKimberley Thibodeau, MSW/CFT, works as a couple and family therapist in PSO at the MUHC since the program was founded in 2008. Ms. Thibodeau has a Master of Social Work from McGill University, is a certified couple and family therapist and supervisor, and a registered psychotherapist. As a clinician, she provides psychosocial services to cancer patients and family members across the illness trajectory through individual, couple and family interventions. She is a recognized expert on the impact of cancer on patients and their family. Kimberley is a CAPO board member; acts as secretary, co-chair of the Clinical Advisory Committee and Advocacy Committee.


DATE: Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT

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If you are not a current member of CAPO, find out more about membership by going to https://capo.ca/apply


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Webinar recording now available:

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  • $15 to non-members

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Webinar Recording Now Available:

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  • $15 to non-members
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Webinar Recording Now Available:

  • FREE to CAPO Members
  • $15 for non-members

ACCESS RECORDING HERE 

Webinar access details will be provided in the registration confirmation email.

If you are not a current member of CAPO, find out more about membership by going to https://capo.ca/apply


Webinar Recording Now Available:

  • FREE to CAPO Members
  • $15 for non-members

ACCESS RECORDING HERE 

Webinar access details will be provided in the registration confirmation email.

If you are not a current member of CAPO, find out more about membership by going to https://capo.ca/apply

Past Webinars

CAPO members can watch past webinar recordings for FREE in the CAPO members only section.

June 25, 2020
Development and Implementation of the Family Caregiver Decision Guide                                                                     Featuring Dr. Carole Robinson

March 20, 2020
Proactive remote monitoring and real-time symptom management using mobile technology: a feasibility study Featuring Doris Howell, RN, PhD, Professor

December 4, 2019 
Navigating Life as a Long-term Survivor of Childhood Cancer
Featuring Dr. Victoria Forster

March 28, 2019 
La thérapie cognitivo-existentielle pour les patients atteints de cancer non métastatique et métastatique
Featuring Pierre Gagnon, MD

January 16, 2019 
Cancer and Nutrition Myths
Featuring Callie Grosse

October 10, 2018 
Sleep Disturbance in Adults with Cancer
Featuring Dr. Cheryl Harris, C.Psych

April 18, 2018
Indigenous stories of cancer: Learnings from arts-based research
Featuring Dr. Chad Hammond

March 21, 2018
Building Psychosocial Oncology Programs and Leading in Financially Challenging Times
Featuring Marc Hamel, PhD & Dr Carole Mayer, RSW

February 7, 2018
Psychopharmacologic Best Practices for Depression and Anxiety
Featuring Dr. Mark Katz

January 17, 2018
Education and Training of Volunteers in Cancer Support Organizations
Featuring Helen Rossiter, Interim Cedars CanSupport Director

November 22, 2017
MAiD in Practice
Featuring Madeline Li, MD, PhD

April 19, 2017
Responding to symptoms using patient symptom management guides
Featuring Traci Franklin, MSW, RSW

March 1, 2017
Four ways to search for meaning: Comparing modes of delivery with the Meaning Making Intervention
Virginia Lee, RN, PhD

February 22, 2017
Cancer and Work: A new interactive website for cancer survivors, health care providers and employers to support cancer survivors with staying, returning, or looking for work
Christine Maheu, RN, PhD & Maureen Parkinson

January 25, 2017
What we need to know to provide quality supportive care for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
Laura Mitchell, RN, MN, CON(C) & Norma Mammone D’Agostino, PhD, CPsych


April 12, 2016
Emerging Findings from the Therapeutic Practices for Distress Management Project
Deborah McLeod RN, PhD

February 24, 2016
Integrating Complementary Therapies into Cancer Care: What’s the Evidence?
Lynda G. Balneaves, RN (BC), PhD

January 20, 2016
Start the Talk: Supporting Children when a Family Member has Cancer
Featuring Andrea Warnick, RN, MA

November 25, 2015
SMGs into Practice: Clinical application of the Psychosocial Distress, Major Depression and Anxiety Symptom Management Guideline
Featuring Madeline Li MD PhD, Psychiatrist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

November 18, 2015
Empathie clinique en oncologie: un programme pour le soin des patients et des soignants
Featuring Serge Sultan

September 29, 2015
CAPO’s Strategic Plan
Featuring Dr. Shane Sinclair, CAPO President

June 23, 2015
Exercise for Cancer Survivors – Moving from Research to Action
Featuring Dr. Lauren Capozzi, CSEP-CEP, PhD/MD Candidate

Feb 18, 2015
Apprivoiser la peur de la récidive du cancer
Featuring Dr. Christine Maheu & Sophie Lebel

Jan 21, 2015
Supporting Partners of Men with Prostate Cancer
Featuring Anne Katz RN, PhD

Nov 25, 2014
Le dépistage, l’évaluation et la gestion de détresse en oncologie au CHU de Québec
Featuring Dr Lise Fillion

Oct 21, 2014
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: Lessons from the Canadian National Palliative Care Survey
Featuring Dr. Keith Wilson

Oct 14, 2014
Together is Better – Working With Couples and the Trauma of Cancer
Featuring Dr. Sue Johnson

Sept 17, 2014
Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully
Featuring Dr. Gary Rodin

Apr 8, 2014
Vers un programme provincial de groupes de thérapie et de soutien en ligne pour personnes atteintes de cancer
Featuring François Rainville

Mar 18, 2014
Tom Hack

Jan 21, 2014
Andrea Warnick


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