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CPCNA Board Nominations Are Now Open!
CPCNA has several roles open on the Board of Directors this year. If you are interested in promoting Palliative Care Nursing and an opportunity to learn with a dynamic group of nurses from across Canada, consider submitting your application!
Deadline to Submit: April 13, 2026 Midnight EST
Find out more about the roles that are open for nomination below.
Professional Practice Director
Find details of CPNCA's new streamlined nomination process HERE !
CPCNA Awards Nominations are now open!
Nomination Deadline March 15, 2026
Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association believes that it is important to acknowledge the work and leadership of palliative care nurses across Canada. To support this goal, Palliative Care Nursing Awards have been created to celebrate our nursing colleagues.
The awards is to acknowledge and celebrate persons who are or have been palliative care nurses and/or nurse practitioners and have made outstanding contributions to palliative care, palliative care nursing, and/or the CPCNA.
Two awards are open for nomination:
The CPCNA Lifetime Achievement Award
To learn more, or to nominate an amazing nurse that you know,
visit the Awards Page
Congratulations to the recipient of January 2026 CPCNA Certification Bursary!
Meet Kathleen Belland!
Kathleen has been a palliative care nurse since 2012. She has worked mostly in tertiary-level palliative care, although she has also experience in surgery, public health, and obstetrics. She was recently involved in the Sunita Project, a palliative care pilot project in rural Nepal. When she isn't busy with nursing, you can find her brushing up on her Hindi and Nepali language skills, cooking, gardening, or planning her next trip back to South Asia.
Kathleen received the bursary to support her CNA Certification in Hospice Palliative Care Nursing.
Visit the Bursary Page to see if you are eligible for the June Certification or Education bursary!
CPCNA Welcomes you to the 2026 Annual Lecture
May 5, 2026 5 pm EST
Dr. Vivian Papaiz, PhD, RN, CHPCN(C), RNAO ACP Fellow
Associate Dean for the School of Health Sciences Canadore College.
With a diverse background in nursing practice, Vivian has worked across multiple sectors of nursing and nursing education including curriculum and program development in academic settings and supervision of a number of Nursing and allied health programs in clinical settings. Her professional experience has included significant leadership and management roles, serving as national PC lead, as well as practice educator and manager of nursing and home support programs for VON Canada in Ontario. In recent years, her focus has turned to academic pursuits that have focused on leadership of Health Science programing.
Vivian's professional journey is marked by a deep commitment to raising awareness about the importance of palliative and end-of-life care. She has held numerous governance roles at national, provincial, and local levels in hospice palliative care. Her leadership includes executive positions on various Boards of Directors, and she currently serves as Past President of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA). She has also held executive positions at both the provincial and local board levels.
A registered nurse, Vivian completed her undergraduate studies at Western University, earned a master’s degree in nursing with a focus on teaching from Athabasca University, and obtained her doctorate in Educational Sustainability with a specialization in palliative care nursing from Nipissing University.
Today, her passion lies in fostering a strong academic experience for students, with a particular emphasis on integrating palliative care education within health science programs.
Save the Date: Annual General Meeting May 19, 2026 6 pm EST
CPCNA's position statement on Grief and Grief Literacy now posted!
Now Available: Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for the Topical Management of Malignant Cutaneous Wounds
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