The 2026 Membership Year is OPEN
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CPCNA Board Nominations Opening Soon!
CPCNA will have several roles open on the Board of Directors this year. If you are interested in promoting Palliative Care Nursing and an opportunity to learn a dynamic group of nurses from across Canada, consider this opportunity!
Find out more about the roles that will be open for nomination below. The term of office will commence after the AGM on May 19, 2026. Details about nomination will be posted soon!
Professional Practice Director
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 members: to view the webinar series
Navigating Palliative Care
Log In and visit the Past Webinar Page!
Presented by Marie-Laurence Fortin M.Sc.N, CHPCN(C)
September 10 - Nurses as Advocates: A Holistic Approach to Palliative Care
October 15 - Mastering Opioid Use in Pain Management: A Nurses Role
November 18 -Breathing Better: Managing Dyspnea and Respiratory Distress
December 10 - Caring for the Dying: Essential Insights in the Last Days of Life
Members: View other past webinars here as well!!
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
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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