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Leading from the Inside Out
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Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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WorkSafeBC has acknowledged an error in calculating the 2025 SafeCare BC levy, which is included in the premiums paid by our two member employer groups–those providing community health support services (classification unit 766006) and those in long-term care (classification unit 766011).
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The Province has introduced a new masking policy for all healthcare workers who provide direct care effective immediately. Staff Requirements Visitor Guidance With an increase in viral respiratory illnesses (VRI) across the province, the Ministry of Health has introduced new masking measures to help control the spread of these illnesses. It's important to remember that […]
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What to say when you don't know what to say

This webinar will provide you with a strategy for making it easier to participate in difficult conversations and respond to the difficult questions that often arise in healthcare settings. Exploring the VERS method (VERS: validate, explore, respond and share)

This webinar will provide you with a strategy for making it easier to participate in difficult conversations and respond to the difficult questions that often arise in healthcare settings. Exploring the VERS method (VERS: validate, explore, respond and share)

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Elizabeth Causton worked as a social worker for forty years, with over fourteen years as a clinical counsellor with the Victoria Hospice community crisis team. A dynamic and inspiring (and unforgettable) palliative care educator, she taught for decades across Canada on psychosocial and communication issues.

Although she is now semi-retired, she continues to offer seminars and workshops both locally and across Canada and through online courses on various psychosocial and communication issues in healthcare for nurses, community health workers, physicians, family caregivers and hospice volunteers. 

Over the last 12 years, Elizabeth has also worked with research teams at the University of Victoria, exploring ways to improve the integration of a palliative approach across all healthcare settings and has written for Canada Virtual Hospice.

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