INSTRUCTIONS:
Please choose the Full day Conference category which applies to you. If you want to just come to an
individual day please go down the list to the information about that day.
Full conference (CASC member)
$575.00
INCLUDES President Reception, Thursday Lunch, Thursday cruise/ Dinner & Dance, Friday lunch,
Saturday Banquet and choice of workshops on Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Full conference (Non-member)
$595.00
INCLUDES President Reception, Thursday Lunch, Thursday cruise/ Dinner & Dance, Friday lunch,
Saturday Banquet and choice of workshops on Thursday, Friday, Saturday
EARLY BIRD - Full Conference (CASC member (UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2016)
$495.00
INCLUDES President Reception, Thursday Lunch, Thursday cruise/ Dinner & Dance, Friday lunch,
Saturday Banquet and choice of workshops on Thursday, Friday, Saturday
EARLY BIRD -Full Conference (Non-member (UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2016)
$525.00
INCLUDES President Reception, Thursday Lunch, Thursday cruise/ Dinner & Dance, Friday lunch,
Saturday Banquet and choice of workshops on Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Full Conference - Member Emeritus/Retired:
$375.00
(a member who has completely ceased to earn remuneration from spiritual care activities full-time,
part-time or on contract, and ceased to utilize his/her certification as a Specialist and/or Teaching
Supervisor)
INCLUDES President Reception, Thursday Lunch, Thursday cruise/ Dinner & Dance, Friday lunch,
Saturday Banquet and choice of workshops on Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Full Conference - Student:
$295.00
(Any person enrolled in a BASIC SPE unit of Supervised Pastoral Education)
INCLUDES President Reception, Thursday Lunch, Thursday cruise/ Dinner & Dance, Friday lunch,
Saturday Banquet and choice of workshops on Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Full Conference - Spouse:
$325.00
INCLUDES President Reception, Thursday Lunch, Thursday cruise/ Dinner & Dance, Friday lunch,
Saturday Banquet and choice of workshops on Thursday, Friday, Saturday
INSTRUCTIONS:
Breakfasts are not included in the Full Conference price. Please choose the ones you wish to attend.
Thursday Breakfast – Newcomers
$25.00
Friday Breakfast - Pastoral Counselors
$25.00
Friday Breakfast – Specialists
$25.00
Friday Breakfast – Supervisors
$25.00
Saturday Breakfast & Foundation Fun Run
$25.00
INSTRUCTIONS:
Please check ONE conference workshop from the following list which you wish to attend THURSDAY
MORNING.
Full day Thursday only:
Includes choice of workshops only.
$150.00
Thursday April 14, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
A1 Therapeutic Alliance: The Surest Path Toward Identity Narrative
Cindy Elkerton
This workshop will explore what the therapeutic relationship is as well as its importance. We will
become familiar with how to identify a positive therapeutic alliance and a therapeutic break. This
workshop will outline key skills for how to maintain the therapeutic alliance and how to repair a
therapeutic break between you and your patient/client. This workshop is intended for those who work
with patients/clients/families/staff individually and in groups.
Thursday April 14, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
A2 Enhancing the Integration of Spiritual Care
Nicolas El-Kada and Linda Miller
As Spiritual Care Providers, we’re called to enhance the integration of spiritual care in whole patient
healthcare. We can best do this by taking a place in the hospital’s leadership structure. Creative ways to
use our skills and training as spiritual care specialists will be discussed. Presentation drawing on extant
literature and examples from the presenters work experience will be combined with round table
discussion in which participants will present challenge and success stories from their work setting.
Thursday April 14, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
A3 Mindful Meditation and the Therapeutic Relationship
Craig Matsu-Pissot
Presence is a valuable and foundational component of the therapeutic relationship. This is especially
true in spiritual care. In this presentation we will discuss how the science, art, and practice of
mindfulness meditation can be a means of developing this presence. Discussion of presence,
mindfulness meditation, the therapeutic relationship, and how the quality of being that the spiritual
care practitioner brings to that relationship is a primary intervention in itself.
Thursday April 14, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
A4 Advanced Care Planning
Darcy Gillis, A. Catherine Simpson, and Jillian Demmons
Using a case study of one patient’s experience of facing end-stage COPD, this workshop will explore the
relationship between spiritual care, narrative, hope and advance care planning (ACP). When done well,
ACP can enable patients and family members to better prepare for death by exploring patients' hopes,
fears, values and beliefs regarding quality of life and death. Special attention will be placed on bestpractices in supporting patients and their families in the ACP process.
Thursday April 14, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
A5 Weaving a Bag, Weaving a Story
Chief Janice George and elder Buddy Joseph
$15.00
In this workshop first nations, elder Buddy Joseph and Chief Janice George will lead participants in an
experience of traditional Coast Salish weaving.
It will be explained how the personal story of the participants can be reflected in the designs
incorporated into a personal bag. The process is an experiential means of exploring aspects of selfawareness related to one's own spiritual identity. The gentle meditative frame of mind that emerges
through the process can at times have a significant impact that reaches far past the workshop as
individuals discover unexpected aspects of their journey. Good feelings, energy and prayers are woven
into the piece. Kits will be provided at $15 per person (cap 25 people)
Thursday April 14, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
A6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and spiritual distress in veterans
Lorraine Smith-MacDonald, Shane Sinclair, Shelley Raffin-Bouchal
Spiritual coping may be central to understanding a veteran’s mental health trajectory; however, most of
Canada’s 700,000 veterans have never received any form of spiritual care post deployment. Spiritual
care professionals from public healthcare facilities and religious institutions are vital to bridging this care
gap. As part of an integrated knowledge translation project, this workshop will discuss the background
literature and design of the qualitative research, and implications for spiritual care professionals.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Please check ONE conference workshop from the following list which you wish to attend Friday
MORNING.
Full day Friday only:
includes choice of workshops only.
$225.00
Friday April 15, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
B1 The impact, importance and practice issues associated with addressing spiritual issues in an
outpatient bone marrow therapy clinic: a mixed method study
Shane Sinclair
While the importance of spirituality is attested to by bone marrow patients and their healthcare
providers, the influence and impact of the disease and treatment on patient spiritual wellbeing across
the cancer trajectory is nascent. In this mixed method study, we administered 100 patients a measures
of post-traumatic growth (PTGI), spiritual wellbeing (FACIT-SP) and quality of life (FACT-BMT) to
determine the relationship between spiritual wellbeing, post-traumatic growth, quality of life and sociodemographic factors. This was complemented by focus groups, involving a smaller sample of patients
and their healthcare providers, in order to determine the importance and issues related to addressing
spiritual issues within a busy interdisciplinary outpatient clinic.
Friday April 15, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
B2 Exploring Relational Experience using Story and Art
Aaron Smith and Julia Read
This workshop will look at the importance of story and art or objects in exploring relational experience.
Participants will be invited to engage in experiential learning opportunities and small group exercises
and discussions to demonstrate how to use story and art or object-based elicitation techniques in
researching and working with relational experiences. Finally, a number of benefits of using such an
approach will also be explored.
Friday April 15, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
B3 A Two Hearted People - Explorations in Identity
Doug Longstaffe and Philip Tse
Through brief experiential exercises, story-telling and word analysis, participants will be led into a
discovery of their own conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings about what is essential to our bi
polar clinical/pastoral profession. The group will then be led into dialogue regarding what constitutes
our distinct identity. A symbolic synthesis featuring the offerings of all participants in a narrative collage
will be hung for display in the conference main hall.
Friday April 15, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
B4 Celebrating Our Professional Identity through Peer Review
Kathy Edmison
This workshop is an opportunity to discuss the philosophy and process of Peer Reviews and to have your
questions answered. In 2011, CASC adopted 10 Competencies for Spiritual Care and Counselling. In
2015, the Professional Practice Commission (PPC) updated the Peer Review Process to incorporate these
competencies. Come and learn more about the rationale behind the changes and how to use the new
forms. This workshop will be particularly helpful if you are due for Peer Review this coming year or if you
are interested in being a reviewer. If you have recently completed your review using the new process,
the PPC welcomes your feedback.
Friday April 15, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
B5 An e-chart review of Chaplain's interventions and outcomes in an acute care hospital - Quality
Improvement and Professional Identity
Vivian Stang & Martin Rovers
A Quality Improvement project undertaken by Spiritual Care Services at the Ottawa hospital examined
the initial spiritual care assessments completed by five multi-faith staff chaplains on 100 patient echarts. The descriptive, self-reported interventions and outcomes were coded to create discrete
categories. We evaluated what our Chaplains were being asked to do and how we were recording our
effectiveness. Improvements to our e-charting practices, spiritual care provision and potential teaching
opportunities with staff will be emphasized.
Friday April 15, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm
B6 Spiritual care, a matter of competence or state of mind? The French way
Tanguy Chatel
The expression "spiritual care" does not exist as such in France. However, this task corresponds to a
singular form of secularized spirituality that has emerged in the field of health and public medicine for
the last decade. Currently expanding, it is rooted in the Latin culture and focused on the quality of the
state of mind. It may appear informal, yet it is based upon fundamental considerations (theological,
philosophical, psychoanalytic...) and has its own ethics.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Please check ONE conference workshop from the following list which you wish to attend FRIDAY
AFTERNOON
Friday April 15, 2016 4:30pm to 5:45pm
C1 Narrative Entry Points and Analysis with Pediatric and Elderly patients
Jim Huth and Philip Crowell
It is not uncommon for clients (patients), families, healthcare staff and physicians to struggle with
questions that turn on matters of values and meaning. Spiritual Care Providers can help with these
challenges. Typically, the focus of healthcare providers is to reach conclusions promptly and to identify
strategies to address difficult questions and medical choices that follow a prescribed pattern. This
process can leave little room for curiosity or engagement with the stories that people tell. When the
reasons for spiritual distress or anxieties are left unexplored, they may resurface in new guise and
generate further stressors. We will suggest the techniques of narrative inquiry are well suited to help
spiritual care providers in addressing spiritual distress. The pedagogical strategy used to demonstrate
narrative inquiry and presence will be interactive and collaborative. Participants will be invited to offer
“troubling” cases that they have encountered in their practice.
Friday April 15, 2016 4:30pm to 5:45pm
C2 Quantitative Research in Spiritual Care: Measuring the Physiological Response to Walking the
Labyrinth
Philip Behman
The use of the labyrinth form for walking meditation has become more commonplace in health care
settings. A projected light labyrinth was used to study stress reduction and self-regulation in 25 youth
who participated in walking meditation. Heart Rate Variability and Alpha amylase were collected and
analyzed showing decrease in stress similar to other forms of meditative practices. Quantitative
measures used in studying Spiritual Care practices are effective in establishing evidence based practice.
Friday April 15, 2016 4:30pm to 5:45pm
C3 The use of Narrative in Therapeutic Groups - the spiritual care of individuals experiencing mental
health issues and chemical dependency
Gillian McLean
This workshop offers an introduction to therapeutic groups in the provision of spiritual care for clients
with mental health issues and chemical addictions. Case scenarios from three different settings will be
offered: a grief and loss group in a Detoxification facility; a spirituality group on an in-patient psychiatry
unit; an outpatient closed-group exploring Resilience. The process of group formation, the challenges
and benefits of group work, and the reality of the group experience will be explored.
Friday April 15, 2016 4:30pm to 5:45pm
C4 Our Evolving Human Story through fairy tale: Jack and the Beanstalk
Jane E.A. Smith-Eivemark
This workshop will offer a perspective of our evolving human story through the amplification process of
the beloved fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. In Jungian psychology fairy tales have been understood as
pure and simple expressions of collective unconscious psychic processes. This workshop will amplify the
powerful imagery of fairy tales and examine why their interpretation is such a crucial aspect of the
understanding of our human psyche and therefore, our human story.
Friday April 15, 2016 4:30pm to 5:45pm
C5 Spiritual and Cultural Sensitivity: Narratives from Individuals, Family Members and Caregivers
Facing the End of Life
Shane Sinclair, Glen Horst, Shelly Cory
Learn about new online knowledge translation tools based on the personal narratives of culture
members with advanced illness, their families and community leaders designed to enhance culturally
and spiritually sensitive care to Indigenous people, refugees and immigrants. Background, methods,
challenges and results associated with the development of three series of evidence-based videos will be
presented.
Friday April 15, 2016 4:30pm to 5:45pm
C6 Positive Physical Approach
Angela King
For someone living with dementia, brain changes have a significant impact on one’s ability to
communicate with the world around them visually, verbally, and kinaesthetically. Using a Positive
Physical Approach™ we will apply this new understanding by looking at ways we might adapt our
spiritual care practices, cultivating a presence that makes spiritual and religious care more possible and
more meaningful for those living with dementia.
Full day Saturday only:
includes choice of workshops only.
$150.00
INSTRUCTIONS:
Please check ONE conference workshop from the following list which you wish to attend SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
Saturday April 16, 2016 2:00pm - 3:15pm
D1 SEATS: Intervention for Delirium
Moe Anderson, Suraj George, Kanae Kinoshita, and Sharon Konyen
It is estimated that 20% of admitted patients to hospital and up to 70% admitted to ICU will develop
delirium and the elderly population are especially vulnerable with up to 30% having delirium at the time
of admission (Pandharipande et al, 2005). Delirium is associated with longer stays, higher mortality,
lower patient and family satisfaction and increased stress for patients, families and staff. In 2014, the
Department of Spiritual Care at UHN came together to design a reflective, non-pharmacological
intervention for delirium. The result was a research based intervention called SEATS. We invite you to
come and experience our training program, learn about the significant spiritual and emotional impact
that delirium has on patients as well as ways that you can intervene. Come and learn about the research
that we are conducting on the effectiveness of the tool.
Saturday April 16, 2016 2:00pm - 3:15pm
D2 Introducing Spirituality from a Narrative Perspective
Simon Lasair
Assigning a concept to spirituality can be difficult for spiritual care practitioners, especially when a
client’s spirituality is embedded within the life-narratives they share with their care providers. This
workshop will introduce a concept of spirituality from a narrative perspective in theory and clinical
work; this concept will be demonstrated useful for assessment, intervention, and planning in spiritual
care. Theoretical information will be provided, and case studies will be used to illustrate the concepts.
Saturday April 16, 2016 2:00pm - 3:15pm
D3 Chilling With Dogs: The Effect of Interacting With Dogs on University Students' Stress during Final
Exams
Kristine Lund
Counselling services on university campuses experience an overwhelming demand to respond to
student's mental health concerns. What other resources might be made available to students to manage
their stress particularly during final exams? This workshop will present the role of pet assisted therapy in
reducing student stress during final exams. Using a mixed methodology, both qualitative and
quantitative data will be shared regarding the effect of interacting with dogs on student stress during
final exams.
Saturday April 16, 2016 2:00pm - 3:15pm
D4 And the Poets Dwell Among Us; Harvesting the Narrative of our Practice
Ciaran McKenna
This workshop will focus on experiences that stimulate both the heart and the mind, asking listeners to
find connections between themselves and the stories they hear. Highlighting narratives of illness,
health, caregiving, the body, and interpersonal relationships and the lived work experience through the
poetry shared. Participants will be invited to give their interpretation of what they hear before Mr.
McKenna shares what inspired the piece for him. This will be a highly interactive session.
Saturday April 16, 2016 2:00pm - 3:15pm
D5 Lavender Alert: Supporting Healthcare Workers
June Mawhinney and Keith Metcalfe
This workshop will focus on experiences that stimulate both the heart and the mind, asking listeners to
find connections between themselves and the stories they hear. Highlighting narratives of illness,
health, caregiving, the body, and interpersonal relationships and the lived work experience through the
poetry shared. Participants will be invited to give their interpretation of what they hear before Mr.
McKenna shares what inspired the piece for him. This will be a highly interactive session.
Saturday April 16, 2016 2:00pm - 3:15pm
D6 "A Rose by Any Other Name Is Still a Rose"
Bruce Musgrave
Over the past fifty to sixty years or so there has been a gradual decline in the role and prominence that
certain religious institutions have played in western countries around the world. This decline has
inevitably had an impact upon the way in which religious leaders are regarded by others which has, in
turn, influenced the way they see themselves. This workshop will explore the ways in which various
cultural changes have affected the life of religious institutions and, in particular, the ways in which
religious/spiritual leaders see and understand themselves. It will also focus upon how such leaders have
had to re-frame who they are in order to maintain a robust sense of self and confidence in their
respective places of service. Special attention and consideration will be given to the ways and roles in
which institutional chaplains play within their respective places of employment and the internal stories
they hold concerning who they are and what they do. Consideration will also be given to the ways in
which they are learning to re-tool in order to survive (and flourish) in the spiritual and religious
marketplace of today's ever-changing world.
Extra Tickets:
If you want to bring a person, who is not registered for the conference, to an event please choose the
ticket/tickets you want
Wednesday Night President's Reception
$45.00
Thursday Cruise/Dinner & Dance
$75.00
Saturday Banquet
$65.00