February 26, 2025 (Zoom): Cross-Pollinations

Join the League of Canadian Poets, the Health Arts Research Centre, and the Canadian Association for Health Humanities for the next iteration of the Cross-Pollinations Virtual Rounds Series.

February 26, 2025 | 3pm PT/6pm ET

Please join us on Wednesday, February 26 at 6pm (EST)/3pm (PST) for an hour of poetry and conversation around the theme of Palliative and End-of-Life Care. This event is curated jointly by the League of Canadian Poets, The Canadian Association for Health Humanities, and the Health Arts Research Centre.

This event will feature award-winning poet and former hospice care counsellor Eve Joseph, who will be reading from her book In The Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying. We will also hear from Dr. Jacqueline Hui, who has worked in Palliative Care for over twenty years.

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Dr. Jacqueline Hui

Dr. Jacqueline Hui has dedicated over two decades to the field of Palliative Care, practicing in Canada and teaching internationally. She is also the Faculty Development Lead for the Department of Family Medicine and Director of Teacher Development with the Office of Faculty Development at the University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine. As a physician, educator, and advocate, she has a deep understanding of the importance of presence, meaningful connection, compassion and resilience. Her work in Palliative Care has led to a profound wisdom of acceptance and letting go, shaping an approach to care that values humanity through life’s most challenging transitions.

Eve Joseph

Eve Joseph lives and writes on the unceded traditional territories of the Lekwungen peoples. Her first two books of poetry The Startled Heart (Oolichan, 2004) and The Secret Signature of Things (Brick, 2010) were both nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Award. Her nonfiction book In the Slender Margin was published by HarperCollins in 2014 and won the Hubert Evans award for nonfiction. Her most recent book of poetry Quarrels (Anvil, 2018) was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Award, The ReLit Award and won the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize. Eve worked for 21 years as a community and crisis counsellor at the Victoria Hospice.

Recordings from past events can be viewed on YouTube.