2025
POGO Education Webinar | Sleep Disruptions in Pediatric ALL: Navigating Nighttime Challenges, Daytime Fatigue, and Family Preparedness
February 25, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Speaker:
Sue Zupanec, MN, NP-Pediatric, The Hospital for Sick Children
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the importance of individual sleep assessments to identify children with very poor-quality sleep, which may cluster with other distressing symptoms
2. Explore strategies and education for promoting sleep quality for both children and families
3. Discuss how to recognize sleep disruptions as a potential side effect of ALL therapy
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2024
POGO Education Webinar | The Evidence is in: Addressing Fatigue in Children and Adolescents with Cancer
September 17, 2024 | 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Speakers:
Kitty Montgomery, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing
Teresa Herriage, Paediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cancer and Blood Disorders Program, Children’s of Minnesota
Learning Objectives:
1. To discuss the significance of fatigue on the quality of life of children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer
2. To describe resources to support fatigue assessment during routine clinical care
3. To discuss the nurse’s role in implementing evidence-based guidelines to alleviate fatigue
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POGO Education Webinar | The Past, Present and Future of Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Care
April 2, 2024 | 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Speakers:
Jennifer Catsburg, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
Rebecca Côté, Clinical Program Coordinator, Teen Cancer Connection, Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children
Simone Kurup, Social Work Program Specialist, Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
Learning Objectives:
1. To review the unique needs of AYAs navigating cancer
2. To outline the AYA programs available at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and SickKids
3. To highlight how AYA cancer patients have benefited from specialized care and resources from an AYA program
4. To discuss ways to ensure equitable access to care for AYAs with cancer from rural and remote locations, outside of the GTA
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POGO Education Webinar | Supportive Care for Indigenous Children with Cancer: Ask a Traditional Medicine Knowledge Holder
January 16, 2024 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Speaker:
Joseph Pitawanakwat, Traditional Medicine Knowledge Holder, Founder & Director, Creator’s Garden
Learning Objectives:
1. Explore broadly how Indigenous medicine can help alleviate symptoms and side effects of cancer treatment in children;
2. Describe some therapeutic/supportive care benefits of Indigenous medicine to address: (1) mouth sores, (2) fatigue, (3) nausea and vomiting, and (4) pain;
3. Articulate how health professionals in a hospital setting can support the integration of these medicines into a child’s treatment when desired by the child and/or family.
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2023
POGO Education Webinar | Community Mental Health Resources for Childhood Cancer Survivors and their Caregivers
November 22, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Speaker:
Dr. Lyndall Schumann, Clinical Director and Clinical Lead, Canadian Mental Health Association, York Region South Simcoe Network Lead Organization
This presentation provides an overview of:
- BounceBack – a free, confidential program for teens (15-17 years old) who are experiencing depression, anxiety and fear of cancer recurrence
- The Ontario Structured Psychotherapy program, to help adults better manage anxiety or depression through in-person and virtual services
- The full range of mental health services available through these two programs
- How to refer a patient, family, survivor or assist individuals to self-refer
- How you as a care providers can be informed of your patient’s progress and outcomes
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POGO Education Webinar | Trauma-Informed Care
Part 1: March 28, 2023 | 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Sharon Lorber, MSW, RSW
Part 2: April 4, 2023 | 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Lysa Toye, MSW, RSW, ExAT
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2022
POGO Education Webinar | Approaches to Harmonizing Western and Indigenous Medicine in Children with Cancer
December 6, 2022 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Michael Anderson MD, MSc, FRCSC
Wendy Lariviere, Parent
Joe Pitawanakwat, Indigenous Plant Medicine Educator
Vicky Wilton, POGO Pediatric Interlink Community Cancer Nurse at Northeast Cancer Centre, Health Sciences North
Moderator: Mark Greenberg, OC, MB, ChB, FRCP(C), FAAP
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POGO Education Webinar | Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy in Childhood ALL: What We’ve Learned from Children’s Oncology Group Studies
October 4, 2022 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Wendy Landier, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
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POGO Education Webinar | Finding Our Way with Gratitude, Grit and Grace
April 5, 2022 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Kathy Perko RN, MS, PPCNP-BC, CPON, CHPPN, FPCN
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POGO Virtual Education Session: Blinatumomab: Making it through to Day 28!
January 25, 2022 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Sue Zupanec, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Leukemia and Lymphoma Section, Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Chair, Nursing Discipline, Children’s Oncology Group
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2020
POGO Virtual Education Session: Supporting Children through COVID-19
September 22, 2020 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Speakers: Andrea Warnick, Grief Therapist and Lisa Robinson, Grief Counsellor, Andrea Warnick Consulting
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POGO Virtual Education Session: Good Grief! Fostering Healthy Grief in Ourselves and Those We Support
November 17, 2020 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Andrea Warnick, Grief Therapist, Andrea Warnick Consulting