Engaged & Experienced
During the past 20 years of my professional life, I developed and delivered more than 3,000 presentations and workshops for groups as large as 700 people. I have facilitated conference sessions and delivered keynotes at both the local and national level. I've spoken on radio shows, podcasts, videos, and been interviewed on television.
Recent & Upcoming Speaking Events
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada - "When Trauma Meets Brain Tumour", July 2026
Durham Regional Cancer Program (Lakeridge Health) - Grand Rounds, June 2026
Colorectal Cancer Canada "Tush Talks" - episode to be published on YouTube, May 2026
30 Stories Podcast Episode - Interview by Jesse Fisher to be released in May, 2026
Erie St. Clair Regional Cancer Program (Windsor Regional Hospital) Interprofessional Rounds - "Trauma-informed Cancer Care: Insights from the Lived Experience of a Patient who Refused Curative Cancer Treatment", April 2026
University of Calgary Respirology Division Rounds - "Patient Refuses Treatment for Curable Cancer", Co-presenting with Dr. Tara Lohmann, April 2026
CureToday.com article & video - "How Past Trauma can Shape the Cancer Treatment Experience", published April 2026
Patient and Family Advisors Network (Alberta Health Services), "When Trauma Meets Cancer: Tips for Patients & Care Partners", April 2026
Canadian Cancer Trials Network - "Patient Refuses Treatment for Curable Cancer", March, 2026
CCSN Webinar Series - "When Trauma Meets Cancer: Tips for Patients & Care Partners", March 2026
Patient Engagement and Experience Committee - "When Trauma Meets Cancer - Lessons for Practitioners", February 2026
Patient and Family Advisory Committee - "When Trauma Meets Cancer - Tips for Patients & Care Partners", February 2026
Gala Speech - "There's Always Hope", The Social at Better Breathing Week, January 2026
Session Co-lead - "Improving Outcomes Through Trauma-informed Lung Cancer Care", with Dr. Tara Lohmann (Respirologist), University of Calgary
Widowed AF podcast - "When Cancer Carries Trauma", Season 4, Episode 4, January 2026 (Video on YouTube, Podcast wherever you get your podcasts)
National COPD Day and Lung Cancer Awareness Month Speaker - "There's Always Hope", Ontario Provincial Lobby Day, November 2025
Caregiver Representative - Lung Cancer Live tele-event, November 2025
Widow 180 Podcast - Episode 246 - "Cancer, Chocolate, and Channeling Rage", November 2025
Trauma-informed Care Pilot Project - "There are Doughnuts in Purgatory", Workshops for Oncology staff, Fall 2025
"Trauma-informed care might save your patient's life" workshop for Medical Oncology staff, October 2025
Beyond the Wheeze podcast - Episode 19, "The Unseen Cost of Caregiving: A Story of Loss, Lung Cancer, and Advocacy", (on YouTube and wherever you stream podcasts), July 2025
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario Conference - "There are Doughnuts in Purgatory" workshop, June 2025
Lung Cancer Voices podcast - Episode 93, "The Importance of Trauma-informed Care", February 2025