Sparking Innovation: Future Models of Care
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025, 7pm – 8:30pm ET
Our February webinar is open to all INELDA members as part of membership benefits.
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Webinar Guests:
Amanda Marie Ellis King, CFSP | Embalmer and Funeral Director, INELDA Trained-Doula
Jackie Naginey Hook, MA | Spiritual director, Celebrant, and INELDA_trained End-of-life Doula at Koch Funeral Home
Webinar Moderator:
Kimberly Stravers | INELDA Educator, Celebrant, and Former Funeral Attendant
Webinar Guest(s):
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Zeyneb Sayilgan, Ph.D. | Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies (ICJS)
Recorded on Wednesday, January 28th, 2026, 7pm – 8:30pm ET
Webinar Guest:
Dr. Naheed Dosani | Palliative care physician and Health justice activist
Webinar Moderator:
Omni Kitts Ferrera | INELDA Director of Education
As a palliative care physician and health justice activist, Dr. Naheed Dosani is dedicated to advancing equitable access to healthcare for people experiencing structural vulnerabilities like poverty and homelessness. These efforts include founding & leading the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) Program at the Inner City Health Associates in downtown Toronto, serving as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, as Health Equity Lead at Kensington Health, a Health Equity Expert Advisor at the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and as a palliative care physician at St. Michael’s Hospital at Unity Health Toronto.
In this webinar, Dr. Naheed Dosani joined us in a conversation around developing unique care model solutions. End-of-life doulas are in positions to act as system changers and create community-driven care that is outside the traditional medical models. Our conversation drew on Naheed’s own model of PEACH as a prototype that is addressing community needs.
Guest Speaker Bios:
Dr. Dosani shares his passion for palliative care and health equity with learners as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. As a researcher, he is appointed as an Investigator with the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St Michael’s Hospital’s Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, with a special interest in health system innovation & advancing access to equity-oriented care for structurally vulnerable populations. As a health systems leader, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Medical Association. Dr. Dosani has received many prestigious honours for his trailblazing work.
These awards include the Meritorious Service Cross for Humanitarianism from Canada’s Governor General (2018), the Award for Humanitarianism from the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians (2019) and the Early Career Leader Award from the Canadian Medical Association (2020). Most recently, Dr. Dosani received an Honorary Doctorate Degree (Doctor of Laws) from Ontario Tech University (2022), the Dr Earl Dunn Award [for advancing primary care] from the University of Toronto Dept. of Family & Community Medicine (2024) and the Dr S. Lawrence Librach Award [for excellence and leadership in Palliative Care] from Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (2024). In May of 2025, he was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal, awarded to Canadians whose work strengthens their communities and country.
Affiliations ● Founder and Lead, Palliative Education And Care for the Homeless (PEACH) Program, Inner City Health Associates ● Medical Director, Kensington Hospice, Kensington Health ● Health Equity Lead, Kensington Health ● Palliative Care Physician, Department of Family & Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital at Unity Health Toronto ● Investigator, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital at Unity Health Toronto ● Health Equity Expert Advisor, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer ● Assistant Professor, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto ● Member of the Board of Directors, Canadian Medical Association
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