Hospice Peterborough

01/29/2026

In case you missed it, the recording of the newest session of our Indigenous Voices: Supporting Healthy Ways of Living Through Grief and Loss webinar series is now available!

https://buff.ly/oeFNLRA

This webinar series is made possible with investment from Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.

01/29/2026

Over the past couple of months, you may have read a letter from Christine Mackey, a former client and current volunteer who shared her experience receiving support from Hospice Peterborough as she navigated the loss of her 20-year-old son, Patrick, and as she said goodbye to her father while he was receiving care in our residence.

In response to that letter, Hospice Peterborough received a record-breaking number of donations. We are so incredibly grateful! ❤️

These donations mean that Hospice Peterborough can continue providing essential support to people facing life-threatening illness and grief. You help keep the residence a beautiful and comfortable place for families to say goodbye to those they love, you make a variety of free programs and services possible, and you truly spread compassion.

In this short video, Christine expresses her gratitude for the donations that have been made in response to her letter. She shares: “Thank you for supporting this deeply important work. Thank you for caring for people you may never meet. Thank you for ensuring that people like me can receive crucial support during life’s most difficult moments. This truly means everything.”

Thank you again! You make our care possible. 😌

01/28/2026

In this returning episode of The Written Word, our podcast co-hosts revisit a familiar and much-loved format—this time in conversation with Dr. Natalie Whiting. Having explored the power of the written word together before, they now welcome Natalie, a palliative physician, to share some of her own writing and reflections from the edges of lived experience.

Together, they explore how poetry and lyrics can speak where ordinary language falters. When life becomes too complex or tender to explain, the written word can gesture toward the ineffable—offering resonance rather than resolution. This episode invites listeners to pause, listen, and consider how words can hold what cannot be neatly spoken.

Listen now: https://what-now.buzzsprout.com/

01/21/2026

We're hiring! ✨

Role: Intake Facilitator (Part-time, one-year contract with possible extension)

The Intake Facilitator is a key member of the Hospice Team and is the point of contact for clients requesting hospice services including PCCT, Grief Programing and the Residence.

The Intake Facilitator reviews and prioritizes all referrals, enters clients into the database, collects additional information as needed and connects the client with other team members including booking appointments. The Intake Facilitator ensures client referrals are managed in a timely, accurate and sensitive manner.

Closing date: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 by 4pm

Read the full job posting at: www.hospicepeterborough.org/about-hospice-peterborough/join-our-team

Please share widely!

01/14/2026

New podcast episode just dropped! 🎧

In this podcast we are delighted to welcome Dr. Jan Hux, a retired physician and past CEO of Diabetes Canada. Jan’s husband Edwin died in 2020, and she shares with us her journey of grief as a widow.

Jan reflects on the past 5 years and candidly explores the challenges of spousal death and the transition to a life in which Edwin is physically absent. She shares with clarity some of the surprises, both difficult and healing, that she encountered along the way. What shines through is the genuine love Jan and Edwin shared, and still do.

Listen now at https://what-now.buzzsprout.com/ or wherever you get your podcasts!

01/13/2026

Next week: join us for a *rescheduled* livestream and discussion on Resilient Grieving by Dr. Lucy Hone.

Join us at Hospice Peterborough for a livestream of “Resilient Grieving: Practical Resilience Practices That Work” by Dr. Lucy Hone, presented by the Canadian Alliance for Children’s Grief as part of their annual national symposium.

Dr. Lucy Hone is a renowned global expert on resilience, director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience, and bestselling author of Resilient Grieving.

To register, please email intake@hospicepeterborough.org or call 705-742-4042 ext. 251 to register for this event.

01/12/2026

Dougy Center's new resource, "Someone You Care About is Grieving: Tips for Supporting Them," includes helpful real-world tips on checking in, how to be a good listener, things to say and do, as well as ideas for taking care of yourself. Download it athttps://www.dougy.org/assets/uploads/Someone-You-Care-About-is-Grieving.pdf

For more activities and resources to help kids and teens who are grieving, go to www.dougy.org/resources.

01/09/2026

🗣️ New program. Please share widely!

Free Grief Support Groups for Teens & Young Adults

Whether you’re grieving the death of a parent, sibling, or best friend, these support groups are for teens and young adults who have lost someone they deeply care about.

Date & Time: Wednesdays, twice a month, from 6-7:30pm. Groups begin the first week of February.

1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month: Grieving Teens (16-18)

2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month: Grieving Young Adults (19-25)

Location: Hospice Peterborough, 325 London Street, Peterborough

A free meal will be provided!

Register now at: https://www.hospicepeterborough.org/2026/01/06/grief-support-for-teens-young-adults/

01/08/2026

Are you seeking a change as you kick off the new year? 💫 Hospice Peterborough is hiring!

We're seeking a Donor Relations Coordinator.

The Donor Relations Coordinator will work with the Resource Development team to help develop, enhance, and implement fundraising and communications strategies for Hospice Peterborough.

Applications close Sunday, January 25, 2026 by 4pm.

Read the full posting at www.hospicepeterborough.org/about-hospice-peterborough/join-our-team

01/02/2026

January at Hospice Norwood!

Happy New Year from Hospice Norwood!

Our monthly event calendar is here! Plan ahead and join us for a variety of Hospice programs and sessions throughout January in partnership with Hospice Peterborough

For more details on each program or to register, contact Edna at (705) 660-3737 or by email at elatone@hospicepeterborough.org.

Registration can also be done by calling Hospice Peterborough Intake at (705) 742-4042 ext. 251.

01/02/2026

Although it's now January (how did that happen?!), you can still read our December issue of the Hospice Highlighter! 🌲

Our December issue features stories on...

- Stars for a Dark Night memorials
- Holiday fun at Hospice Peterborough
- Our new Supportive Care Counsellors addressing complex grief
..and more!

Read the issue now at https://www.hospicepeterborough.org/about-hospice-peterborough/newsletters/