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Healthcare Excellence Canada four internal staff workshops – Honouring Patient Storytellers, 

Children’s Healthcare Canada Everybody Grows Up co-presented with my son Aaron Waddingham

 

2020

Whose Story Are We Missing? Podcast with Amy Ma.  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

Stand By Me. An Author to Author Conversation with Karen Klak.  Gathering of Kindness.  

A Candid Conversation About Down Syndrome.  Conversation with Dr. Kathryn Garforth on Facebook Live.  

N of 2: Transforming Health Systems Through Individual Action. Plenary Talk + Panel Participant on live Town Hall. Alberta SPORU Virtual Institute

The Art of Storytelling Presentation. Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Pediatric Parents’ Advisory Group.

Bird’s Eye View Video Talk. Society of Radiographers, UK

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'Sue’s presentation was excellent.  Very inspiring, motivating, and

compelling. She has a true understanding of patient centered care.

Her presentation has motivated me to do better.

Thank you!'

 

Storytelling with Impact Workshop, co-facilitated with Jami Brown.  Quality Forum, BC Patient Safety and Quality Council. 

 

Toronto Speaking Tour, February 2020​

Conversation about Kindness, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

Conversation about Kindness, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab

Patient Speaker, CANet Public Forum

Storytelling with Impact Workshop for families – Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab

Conversation about Kindness, CAMH staff

Evolving Stories – talk and facilitated panel, CAMH families

Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital

 

2019​

Patient Remarks, BCHIMPS Annual Fall Symposium Vancouver.

Bird’s Eve View Book Launch, Australia.  Various events at KPMG Melbourne, Central Gippsland Health, Launceston General Hospital, Tasmania and Royal Melbourne Hospital. Gathering of Kindness. 

Patient Centred Care and Chiropractic Workshop – talk, interactive workshop, moderated patient panel.  Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors AGM.  Red Deer Alberta, 

 

2018

Media Coaching One-on-One – a talk and facilitated conversation about assessing opportunities to share stories with the families involved in the Rare Disease Foundation’s Parent 2 Parent Support Group.

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'I think this was a good reminder as to why I (and my colleagues) went into pharmacy to begin with – to advocate for our patients…'

 

The Wonder – opening speaker for Edmonton Down Syndrome Society‘s The Wonder Years, a workshop for new families who have babies with Down syndrome. 

 

2017

Leaning Out – the work-life balance and how I’m faking it all the time

Rare Disease Foundation Parent to Parent Support Group. 

 

2016

The Great Translators, Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, BC Branch AGM

Sharing the patient + family perspective, St. Paul’s Hospital Pharmacy Group​

What Inclusion Means to Me, Burnaby North High School Professional Development Day

​Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children & BC Children’s Hospital

Various speaking engagements including talks to medical students, pediatric residents and Child Health BC.

​The Transition Journey, CHILD BRIGHT Coach Model Workshop

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'Very inspirational story. I enjoyed hearing about

the patient/patient’s family perspective towards health care.'

 

The Art of Storytelling, Canadian Family Advisory Network Best Practice Group

National Teleconference presentation. 

Patient/Family Stories, How Incorporating Patient/Family Stories into Clinical Practice Can Improve Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (co-presenter)

British Columbia Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists Annual Conference​

The Great Translators, Pharmacy Technician Society of BC

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2015

Various speaking engagements for staff at Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children & BC Children’s Hospital,

Where’s the Patient’s Voice in Health Professional Education? University of British Columbia.

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'I feel like our class has walked away better doctors.'

 

The Great Translators, Coordinators Bi-Annual Team Meeting,

Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services

​Canadian Family Advisory Network Workshop, Thoughts on Councils & The Value of Peer Support/Friendships. Quebec City.  

The Art of Telling Your Stories, Rare Disease Foundation

​The Power of Sharing Stories, Collaboration Across Borders, Roanoke, VA, USA.   

Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Association, Plenary Closing Speaker.

​Emergency Department Symposium, Covenant Health.

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'Sue was a great speaker. I appreciate the research that she did

on the topic and the personal touch that she brought. 

She made me tear up several times...'

 

Pharmacists’ Association of Saskatchewan Conference, Plenary Speaker​

The Patient Care Experience (co-presenter), Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists

​What Inclusion Means to Me (co-presenter). Adapted Physical Education Class, University of Alberta

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2014

Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, The Great Translators (co-presenter).​

Engagement Scholarship Consortium, Better Together: Patient, Practitioner, and Regulatory Voices Transforming Interprofessional Education (panel)

​University of Alberta, Health Science Council, Patient Mentor, Interprofessional Practice Launch.

Western Emergency Department Operations Conference, We are watching you!

​Continuing Competency Event College of Registered Dental Hygienists of Alberta

Two hour Art of Communications Workshop​

Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, Inclusion in Real Life, Adaptive Phys Ed Students​

Faculty of Pharmacy, The Great Translators (student co-presentation)​

Esther Starkman School, What inclusion means to us.

​University of Alberta, Health Science Council, Interprofessional Practice workshop facilitator​

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2013 

Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Virtual Forum. 

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre – Neonatal Follow-Up Group -Sharing the News:  Disclosing Diagnosis.  

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre – Champion Group – The Art of Storytelling. 

SickKids Hospital NICU Group – Nurturing Partnerships with Families 

Canadian Family Advisory Network Workshop, Storytelling Panelist 

Alberta Pharmacists’ Association Provincial Conference, Keynote Presentation 

23rd Annual Alberta Pharmacy Technician Conference,  Keynote Presentation 

Interprofessional Education Event, The Warm Blanket, Health Sciences Council, University of Alberta, various dates, Family Speaker 

6th International Conference Neonatal and Childhood Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Family Speaker

Every Nurse Symposium, Closing Motivational Speaker, MacEwan University,

 

pre-2013

International Conference of the Institute of Patient and Family Centered Care, Washington DC,  Building Buy-In for Peer Support Programs

Tri-Professional Conference, Improving Quality:  How to best enable patient centred care and improved access – presentation and panel

College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta,  The Art of Storytelling.

Gateway Association for Community Living, The Art of Storytelling.

Sickkids Hospital, Toronto,  three different sessions –Embedding Peer Support, Engaging Family Advisors, Sharing the News: Disclosing Diagnosis.

London Health Sciences Centre Children’s Hospital, Meaningful Engagement or Tokenism?

Consumers Reforming Health conference, Melbourne, Australia – Family Engagement in the Pediatric Health System – Meaningful or Tokenism? 

World Down Syndrome Congress, Dublin Ireland - The Value of Peer Support Programs

Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres National Conference, Family and Health Provider Collaboration at the Stollery Children’s Hospital

College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta Provincial Conference, Disclosing diagnosis and beyond

Child Network for Child and Youth Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, Life with a child with a disability

Canadian Family Advisory Network Annual Workshop, Sharing Family StoriesWorkshops – Chair

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'I have not heard a better keynote speaker since.'

 

Stollery Family Centred Care Strategy Day, Setting the Stage for Strategy

Pediatric Grand Rounds, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Partnering with your Pediatrician

Perinatal Rounds, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Sharing the news – disclosing prenatal diagnosis

Genetic Counsellors’ Journal Club, Alberta Health ServicesParent Perspective on ‘Non-invasive’ prenatal testing for Down syndrome

Pediatric Residents, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Sharing the News – disclosing diagnosis

Peer Support Working Group Workshop, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Value of Peer Support

Medical Genetics Clinic, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Value of Peer Support