Hospice Palliative Care Ontario
2 Carlton Street, Suite 808
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1J3
Tel: 416-304-1477 Toll Free: 1-800-349-3111
Fax: 416-304-1479 General Email: info@hpco.ca
For information on specific hospice palliative care services in your community,
please call: 416-979-9779 or 1-800-349-3111 and dial extension 28.
Information Line is open Monday – Friday, 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. If after hours, please leave a message.
For all media inquiries: please contact Janet Piercey at jpiercey@hpco.ca
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Staff Directory
Michelle Colero
Development Manager, ext. 32 mcolero@hpco.ca
Contact Michelle for: Donations; conference sponsors and exhibitor inquiries; corporate sponsorships; the Hospice Development Program
Julie Darnay
Manager, Partnership & Communities of Practice ext. 30 jdarnay@hpco.ca
Contact Julie for: Communities of Practice, Speak Up Ontario, Health Care Consent – Advance Care Planning; inquiries about the Quality Hospice Palliative Care Coalition of Ontario.
Deanna D’Souza
HCC ACP Project Coordinator ext. 31 ddsouza@hpco.ca
Contact Deanna for: Inquiries about Health Care Consent Advance Care Planning initiatives for Heath Service Providers
Deb Homuth
Project Lead, Online Learning ext. 36 dhomuth@hpco.ca
Contact Deb for: Inquiries about HPCO’s Online Learning
Luxcika Krishnapillai
Administrative Assistant ext. 34 lkrishnapillai@hpco.ca
Contact Luxcika for: statistical reporting; inquiries about online volunteer training, member services; publication orders; award nominations; ordering Advance Care Planning Ontario Workbooks
Randy Markus
Conference Manager ext. 23 conference@hpco.ca or rmarkus@hpco.ca
Contact Randy for: All matters related to the Annual Hospice Palliative Care Ontario Conference
Janet Piercey
Communications Specialist ext. 28 jpiercey@hpco.ca
Contact Janet for: Information about hospice palliative care services; media inquiries; newsletter content
Annalise Stenekes
Manager, Hospice Services ext. 26 astenekes@hpco.ca
Contact Annalise for: Questions about hospice standards and HPCO’s accreditation program; Visiting Hospice Interest Group; Hospice Metrics Program
Marissa Villacorta
Nevada Administraton ext. 30 mvillacorta@hpco.ca
Contact Marissa for: Inquirers from Nevada program partners.
Aja Dykes
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO ext. 22 adykes@hpco.ca
Contact Aja for: All matters related to President & CEO, Rick Firth; finance, administration, and memberships; palliative care education program for LTC and CSS
Rick Firth
President and CEO ext. 24 rfirth@hpco.ca
Contact Rick for: Hospice palliative care policy; questions about starting a hospice; stakeholder relations; Residential Hospice Interest Group; and government relations