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
Please call or use the form at the bottom of this page.
For information on specific hospice palliative care services in your community, please call toll-free 1-833-621-0728. The Information Line is open Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
All media inquiries: please contact Jennifer Mossop at 1-519-619-2227
For Advance Care Planning publication orders: please contact Nav Dhillon at ext. 31
Centre for Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care
Christine Gordon
Director, Centre for Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care, ext. 40
Contact Christine for: Centre of Excellence, Hospice Services, and Quality Programs
Nithya Ravi
Administrative Coordinator, ext. 35
Contact Nithya to schedule meetings with Christine; inquiries related to HPCO Interest Groups
Hospice Services
Selina Abetkoff
Accreditation Coordinator, ext. 36 selina.abetkoff@hpco.ca
Contact Selina for: inquiries related to HPCO hospice standards and accreditation
James Wilkie
Member Services Coordinator, ext. 34 james.wilkie@hpco.ca
Contact James for: All matters related to membership application or renewal; Online Learning System for Hospice Volunteers
Brent Yang
Coordinator, Quality Measurement, ext. 39
Contact Brent for: Hospice Metrics platform (onboarding, maintenance of My Hospice sites, statistical reporting); Accreditation/Ongoing compliance submission sites; Hospice Services quality platform
Education & Strategic Partnerships
Julie Darnay
Director, Education & Strategic Partnerships, ext. 30
Contact Julie for: HPCO Educational Programs; Provincial level Partnerships; the Quality Hospice Palliative Care Coalition of Ontario; HPCO’s Project Management Office
Nithya Ravi
Administrative Coordinator for Julie Darnay, ext. 35
Contact Nithya to schedule meetings with Julie; general administrative matters
Randy Markus
Conference Manager, ext. 23
Contact Randy for: All matters related to HPCO Annual Hospice Palliative Care Ontario Conference
Person Centred Decision Making Initiative
Rachel Dragas
Lead, Person Centred Decision Making, ext. 32
Contact Rachel for: All matters related to Person Centred Decision Making Project ( Advance Care Planning, Health Care Consent and Goals of Care), and Speak Up Ontario
Nav Dhillon
Community of Practice Coordinator, ext. 31
Contact Nav for: All matters related to the following Communities of Practice: Health Care Consent Advance Care Planning, Rural Hospice Palliative Care, and Compassionate Communities; Advance Care Planning resource orders
Richard Nguyen
Education Coordinator, ext. 33
Contact Richard for: All matters related to education workshops, webinars and events
Finance & Administration
Dena Hamid
Finance & Administration Manager, ext. 27
Contact Dena for: All matters related to Administration and Finance
Marissa Villacorta
Nevada Program Coordinator, ext. 29
Contact Marissa for: Inquiries from Nevada program partners
Executive Office
Rick Firth
President & CEO, ext. 22
Contact Rick for: Hospice palliative care policy; government relations; stakeholder relations; questions about starting a hospice; Board Chair Interest Group
Melissa Horner
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO, ext. 22
Contact for: Scheduling and all matters related to the President & CEO
Jennifer Mossop
Communications & Government Relations Advisor 519-619-2227
Contact Jennifer for all media enquiries; communications and government relations support
Vanessa Casalinuovo
Communications and Donor Relations Coordinator, ext. 37
Contact Vanessa for: Donations; conference sponsorship and exhibitor inquiries; corporate sponsorship and Hospice Fund Development Community of Practice