PAIL Network

In Person Compassionate Care Workshop - Sunnybrook Health Sciences - Center for Prehospital Medicine
2025-12-03 08:30 - 16:30 (America/Toronto)
Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network In Person Compassionate Care Workshop

This In Person Compassionate Care Workshop is hosted by Sunnybrook Health Sciences – Center for Prehospital Medicine in Toronto, ON.
Priority registration is currently open to staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates on when registration opens to other health and support professionals in the community, or check back here in mid-October. Please contact paileducation@sunnybrook.ca if you are interested in attending or hosting a workshop at your hospital or organization.
This educational session covers many topics, including; attachment, statistics, grief, loss experience (miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, loss of a multiple), memory making, what to say/what not to say, pregnancy after loss, and caring for the caregiver. We also invite a panel of family members to answer questions about their lived experience with early pregnancy loss, and what it means to receive compassionate care. Participants leave with ideas for providing compassionate supports and resources, as well as practical skills, tools, and techniques to provide skilled care to grieving parents and families.
Please Note:

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network offers FREE Compassionate Care Workshops to health and support professionals who are either employed by a government funded organization or who are members of a licensed, regulated profession in Ontario (or students of these professions). Registering for this event confirms that you understand and meet these requirements. PAIL Network may cancel registration for those who do not meet these requirements.
Each attendee must register separately. Confirmations and updates are automated by the event management system, Eventbrite.

If you have any additional questions about this workshop, please email paileducation@sunnybrook.ca
Thank you!

Pregnancy After Loss Online Support Group
2025-12-02 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-18 20:00 - 21:00
PAIL Network offers peer-led online support to all families across Ontario who have experienced a pregnancy loss, an infant death or elective abortion. Our team of trained volunteers provide support during scheduled online meetings that you can access on Zoom. These online groups connect families who share a similar experience of loss, and these discussions are moderated by a peer support volunteer who also shares that experience.
Please complete a Request for Support Form if you are interested in joining this group.
If you have already completed a Request for Support Form but cannot locate your group’s log in details, please contact pailsupport@sunnybrook.ca.

Third Trimester Loss Online Support Group
2025-12-01 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-17 20:00 - 21:00

Trying to Conceive Online Support Group
2025-11-27 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-13 20:00 - 21:00

Partners in Grief Online Support Group
2025-11-26 20:00 - 21:00

Grief After Abortion Online Support
2025-11-26 20:00 - 21:00
PAIL Network offers peer-led online support to all families across Ontario who have experienced a pregnancy loss, an infant death or elective abortion. Our team of trained volunteers provide support during scheduled online meetings that you can access on Zoom. This online group connects families who share a similar experience of loss, and these discussions are moderated by a peer support volunteer who has a lived experience of having an elective abortion.
Please complete a Request for Support Form if you are interested in joining this group.
If you have already completed a Request for Support Form but cannot locate your group’s log in details, please contact pailsupport@sunnybrook.ca.

Aurora Circle of Support
2025-11-26 19:30 - 20:30
PAIL Network offers peer-led in person support to all families across Ontario who have experienced a pregnancy loss, an infant death or elective abortion. Our team of trained volunteers provide support during scheduled meetings. These groups connect families who share a similar experience of loss, and these discussions are moderated by a peer support volunteer who also shares that experience.
Please complete a Request for Support Form if you are interested in joining this group.
If you have already completed a Request for Support Form but cannot locate your group’s location details, please contact pailsupport@sunnybrook.ca.

Loss of a Multiple
2025-11-25 20:00 - 21:00

Termination of a Pregnancy Online Support Group
2025-11-25 20:00 - 21:00

Indigenous Peer Support Online
2025-11-24 20:00 - 21:00
PAIL Network offers peer-led online support to all families across Ontario who have experienced a pregnancy loss, an infant death or elective abortion. Our team of trained volunteers provide support during scheduled online meetings that you can access on Zoom. This online group connects Indigenous families who have experienced a pregnancy or infant loss, and these discussions are moderated by an Indigenous peer support volunteer.
Please complete a Request for Support Form if you are interested in joining this group.
If you have already completed a Request for Support Form but cannot locate your group’s log in details, please contact pailsupport@sunnybrook.ca.

First Trimester Loss Online Support Group
2025-11-24 20:00 - 21:00

Niagara Circle of Support
2025-11-24 18:30 - 19:30

Virtual Inaugural Student-focused Compassionate Care Workshop
2025-11-22 08:30 - 16:00 | virtual
We’re thrilled to extend an invitation to our Inaugural Student-focused Compassionate Care Workshop open to post-secondary, masters or med students all over Ontario.
Join us for a FREE one day (8-hour) educational session for post-secondary, masters or med students in Ontario who will provide care, services, or support to bereaved parents and families during the loss of their pregnancy or infant. Students must be enrolled in a program that has a regulatory college. This workshop will bring together students from across the province to engage in collaborative discussions, share insights, and to create meaningful connections with future colleagues as we discuss the unique care needs of families experiencing a pregnancy or infant loss.
Our Compassionate Care Workshop is a full day training session for people who provide professional care or services to families who may experience a pregnancy loss or the death of their baby. This educational session covers many topics, including: statistics, attachment, grief, memory making, what to say/what not to say, pregnancy after loss, caring for the caregiver, and family-centered care. We also invite a panel of family members to answer questions about their lived experience with loss and what it means to receive compassionate care.
Participants leave with more information about supports and resources, as well as practical skills, tools, and techniques to provide compassionate care to grieving parents and families.
Hosted by: Date/Time: PAIL Network, Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Saturday, November 22, 2025 / 8:30am – 4:00pm
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pail-network-virtual-compassionate-care-workshop-student-focused-registration-1374560721119?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Deadline to register: Saturday November 15, 2025. Space is limited.
Please Note:
 Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network offers FREE Compassionate Care Workshops to health and service professionals who are either employed by a government funded organization or who are members of a licensed, regulated profession in Ontario (or students of these professions). Registering for this event confirms that you understand and meet these requirements. PAIL Network may cancel registration for those who do not meet these requirements.
 The workshop will be presented over Zoom, and you will be expected to join from a computer/device with both video and audio capabilities. We would appreciate you having your video on for the workshop, and being prepared to participate in discussion. If you do not have a computer/device with these requirements, please indicate this during registration.
 Each attendee must register separately. Confirmations and updates are automated by the event management system, Eventbrite.
 In an effort to maintain a safe environment for family panelists, educators, and participants with a lived experience of loss, we ask that anyone joining from home mute their video and audio if any babies will be in camera view.
If you have any additional questions about this workshop, please email: paileducation@sunnybrook.ca

London Circle of Support
2025-11-20 20:00 - 21:00

Infant/Neonatal Death Online Support Group
2025-11-20 20:00 - 21:00

Brantford Circle of Support
2025-11-20 19:00 - 20:00

Huntsville Family Event
2025-11-20 18:00 - 20:00
Overview:
Join PAIL Network on November 20th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm in Huntsville for a Commemorative Family Activity.
For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HuntsvilleFamilyEvent

Additional Information:
If you have any questions about this event, please email PAIL Network’s Family Support Coordinator, Loralee McInroy at Loralee.mcinroy@sunnybrook.ca.

Markham Circle of Support
2025-11-19 20:00 - 21:00

Parenting Through Loss Online Support Group
2025-11-19 20:00 - 21:00

Second Trimester Loss Online Support Group
2025-11-19 20:00 - 21:00

North Bay Family Event
2025-11-19 18:00 - 20:00
Overview:
Join PAIL Network on November 19th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm in North Bay for a Commemorative Family Activity.
For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NorthBayFamilyEvent

Additional Information:
If you have any questions about this event, please email PAIL Network’s Family Support Coordinator, Loralee McInroy at Loralee.mcinroy@sunnybrook.ca.

Huntsville Circle of Support
2025-11-19 07:00 - 20:00

Sudbury Family Event
2025-11-18 18:00 - 20:00
Overview:
Join PAIL Network on November 18th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm in Sudbury for a Commemorative Family Activity.
For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SudburyFamilyEvent

Additional Information:
If you have any questions about this event, please email PAIL Network’s Family Support Coordinator, Loralee McInroy at Loralee.mcinroy@sunnybrook.ca.

Love and Loss: Support for the 2SLBGTQ+ Community
2025-11-17 20:00 - 21:00

SIDS/SUIDS Online Support Group
2025-11-13 21:00 - 22:00

Peterborough Circle of Support
2025-11-13 19:30 - 20:30

Ottawa Circle of Support
2025-11-13 19:00 - 20:00
