Being in love with people, who they are, and what makes them a person, Nancy Good-Kennedy R.N., R.Ac , Co-founder of The Living Wish Foundation, joined the field of nursing more than 20years ago. She knows firsthand, that when human-beings are diagnosed with a life-limiting illness it is not uncommon... 

Tanya Mazza’s career history includes more than twenty-five years dedicated to the arts in both public and not-for-profit settings. As a member of the marketing & development staff at Canada’s National Ballet School, Tanya gained extensive fundraising experience that included special events, major gifts, endowment and planned giving. Recently Tanya served as Coordinator, Arts & Culture for the Town of Collingwood... 

Dr. Karin Euler has been a family physician for 27 years and has an interest in providing the best palliative care possible. Karin believes that you should be allowed to live as fully as possible until the moment that you die. In their last days, people are confined... 

Dr. Michael Lewin has been a family physician for 27 years. After his studies at the University of Toronto, and residency at Queen’s, he worked in Maine, Bolivia, Ecuador and the Marshall Islands before starting a family and deciding to move closer to home, serving the Collingwood community for the last 17 years...

Carrie Plater

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Carrie Plater grew up in Wasaga Beach and she has always felt giving back to her small town community in different ways was an important aspect of what living here is all about.

Carrie graduated from Georgian College's Advertising program, and she has had a successful career in sales working with a variety of organizations from Fortune 500 Companies to small family businesses, most recently, as a local real estate representative...

Heather Brown, BASc, DKATI, RP (qualifying)  is a professional Art Therapist and a Registered Psychotherapist (qualifying) who has been working alongside individuals with a palliative diagnosis and their families for the last 7 years. Heather feels privileged to work alongside her clients as they share the undying love that lasts a lifetime. 

She found her passion for counselling while studying at the University of Guelph. It was here that Heather first explored art and creative expression as a tool to support individuals through difficult challenges. She continued her studies at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute in Nelson, BC to further instil a foundation of the power of art and other expressive therapies as a compliment to traditional talk therapy...

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