This is an archived event from Culture Days 2024.
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The Terminal Diner
In-person
Design Interdisciplinary Science & technology Self-guidedDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
Bruyère - Saint-Vincent Hospital
60 Cambridge Street North
Ottawa, ON
Access
Free.
Offered in English and French.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
Join us September 25 – October 11, 2024 at Bruyère’s Saint-Vincent Hospital to place your “order” at The Terminal Diner!
This interactive installation combines research and design to explore the topic of end-of-life experiences. Borrowing characteristics of a diner, The Terminal Diner invites participants to complete menu “chits” detailing selections for their “orders” for their own desired end-of-life health care journeys, and to “leave “reviews” of past experiences, capturing experiences of a loved one’s end-of-life care journey.
Death and end of life remain difficult topics for many Canadians. To better understand how we grapple with death, researchers are interested in what we might consider an ideal experience at end of life, to help guide the future of care in Canada.
This is a unique experience, co-led by Sarina Isenberg, PhD, Chair in Mixed Methods Palliative Care Research at the Bruyère Research Institute, bridging science and design for meaningful engagement from our staff, patients, their loved ones, and our community.
The exhibit is hosted in the atrium of Bruyère’s Saint-Vincent Hospital. The installation is open to the public Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. No registration is required and admission is free.
Wednesday September 25: connect in-person with the team behind the exhibit, speaking to the science and design behind the installation that invites people of all ages to reflect on death and dying.
Come share your order with us!
Links
- Learn more about the installation here. isenberglab.com
- Can't make it? Try the virtual menu option here. isenberglab.com
Organizer
Bruyère Research Institute
Bruyère is Eastern Ontario’s leading health organization specializing in aging, rehabilitation, and care for those with multiple complex medical conditions. We bring together compassionate, person-centred care with world-class research to maximize quality of life for those we care for and their loved ones.
Bruyère has a proven history of addressing gaps in our health system with compassion, innovation, and courage. Today, as an academic health sciences centre, we are training the next generation of health professionals to see—and take action on —creating a better health system for all.