CFUW Southport's 'Taking the Mystery out of MAID' event will feature Julie Campbell, MAID Access for Home and Community Care Support Services South West, Care Connector Nurse Practitioner for the Provincial MAID Care Connection Service, and a MAID assessor and provider.

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Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Southport are hosting an open to the public event on May 11 at Bruce County & Cultural Centre, where they will take on the topic of MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying).

'Taking the Mystery out of MAID' will see Julie Campbell, MAID Access for Home and Community Care Support Services South West, Care Connector Nurse Practitioner for the Provincial MAID Care Connection Service, and a MAID assessor and provider, tackle the subject from the Canadian perspective. How we got here, how and why the legislation has changed as well as some stories to highlight the diversity of patients requesting MAID and how their choices are supported.

Prior to her work with MAID Campbell worked as a nurse practitioner in primary care, addictions and mental health and travel medicine. She is a Board Member of the Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers, an Executive Committee Member of the Canadian MAID Curriculum Project, a member of the Dying with Dignity Clinical Advisory Committee, and has presented at both the Senate of Canada and House of Commons during the development of Bill C7, an act to amend the Criminal Code around medical assistance in dying, in 2020 and 2021.

The event is set to get underway at 7pm. Guests are welcome and can attend in person or virtually. Anyone attending in person is required to wear a mask.