President, CSGNA

Opening of the conference with a Land Acknowledgment demonstrates respect for Indigenous Peoples, acknowledges their enduring connection to the land, and reinforces a commitment to equity, inclusivity, and reconciliation in healthcare practices and systems.

We begin with an overview of the traditional use and cultural significance of medicine bags in Indigenous communities. Learn how these sacred items are used for protection, healing, and spiritual connection. Each participant will receive a pre-perforated medicine bag kit, making it easy to assemble your own authentic medicine bag. We will guide everyone through each step of the process, ensuring that everyone can participate and complete their creation.

Incorporating Teachings:

As each person craft their medicine bag, they'll learn about the Medicine Wheel and its teachings, which guide the creation process. Discover the symbolic meanings of the materials and colors used in their bag, and how they relate to balance, wellness, and personal growth.

Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation:

The workshop includes a discussion on the importance of respecting Indigenous traditions. They will learn the difference between cultural appropriation and appreciation, and how to engage with Indigenous practices in a way that honors their true meaning.

Connecting to the 94 Calls to Action:

We conclude the session with a reflection on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action. Explore how making a medicine bag connects to broader efforts of reconciliation and how you can continue to support these initiatives.

Overview of EUS as a technology

Ulcerative colitis in 2024. Clinical symptoms, endoscopic hallmarks, approach to the UC patient for endoscopy nurses, primer to UC treatments.

This presentation will address the new terminology of steatotic liver disease; as well as prevalence and prognosis of MASLD/MASH. It will also cover a practical approach to patients with steatotic liver diseases including diagnostic tools, Endoscopic features of liver diseases as well as treatment options.

This presentation will serve as a brief introduction to Crohn's disease and discuss the available and upcoming treatments available for patients living with this condition.

I will be discussing my experience, both successes and challenges, in new program development. I will speak of the strategies used to design and evaluate our nurse navigation program. I will talk to the emerging role of nurse navigation and how it can be applied to other areas of nursing. I will discuss the data collected during the first year of our program. Finally, I will discuss practical strategies to better support patients with pancreatic malignancies.

This presentation will explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in enhancing the accuracy, efficiency, and effectiveness of endoscopic procedures. Focusing on AI's ability to assist with the detection and diagnosis of abnormalities

—improve clinical outcomes by reducing human error and increasing detection rates. Nurses will learn about the practical applications of AI in their daily workflows, including automation of documentation and predictive analytics, allowing them to spend more time on patient care. The presentation will also address the evolving role of endoscopy nurses in the adoption of AI technology.

Endobariatrics is a new and exciting field in Canada. The aim of this presentation is to introduce these treatment options, since they are endoscopic options to treat obesity and mot of them can be done in an endoscopy unit.

After so many years of talking about COVID, I want to get back to my true passion of tropical and post-travel medicine. Today I will show you a number of tropical medicine cases that I saw when I did the Gorgas Tropical Medicine course in Peru, and talk about how many of these cases I've seen right here in Mississauga as well.

In this presentation we will briefly discuss the role of pathology and tissue diagnosis in a few common gastrointestinal diseases. we will also discuss how site and number of biopsies taken can affect the pathology interpretation and ultimately the clinical diagnosis.

Tumours of the pancreas and biliary tract are difficult to biopsy by traditional interventional radiology methods; Endoscopic Ultrasound guided methods have proved an essential pathway to obtain diagnostic tissue. Methodologies will be reviewed and the spectrum of pathologic diagnoses in the area will be covered.

In 2020, Dr. Bookman co-founded The Tummy Clinic, an evidence-based multi-disciplinary treatment centre for people suffering from IBS, with registered dietitians, naturopaths, psychologists and nurse practitioners. Dr. Bookman founded the charity Bum Run in 2012 to raise awareness of colon cancer screening and prevention. To find out more, please listen to his talk, and visit www.bumrun.com .