Upcoming Events
For information and details about having Bev Foster deliver her Music for life's journey presentation and/or play at your event or conference please call: Carolyn Simpson at 905.852.2499 or email csimpson@room217.ca
June 3 & 4, 2012 Room 217 presents Music Care Conference, Fredericton, NB
Feb. 25, 2012 Teacher, Online Course - Life and Death Matters: Music Care for the Dying
Feb. 15, 2012 Speaker, Parkdale Baptist Women's Group, Belleville, ON: Music for life's journey
Jan. 14, 2012 Choral Clinician, Immanuel Church Choir, Toronto, ON
Oct. 30, 2011 Speaker, Lorne Parke Baptist Church, Mississauga, ON: Remembering and Healing
Oct. 26, 2011 Speaker/Performer, UCW Ladies, Kingsview United Church, Oshawa, ON: Music & Memories
Oct. 22, 2011 Room 217 presents Music Care Conference, Waterloo, Ontario
Oct 20, 2011 Exhibitor, Durham Hospice Palliative Care Conference, Ajax, ON
Sept. 28, 2011 Speaker/Performer, Symposium for Excellence in Aging Care, Fredericton, NB: Music for life's journey
Sept. 23, 2011 Workshop Presenter, Manitoba Hospice Palliative Care Conference, – Winnipeg, MB: Music Care: Musical Approaches in Caring Communities
Sept. 8- 11, 2011 Exhibitor, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference, St. John`s, Nfld.
June 8, 2011 Exhibitor & Musical Performance, Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association Conference, Mississauga, Ontario
June 3-5, 2011 Retreat Speaker and Worship Leader, Elim Ladies Retreat, Peterborough, Ontario: Fresh Passage
June 2, 2011 Exhibitor, Therapeutic Recreation Ontario Conference, Toronto, Ontario
May 12, 2011 Fundraising Event, Music for life`s journey – an evening with Room 217, For more information, contact mriley@room217.ca Port Perry, ON
May 5, 2011 Fundraising Event, Music for life`s journey – an evening with Room 217, For more information, contact mriley@room217.ca Kitchener, ON
May 5, 2010 – Exhibitor, End of Life Care for the Older Adult with Dementia, Ajax, ON
May 3, 2011 Workshop Presenter, VON Canada – CSS Leadership Team Retreat, Barrie, Ontario: Music Care – integrating music into practice
May 14-15, 2010 – Speaker, BC Hospice Palliative Care Association, Vancouver, BC Quiet Mind, Open Heart: Stories & Music to Nourish Body & Soul
April 26-27, 2010 – Exhibitor, Ontario Long Term Care Association, Toronto, ON
April 18-20, 2010 - Workshop Speaker, Ontario Hospice Palliative Care, Richmond Hill, ON: Sounds of Music in Care
March 29-30, 2010 – Speaker/Performer, Warm Hearts Palliative Caregivers Sudbury/Manitoulin. Sudbury, ON: Music for life’s care
Feb 20, 2010 - Exhibitor, Port Perry Wellness Show, Port Perry, ON
March 29, 2008 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Hospice West Parry Sound, McKellar, Ontario
November 12, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Gore Bay, Ontario
November 7, 2007 - Concert, Princess Margaret Hospital Atrium,
November 4 - 7, 2007 - Performance, Opening Ceremonies, CHPCA (Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association) Conference, Title: Hospice Palliative Care: At a Crossroads, Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
October 18-21, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, National Gerontological Nursing Association, Convention 2007: Gerontological Nursing: The Kaleidoscope of Aging, Orlando, Florida
October 10, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Preferred Health Care Services, Personal Support Workers, Markham, Ontario
September 28-30, 2007 - Presenter & Performance, Westberg Parish Nurses Symposium, Title: Call to Action: Strengthening Ministries of Healing, St. Louis,
September 20, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Extendicare (Canada) Inc., Program Managers, Markham, Ontario
Program Managers,September 11, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Stouffville Christian Women's Club, Eastern Gate Village Square, Stouffville, Ontario
June 14 - 16, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, CTRA (Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association) Annual Conference, Titled: Celebrating Diversity in Therapeutic Practice, Regina, Saskatchewan
June 6, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Lindsay Hospice Appreciation Night,
June 1, 2007 - Performance, Music for life's journey, 30th Anniversary Celebration Weekend, Heart Lake Baptist Church, Brampton, Ontario
May 17, 2007 - Performance, Hugs & Kisses, Pediatric Palliative Care Conference, Durham End of Life Care Network & Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultation Service of Durham Region, Whitby, Ontario
May 15, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Ladies Bible Study, Westney Heights Baptist Church, Ajax, Ontario
May 12, 2007 - Presenter, Trustpoints, Retreat,
May 7, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Georgina Hospice & Knox United Church Wellness Ministry,
Maritime Tour 2007 Finishes May 6, 2007 - Speaker, Regal Road Church, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia May 5, 2007 - Performance, Christian Bookstore, Halifax, Nova Scotia May 4, 2007 - Meetings, Halifax, Nova Scotia, afternoon May 4, 2007 - Interview by Jeff Lutes, CJLU 93.9 FM, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia May 2, 2007 - Presenter, Middleton Palliative Care Association, Middleton Church, Middleton, Nova Scotia May 2, 2007 - Speaker, The Well, Middleton, Nova Scotia May 1, 2007 - Interview, CTV Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Live at 5 May 1, 2007 - Speaker, West End Church Seniors, Halifax, Nova Scotia. April 30, 2007 - Concert, Germaine Street Church, St. John, New Brunswick April 30, 2007 - Presentation, Hospice of Greater St. John, St. John, New Brunswick April 29, 2007 - Concert & Speaker, Highfield Street Church, Moncton, New Brunswick April 28, 2007 - Performance, La Bonne Nouvelle Bookstore, 251 St. George Street, Moncton, New Brunswick, 506.857.3066 April 27, 2007 - Meetings, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island April 26, 2007 - Concert, Songs and Stories from Bev Foster, Brunswick Street Church, 161 York Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Co-sponsored by the local Parish Nurses, Health Ministries and Hospice Planners. http://www.anglican.nb.ca/e_news/070403_enews.html Maritime Tour 2007 Begins April 22 - 24, 2007 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, 17th Annual Conference on Palliative and End of Life Care, Title: Hospice Palliative Care: The Quest for Quality, OPCA (Ontario Palliative Care Association), London, Ontario April 21, 2007 - Performance - Mitchell Family Books, 565 Gordon Baker Road, Willowdale, Ontario www.mitchellfamilybooks.com 416.499.2029 April 18, 2007 - Keynote Speaker, Music for life's journey, Regional Geriatric Interest Group Conference, Title: Celebrate Life's Journey, Frail Elderly Alliance of Durham Region,
April 16, 2007 - Featured Speaker, OLTCA, ( March 22-23, 2007 - Presenter and Performance, Music for life's journey, New Jersey End of Life Nursing Education Consortium Annual Conference, Titled: Beyond Dying: Palliative Care Across the Life Span, Rutgers College of Nursing,
March 21, 2007 - Speaker (Joan Hunter), Librarian's Day, Mitchell Family Books, Willowdale, Ontario March 7, 2007 - Concert, Princess Margaret Hospital Atrium,
February 24, 2007 - Speaker, Parish Nurses Retreat,
February 3, 2007 - Speaker, Salvation Army Women's Breakfast,
January 29, 2007 - Presentation, ORMTA ( January 27, 2006 - Concert and Pre-Launch, That's Entertainment/Entre Amis, Town Hall 1873, Port
December 14, 2006 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Ajax-Pickering Christian Women's Club,
November 23, 2006 - Performance, November 22, 2006 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Bethesda-Reach Women's Institute,
November 21, 2006 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Emmanuel Pentecostal Church, Reflections Women's Group, Port Perry, Ontario November 18, 2006 - Performance, Africycle Benefit, Music Night & Silent Auction, Living Water,
November 6-7, 2006 - Poster Presentation, 28th National Conference of the Alzheimer's Society,
October 27, 2006 - Nominee (Gentle Waters), Covenant Awards,
October 27, 2006 - Presenter, Music for life's journey, Lethbridge College, Recreational Therapists,
October 25, 2006 - Performance,
October 21, 2006 - Performance, Women Alive Expo, Crowne Plazas Hotel,
October 20, 2006 - Performance Fundraiser, Music for life's journey,
October 19, 2006 - Presenter, Activity Professionals of Ontario, Music for life's journey,
October 5, 2006 - Presenter, 6th Annual September 27-29, 2006 - Poster Presentation - International Society of Nurses and Cancer Care,
September 14 - 15, 2006 - Presenter, 16th Annual July 28 - 30, 2006 - Presenter, NHPCO (National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization) 5th Annual Conference on Volunteerism and Family Caregiving - The Power of Music in Hope and Dying, Denver, Colorado, http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=4846 July 3 - 4, 2006 - Presenter, Summer Institute of Church Music,
June 22, 2006 - Presenter, Pallium Audioconference, Music and the End of Life www.pallium.ca June 10, 2006 - Presenter, Parish Nursing Annual Meeting - Music for life's journey,
June 1 - 2, 2006 - Workshop Presenter, The Room 217 Project, Baptist Convention of May 26 - 28, 2006 - Presenter, B.C. Hospice Conference,
May 13, 2006 - Presenter, Unite in Worship Conference - Music for life's journey,
May 3 - 6, 2006 - Presenter, Canadian Association for Psychosocial Oncololgy Conference (CAPO) - Music and Cancer Care,
April 29, 2006 - Concert, That's Entertainment/Entre Amis, Port Perry Centre for the Performing Arts, Port
April 22, 2006 - Presenter, Grief Ministry Launch - Music for life's journey,
April 20, 2006 - Presenter, Campbellford Palliative Care Community Outreach Evening,
April 19, 2006 - Presenter,
April 5, 2006 - Presenter, The Healing Power of Music, United Church Women's Group, Greenbank United Church,
March 21, 2006 - Presenter, Music and Caring Ministry, Jean Pyper Mission Circle, Women's Group, Immanuel Baptist Church, Toronto, Ontario March 12, 2006 -
March 11, 2006 - Canadian Choral Centre, January 18, 2006 - Presenter,