Sharon Kirkey

The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) is proud to present the 2015 Media Award to Sharon Kirkey.

Sharon Kirkey is the individual recipient of this award in recognition of the series of excellent and informative articles she wrote on end-of-life issues in Canada throughout 2014 and 2015. Sharon Kirkey, a senior writer with the National Post has been reporting on health and medical issues for more than 20 years. She has devoted much of her recent work to covering end-of-life issues including physician-assisted death and how it will affect the hospice palliative care community.

On behalf of the hospice palliative care community, we would like to thank Sharon Kirkey for raising awareness for hospice palliative care in Canada.