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This section highlights the latest news, publications and activities of the Observatory and more.
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Latest news
New: Trajectory of cancer caregivers
A new interactive infographic to better understand the journey and key moments, transitions, and challenges experienced by cancer caregivers.
2026: New projects for a new year
In continuation with our initiatives carried out in recent months, 2026 will see the rollout of new meaningful collaborations and insightful publications, to highlight various caregiving realities and better support all concerned stakeholders.
National Caregivers Week 2025: The Right Support at the Right Time
To mark National Caregivers Week (November 2 to 8), the Quebec Observatory on Caregiving is launching a campaign to raise awareness around caregivers’ needs and how to provide appropriate support throughout their caregiving trajectory.
Survey: Towards a common terminology in caregiving for French-speaking stakeholders
The Quebec Observatory on Caregiving invites professionals and researchers to complete a short survey to identify caregiving-related terms that need clarification in order to jointly develop caregiving terminology in French.
A look back at the summer school on organizational ethics from Université Laval’s Institut d’éthique appliquée: Interview with Margaux Reiss
Last August, our team attended the 2025 edition of the summer school on organizational ethics from the Université Laval’s Institut d’éthique appliquée (IDÉA). Margaux Reiss, team leader at the Observatory, looks back on this highly enriching event in a short interview.
2024-2025 Activity Report: A Year Full of Achievements
Discover our achievements and highlights from 2024-2025 in our latest activity report.
The Quebec Observatory on Caregiving will be participating as a speaker and panelist in the 2025 edition of the École d’été en éthique organisationnelle of the Institut d’éthique appliquée
The Quebec Observatory on Caregiving will contribute to discussions surrounding ethical questions relating to caregiving alongside other experts in the field.
New: A website section dedicated to caregiver recognition
The Quebec Observatory on Caregiving has launched a new section on its website dedicated to the recognition and self-recognition of caregivers.
Call for caregivers’ stories
The Quebec Observatory on Caregiving is seeking to collect firsthand accounts from people who are or have been caregivers in order to enrich current knowledge about their realities and the challenges they face.
New: two new fact sheets to better understand and support caregivers
How can we better support caregivers who do not identify as such? And how can we help alleviate the sense of obligation they may feel? The Observatory answers these questions in two new fact sheets aimed at professionals and practitioners.
Journées de l’Appui 2025 : Lumières sur la proche aidance
Les 25 et 26 mars derniers, notre équipe a eu le privilège de participer aux Journées de l’Appui 2025, un événement majeur qui a réuni plus de 400 actrices et acteurs œuvrant dans le domaine de la proche aidance au Québec.
Webinar in replay and new article : “Qu’est-ce qu’une personne proche aidante ? Mieux comprendre, pour mieux se reconnaître”
On 4 February 2025, the Observatory presented a webinar (in French) in collaboration with L’accompagnateur entitled “Qu’est-ce qu’une personne proche aidante ? Mieux comprendre, pour mieux se reconnaître”.
