Join the Advance Care Planning team of Hospice Waterloo Region as we welcome local experts Jim Kibble (Ontario Estate Consulting Solutions Inc.), Victoria Young (a lawyer with Cohen Highley) and our own ACP Ambassador, Patti Haskell, as they share their knowledge and experience in “planning ahead.”   

Here are some of the questions we hope to answer: 

• How can I make things easier for those I leave behind?
• If I do nothing, what are the bad things that can happen?
• What are the conversations I need to be having?

As we explore estate planning and advance care planning conversations, Jim, Victoria and Patti will highlight what a person needs to “know and do” to create an estate plan in Ontario, while also sharing the “speedbumps” along the way. 

The presenters will share what works, what doesn’t, and the benefits/pitfalls of the Substitute Decision Maker (SDM) choices we make.

Patti will bring it all together as we explore what you need to be thinking about and the conversations you need to be having with your SDMs so that your plan is more than a piece of paper.     

With time for facilitated discussion, our guests and our expert team of ACP Ambassadors will explore the answers to the questions you might not even know you need to ask!

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Please note: This is an in-person event. The event will be held at The Gies Family Centre at 100 Solstice Way.

SPEAKERS

JIM KIBBLE is an independent fee-only estate planner (i.e. sells no insurance or investment products) and founder of Ontario Estate Consulting Solutions Inc., which serves people throughout Ontario.

He holds credentials as a chartered accountant (CPA, CA), trust and estate practitioner (TEP), and certified executor advisor (CEA)

Jim is also the resident estate planner affiliated with the Henry Walser Funeral Home Ltd. in Kitchener where he assists Walser families with estate planning and estate administration matters.

Jim is husband to Penny and father to Scott and Julia and grandpa to Dean and Ethan.

Jim’s community involvement includes the Rotary Club of Kitchener Westmount, Country Hills Church, Waterloo-Wellington Estate Planning Council, the Estate Planning Council of Canada, and the K-W Racquet Club. 

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VICTORIA YOUNG practices in real estate and estates in the corporate/commercial department of our Kitchener office of Cohen Highley LLP.

Her real estate practice includes representation in agricultural, residential and commercial transactions, rezoning applications, severance, and land use planning.

Estate planning through family trusts, multiple wills, cohabitation agreements, and marriage contracts are part of Victoria’s daily practice while advising on the exercise of Power of Attorney is ever increasing in our aging society.

Victoria received her bachelor of arts in Political Science, French, and Spanish from Carleton University in 1988. She drew on her fluency in French to obtain her law degree from l’Université de Moncton in 1991.

Called to the Ontario Bar in 1993, Victoria has been active in community board and volunteer commitments over the years ranging from the arts and community social support organizations to health care organizations and lending institutions. 

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PATTI HASKELL had an extensive career in education, and retired as the director of Education for the Waterloo Region District School Board. She has also led many leadership and mentoring programs while also serving on numerous boards. She spends much of her time in retirement volunteering for a number of local organizations, including Hospice Waterloo Region.

“Having lost friends and family members, who experienced exceptional care and loving support through hospice locations across Ontario, I want to give back in appreciation for the support my loved ones have received. I would like others to realize that they are not alone and that Hospice can support them on their journey.”