Sarah  Van Meer is a Registered Nurse with over ten years of paediatric nursing experience. She began her nursing career in Haematology/ Oncology at SickKids, where her passion for paediatric palliative care kindled, grew and lead her to Emily’s House Children’s Hospice in Toronto. In addition to a bedside nurse role at Emily’s House, she served as Interim Client Care Resource Nurse and Grief Coordinator for the Infant Maternal Perinatal Advanced Care Team (IMPACT). This past January, Sarah joined the Quality of Life and Advanced Care Program at McMaster Children’s Hospital as a Paediatric Palliative Care Clinical Specialist. Her favorite thing in the world is going for (slow) walks with her 2-year-old daughter and husband.