Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO)

Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) hosts an annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Childhood Cancer each year. The POGO Symposium, organized annually around a central theme, is POGO’s signature educational event for pediatric oncology health professionals. Mike has been involved for multiple years to create digital stories that are incorporated into the plenary sessions of the conference. The response to the stories is always excellent. According to Dr. Adam Fleming, a staff hematologist-oncologist at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario:

“The buzz around this year’s new addition of digital storytelling was unanimous—from inspiring to tear-jerking, the visual narratives blew us away with their creative and high-quality portrayal of patients’ and families’ lives. Each one had a different texture and brought an important part of the cancer experience to the forefront… I am not sure there was a better way to weave the patient and family experience into this year’s Symposium and the audience was deeply moved by the words, stories, music and visuals that were shared throughout the two-day conference.”