Meet an Associate

Monica Do Coutto Monni

Monica Do Coutto Monni, B.A. Pol.Sci. M. Psych., MBA Illinois (incomplete) is the retired Executive Director of Near North Palliative Care Network, Chair of the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Education Services Nipissing Subregion, Institutional Member of the IAHPC International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, and Professional member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. She holds certification in Board Governance (The State University of New York), and Training and Learning Programs for Volunteer Community Health Workers (Johns Hopkins University) among others. Monica got involved with Hospice Palliative Care and Bereavement Education and Training in Canada in 2009. Since then, she has developed Grief and Bereavement training and services for the Near North Palliative Care Network, and has trained new teams of Bereavement and Grief Volunteers in several locations of Ontario. She is one of the authors of the new HPCO – Hospice Palliative Care of Ontario online Training Program for Hospice Volunteers in Ontario. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monica had a sheltered childhood, filled with laughter and family love. She has been consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for many decades. She moved to Canada 20 years ago, to retire. She is married to Wayne Duquette. In Brazil, she worked for 30 years in education, mostly with the English Language to University graduates and postgraduates of diverse courses, in need of English language for academic research and business development. After moving to Canada, she felt a new strong calling to help the ageing, dying and grieving in the community. For the last 10 years, she worked full time to help the ageing members of our community. She just turned 70 and is retiring from NNPCN. She is right now trying to discern how to still be useful to our community from now on.