Pascale de Kerckhove, MSW, RSW, obtained a Master in Social Work in 2011 from the University of British Columbia, after a career as a ballet dancer and an arts administrator.

Pascale has worked as a healthcare social worker for the past 15 years in acute, community, and outpatient settings including in the areas of pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, perinatal care, child and adolescent trans care, adult oncology, adult palliative care, and Medical Assistance in Dying. Pascale is also a Serious Illness Conversation Guide facilitator.

With a strong commitment to social work education, Pascale has supervised MSW students in the field since 2014, and has been an Adjunct Professor at the UBC School of Social Work since 2018.

In May 2026, Pascale joined the new Gateway Team-Based Care Teaching Clinic at UBC as Clinical Faculty/Lecturer/Social Worker. The clinic provides longitudinal primary care to individuals without a primary care provider residing in Vancouver. At Gateway, students from nine professions, including social work, will build skills together for interprofessional collaborative, team-based care in a real-world supervised clinical environment.

de Kerckhove, P. (2023, February 14). Trends in Pediatric Palliative Care Research (TPPCR) 2023; Issue #2: Commentary on Lanocha. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/qwg89

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