BC Centre for Palliative Care

03/10/2026

This month's CentrePoint highlights our Seed Grants Cycle 6 recipients, new grief & bereavement learning opportunities, tools to get ready for ACP day, and some partner calls for abstracts.

Read the full March edition here: https://mailchi.mp/bc-cpc/centrepoint-march2026

03/10/2026

80% of people in Canada agree that planning for their future healthcare is important, but only 17% have documented their wishes.

Who would you trust to make your health and personal care decisions? How would they know what you want?

April 16 is Advance Care Planning Day in Canada. This year, we are helping community organisations to amplify the campaign and encourage British Columbians to start Advance Care Planning conversations.

Are you a community healthcare organisation that can help us reach more people?

Head to our ACP Day hub to find the toolkit, information on creating a plan, ACP stories, and resources in different languages: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/acp-day/

02/25/2026

A sneak peek of how 3 social health movements Nav-CARE, dementia-inclusive movement and Compassionate Communities - are helping to empower and support people living with early-onset dementia, their families.
📅 Wednesday, March 11, 2026
🕐 12:00 PM (Pacific Time)

An overview of ongoing project and stories from 6 Canadian communities at work who are raising awareness and helping to improve quality of life of people living with dementia and their care partners.

Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/wH7r_ajlQ7-k3Agy-rLZ3w

02/24/2026

The Alzheimer Society of Canada has developed the Diversity and Dementia course for health-care providers and policymakers who would like to learn about dementia care and support within ethno-racialized populations. This course explores how systemic inequities and social determinants of health disproportionately affect dementia care and support for ethno-racialized communities in Canada.

Access the free course at alzheimer.ca/learn.

02/21/2026

Participants in our Knowledge Exchange Series described the importance of creating space for honest dialogue, cross-sector learning, and collective problem-solving to improve palliative and end-of-life care for underserved populations.

We are grateful to everyone who contributed their voices to make the Knowledge Exchange Series a meaningful learning experience.

Explore the full summary report from our Knowledge Exchange Series on our website: www.bc-cpc.ca/about-us/activities/new-projects/knowledge-exchange-and-learning-series-2024-2025/

02/19/2026

Flex your Core (competencies that is) with us in these virtual 60-minute sessions.

Our foundational series for all Health Care Providers, these sessions follow the palliative core competencies and offer a multi-disciplinary learning opportunity to discuss incorporating the palliative approach to care into your daily practice in any clinical setting.

The eighth and final session is The Leading Edge on March 5, 2026.
Register now: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/echo-project-new-home/ #1675118097589-919f747d-42d75552-ec7d

02/18/2026

Our Knowledge Exchange Series Report highlights both the shared challenges and commonalities faced by underserved populations when accessing palliative and end-of-life care. Common themes include access barriers, stigma, and late recognition of palliative needs, alongside important differences shaped by social determinants of health, communication gaps, and emerging community needs.

Understanding both the similarities and differences is essential to building care systems that are truly responsive, inclusive, and equitable.

Explore the full summary report from our Knowledge Exchange Series on our website: www.bc-cpc.ca/about-us/activities/new-projects/knowledge-exchange-and-learning-series-2024-2025/

02/18/2026

Did you miss our bumper January and February Centrepoint?
Hear about our new course, which had 300+ e-learners in one week, new film screenings, ACP Day, and a record-breaking year for ECHO.
https://mailchi.mp/bc-cpc/centrepoint-janfeb2026

02/14/2026

Participants in our Knowledge Exchange Series didn't just share experiences; they committed to action. From improving data and storytelling to expanding education, strengthening collaboration, and advocating for system change.

Read below the commitments participants made after the sessions.

Explore the report and let us know what action you will take away: www.bc-cpc.ca/about-us/activities/new-projects/knowledge-exchange-and-learning-series-2024-2025/

02/13/2026

Join Vancouver Hospice Society for this event, intended to provide a supportive and compassionate space to explore and gently release the grief that often accompanies front line work. Participants will have opportunities to connect with others, engage in dialogue around grief that surfaces in their roles, and reflect through music and art.

Join other frontline workers in a supportive gathering designed to help lighten some of the often unacknowledged grief you carry day to day.

This event creates a compassionate space to explore and release some of the grief encountered through your work — the unseen losses, cumulative impacts, isolating experiences, and the emotional and mental weight that builds over time. Guided by experienced clinical counsellors and social workers, the session will include gentle activities that foster connection and shared reflection around grief. This is a much-needed opportunity to pause, be held in community, and begin processing some of what you carry.

Please register and RSVP by scanning the QR code or email vanessa@vancouverhospice.org

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-weight-we-carry-tickets-1980398618579

Agenda
06:30 PM - 07:00 PM - Check In
07:00 PM - 07:30 PM - Welcome and Orientation
07:30 PM - 08:30 PM - Group Activities and Discussions, Candle Lighting Ceremony
08:30 PM - 09:00 PM - Closing & Connection

02/13/2026

On February 26, The'í:tselíya – Health & Community Centre will host a screening of "No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial," a powerful and intimate documentary that sheds light on a deeply overlooked aspect of the homelessness crisis: people's grief following the death of someone they care about. A panel discussion will follow afterwards. Attendees are asked to register for their free ticket: https://bit.ly/3NLpZwy

02/12/2026

Our new Knowledge Exchange Series Report brings together the voices of people with lived experience, clinicians, researchers, and community organizations from across BC to better understand how underserved populations experience palliative and end-of-life care.

The Knowledge Exchange Series had three core objectives:
1. Explore the lived experience of underserved populations when accessing palliative and end-of-life care.
2. Identify and promote promising practices while strengthening connections across sectors.
3. Identify future directions in policy, practice and research to enhance access.

By sharing these insights, we hope to raise awareness, strengthen collaboration, and inspire action toward more equitable care.

Read the full report: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/about-us/activities/new-projects/knowledge-exchange-and-learning-series-2024-2025/