BC Centre for Palliative Care

11/12/2025

Waking Experiences of the Deceased: From Bereavement to End of Life
🗓️ November 25, 12 - 1:15 pm

This session explores the moments when individuals report waking experiences of the deceased, which can include seeing, hearing, smelling, and feeling the touch of the deceased. Normalising these experiences can help reduce distress in all those who experience them in bereavement and at the end of life.

Register: https://echo.zoom.us/meeting/register/Q9-if5MwR26WEvBMn__IpA

11/10/2025

Join Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association for this BC focused Last Aid course.

These courses offer a compassionate, practical introduction to palliative care and end-of-life support—helping communities learn how to care for one another when it matters most.

Whether you’re a caregiver, healthcare provider, or simply someone who wants to be better prepared to support friends, family, and neighbours, Last Aid provides the knowledge and confidence to make a difference.

Spots are limited—register soon to save your place!

Are you prepared to offer support to loved ones facing the end of life?

The Last Aid Course is designed for everyone who wants to feel more capable and compassionate when navigating topics like dying, death, grief, and bereavement. Join facilitators Brandi Bailey and Clara Dyck for this essential, empowering online workshop.

🗓️ Date & Time: November 24th, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT

This session includes information specific to the province of British Columbia.

Give yourself the gift of knowledge. Space is limited, secure your spot now: https://loom.ly/TIQV9IA

11/07/2025

Looking to the future, BCCPC has updated its Strategic Plan to 2029, marking an important step forward as we continue working together to make palliative care more accessible, equitable, and compassionate for everyone in British Columbia.

The plan responds to two pressing priorities: addressing inequities in access to quality palliative care and improving the integration of a palliative approach, with a particular emphasis on marginalized communities and underserved care settings.

While some of our approaches have evolved, our guiding principles remain unchanged. Our work continues to be patient- and family-centred, evidence-informed, responsive to emerging needs, grounded in collective impact, and shaped by people with lived experience.

Developed through extensive consultation with partners across the health system and community, the plan reflects shared priorities and collective insight. To everyone who generously shared their input – thank you!

Read the full report and one-page summary here: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/about-us/activities/

11/06/2025

Our Seed Grants Cycle 6 will open next week.

The Seed Grant program offers funding to community organizations to create and spread compassionate communities across British Columbia.

Find out more about previous cycles on our website: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/all-resources/seed-grants-2/ and sign up to Centrepoint emails to be the first to know when applications open: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/centrepoint-2/

10/29/2025

Men's Sheds of BC – Men helping Men through Social Connection and Support
🗓️ November 12
12-1pm PST

Men's Sheds of BC is a trailblazing organisation dedicated to fostering a sense of belonging amongst men and addressing social isolation and loneliness. Men's Sheds of BC offers a welcoming, peer-supported space to help men, both young and old, who are often reluctant to join traditional programs, overcome barriers to connection and community.

Register: https://echo.zoom.us/meeting/register/TuCX_Lj_RrOuw2KT76jLNA

10/23/2025

Last week, No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial premiered in Kelowna, and this week, audiences in Port Alberni and Nanaimo had the chance to see the powerful and intimate new documentary.

Join the Vancouver Hospice Society for our screening in Vancouver on November 13, 2025, 6 - 8:30 pm at the Sandman Hotel.

Through the voices and stories of individuals living with unstable housing in Kelowna, the film explores what it means to grieve without a house, and how loss echoes through a community already struggling to survive.

Tickets and more info: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/no-fixed-address-the-white-cart-memorial-film-screening-tickets-1778222514409

10/22/2025

Grief & Bereavement: a South Asian perspective
🗓️ October 27, 12:00 - 1:15 pm

This session explores the unique experiences of grief and bereavement within the South Asian community. Gain insights and be better equipped to support this diverse immigrant group, with varied cultural practices and faiths, in a culturally sensitive manner.

Register: https://echo.zoom.us/meeting/register/Af2CJRQiR_6pq5-Qup1JCA

10/15/2025

"Through the voices and stories of people living with unstable housing in Kelowna, the film shows what it means to grieve without a home, and how loss echoes through a community already struggling to survive,"
Dr. Joshua Black, co-director, co-producer and Bereavement Initiative Manager with the BC Centre for Palliative Care.

No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial premieres today in Kelowna, read more:
https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/07/the-white-cart-memorial-tells-stories-of-love-loss-and-resilience/

10/10/2025

Today, October 10, is both and , two causes that are deeply connected, though not always talked about together. Our work with communities in Kelowna also sheds light on a deeply overlooked aspect of the homelessness crisis: people's grief following the death of someone they care about.

Explore more about this work in the new documentary, No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial. Through the voices and stories of individuals living with unstable housing, the film explores what it means to grieve without a house, and how loss echoes through a community already struggling to survive.
We have just added a Vancouver screening on November 13, or find a date near you in the image below.

If you want to learn more about our research on bereavement in the context of homelessness, read more on our website: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/about-us/activities/new-projects/bereavement-in-the-context-of-homelessness/

10/09/2025

On National Children's Hospice Palliative Care Day Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association invites families, healthcare providers, and caregivers to share their stories. Your voice helps raise awareness, foster connection, and shape a more inclusive and equitable future for care in Canada.

Share your story today: https://www.chpca.ca/advocacy/share-your-story/