BC Centre for Palliative Care

02/02/2026

01/31/2026

Watch 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.

Victoria – Cinecenta Films – February 19 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Chilliwack – The'í:tselíya – Health & Community Centre – February 26 from 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Campbell River – Campbell River Community Centre – March 5, 2026 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Vancouver – Carnegie Community Centre (401 Main St.) – March 6, 2026 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm

More screenings in BC are coming soon.

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.

Read more about the film, view the trailer and register for tickets here: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/about-us/activities/new-projects/bereavement-in-the-context-of-homelessness/no-fixed-address-the-white-cart-memorial/ #1759334080908-f1b44960-8918

Chilliwack Hospice Society UBC School of Social Work | Okanagan Campus

01/30/2026

Age-friendly Communities grants are open for application via BC Healthy Communities

Community grant applications that support older adults in B.C. to live independently and stay active are now open.
Local and Indigenous governments, organizations, and communities can apply to BC Healthy Communities (BCHC) for funding of up to $25,000 to support age-friendly assessments and action plans, or a Stream 2 grant of up to $15,000 for age-friendly projects.

Find out more: https://bchealthycommunities.ca/index.php/2026/01/19/2026-age-friendly-communities-grants-open-for-application/

01/29/2026

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 fifth session is Supporting Grief & Loss on February 11, 2026.
Register now: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/echo-project-new-home/ #1675118097589-919f747d-42d75552-ec7d

01/27/2026

AllTogether ECHO: Inclusive Pathways in LTC - Building Belonging for 2SLGBTQIA+ Older Adults in Care
Tuesday February 10th, 12:00-1:00pm PST with Labhrás Quigley.

2SLGBTQIA+ older adults continue to face systemic barriers, invisibility, and unmet needs across hospice, palliative, and long-term care.

This session shares lessons from the first year of a two-year provincial initiative led by Dignity Seniors Society to strengthen safer, more welcoming care pathways for 2SLGBTQIA+ people at the end of life. Through stories, emerging findings, and practical tools, participants will reflect on how care providers and health systems can build capacity and foster environments grounded in belonging, safety, and dignity.

Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/CreMVA9tR3O9lLcuN7gMoA #/registration

01/27/2026

New resource! Online course on navigating grief in the context of homelessness

We are pleased to announce a groundbreaking resource aimed at enhancing grief and bereavement literacy and competencies for community workers who support people experiencing homelessness.

The course is free, online, and self-directed and includes 4 modules:
Understanding the basics of grief
Understanding the homelessness experience
Grief after loss in the context of homelessness
Caring for yourself and supporting grief in the workplace.

People who are experiencing homelessness often go unrecognized as grievers in our communities. Many carry these losses silently, without the support most of us take for granted. Through this course, we can begin to understand their experiences and work toward making bereavement care more compassionate and accessible for everyone.

Find out more: https://homelessnesslearninghub.ca/trainings/navigating-grief-and-bereavement/

01/23/2026

Grief can be complex, especially following sudden, traumatic, or life-altering loss. It does not follow a timeline, and it can resurface during holidays, transitions, and new beginnings.
BC Bereavement Helpline offers free, confidential, and compassionate support to individuals and families across British Columbia.

BC Bereavement Helpline services include:
- Free and Confidential Grief Helpline support and resource referrals
- Traumatic Loss Facilitator Training (TLFT) for professionals, volunteers, community leaders and those interested in starting their own support groups
- Educational learning opportunities, including public and private grief related trainings and webinars
- 8-week, trauma-informed Closed Support Groups for individuals grieving, Su***de loss, Homicide loss, Toxic drug poisoning loss, Pet loss

If you or someone you care about is grieving, you do not have to carry it alone.

📞 BC Bereavement Helpline: 1-877-779-2223
📧 Email: contact@bcbh.ca
🌐 Website: www.bcbh.ca

01/22/2026

Here are 3 questions to ask yourself that make difficult conversations about serious illness easier:
1. Is a treatment or care decision needed?
2. What do they know?
3. What matters to the person?

Health Canada is highlighting the key role health and social service providers play in supporting people living with serious illness and those closest to them through their palliative care and grief awareness campaign.

The campaign encourages providers to start conversations early and offer emotional, physical, social and spiritual support through a palliative approach to care. It also recognizes the importance of helping patients and caregivers navigate grief during illness and after a loss.

Find out more about why these questions are important by downloading the full fact sheet, and other resources here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/3-questions-ask-yourself-make-difficult-conversations-about-serious-illness-easier.html

01/21/2026

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 fourth session is Goals in Motion: Achieving What Matters on February 4, 2026.
Register now: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/echo-project-new-home/ #1675118097589-919f747d-42d75552-ec7d

01/20/2026

Join us for a screening of the documentary No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial. The screening will be held at The'í:tselíya - Health & Community Centre in Chilliwack, BC, on February 26 from 1–3:30 p.m., with a panel discussion on grief and homelessness following the film. No Fixed Address...

01/16/2026

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 third session is Essentials of Communication on January 29, 2026.
Register now: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/echo-project-new-home/ #1675118097589-919f747d-42d75552-ec7d

01/14/2026

ECHO: AboutGrief: An Action Plan and New National Grief Portal
January 28th, 2026, 12-1pm PST

This session explores the Canadian Grief Alliance's Next Steps Action Plan for Grief and Canada's new National Grief portal, launched in July 2025, called Aboutgrief.ca.

The portal aims to help people who are living with grief and those who are supporting others in their grief. It includes articles, a resource map, a Grief Assistant, and a spot to 'send' messages.

Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/lSWg98ykRsCbG90_fBsJGA #/registration