BC Centre for Palliative Care

BC Centre for Palliative Care Advancing palliative care through best practices, innovation and collaboration.

12/08/2025

The holiday season can be hard to navigate while grieving. Our past ECHO session explored grief and bereavement during the holidays with Pam Bilusack (BC Bereavement Helpline).

This session is for anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of grief and bereavement to support themselves personally or in their professional careers.

Watch the full session, including the Q&A, personal stories from those with lived experience and how they found support navigating loss during the holidays on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOKhfcKhFXU

Health Canada is highlighting the key role health and social service providers play in supporting people living with ser...
12/04/2025

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.

Organizations can find updated tools and resources, including posters, infographics, videos and fact sheets to share with colleagues and other partners.

Find all the awareness tools here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-services-benefits/palliative-care/awareness-tools.html

Implementing the Serious Illness Conversation Program in the East Kootenays🗓️ December 17, 2025Join us to learn about a ...
12/03/2025

Implementing the Serious Illness Conversation Program in the East Kootenays

🗓️ December 17, 2025

Join us to learn about a practical, evidence-based tool enabling clinicians to have more, better and earlier conversations with people.

Presenters will share about the Serious Illness Conversation Program (SICP) Implementation toolkit pilot within a rural community in Interior Health. We will share how this toolkit was developed to support identifying barriers and facilitators to SICP implementation and lessons learned from this pilot that can be applied to other care settings and regions.

Register: https://echo.zoom.us/meeting/register/hYrd457cQb2hHq4q4dVz6w

This seed grant cycle focuses on Seeding and Connecting Compassionate Communities. That means we are looking for project...
12/03/2025

This seed grant cycle focuses on Seeding and Connecting Compassionate Communities. That means we are looking for projects that:

Engage Individuals with serious illness, those approaching end-of-life, family caregivers and/or people experiencing grief or bereavement, especially after a loss in long-term care homes

Support rural communities (10,000–40,000 residents), remote communities (

11/28/2025

🚨ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT!

The Spectrum of Grief in Nursing event will address & explore the diverse & often unspoken experiences of grief across the nursing profession — spanning career stages, specialties & life circumstances — through a rich panel discussion.

Register: RNAO.ca/events/the-spectrum-of-grief-in-nursing-a-panel-discussion

We've revised our Dyspnea Symptom Management Guideline. You'll find comprehensive evidence-based, practice-informed guid...
11/28/2025

We've revised our Dyspnea Symptom Management Guideline. You'll find comprehensive evidence-based, practice-informed guidance for those caring for adults with dyspnea related to advanced, life-limiting illness and those caring for people experiencing dyspnea.

https://bc-cpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/12-BCPC-Clinical-Best-Practices-colour-Dyspnea.pdf

New with this update:
- A summary document outlining the key recommendations, with associated IDSA-ESMO Levels of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations.
- Links to specific education materials to support safe and effective management of shortness of breath for the individual and their family.

This revised guideline is the product of tremendous support from our expert reviewers.

Over five Seed Grant cycles, BCCPC has:- Invested $510,000 ($4000 per project on average)- Supported 120 compassionate c...
11/27/2025

Over five Seed Grant cycles, BCCPC has:
- Invested $510,000 ($4000 per project on average)
- Supported 120 compassionate communities
- Reached tens of thousands of British Columbians
- And more than 50% of these initiatives are in rural, remote, or First Nation communities.

Are you helping to build compassionate communities? Seed Grants Cycle 6 is now open!

Non-profits can apply for up to $4,500 to continue successful programs, adapt existing services or launch new initiatives for emerging needs.

🗓️ Applications open now until December 31, 2025.

Learn more and apply: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/all-resources/seed-grants-cycle-6/

From Vision to Reality: Understanding the Development and Delivery of the PGHPCS Home Hospice Program🗓️ December 10, 202...
11/26/2025

From Vision to Reality: Understanding the Development and Delivery of the PGHPCS Home Hospice Program

🗓️ December 10, 2025

This session will explore the journey through the development of the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society's (PGHPCS) Home Hospice Program—a compassionate model of care that brings hospice support directly into the homes of those nearing the end of life.

Attendees will gain a deep understanding of how the program was conceived, thoughtfully planned, effectively implemented, and continuously evaluated to ensure high-quality care and responsiveness to community needs.

Register: https://echo.zoom.us/meeting/register/nr_ukzthTbKWV2km6Wvl5A

As interest in Advance Care Planning facilitator training continues to grow, we are doing our best to meet the demand wi...
11/24/2025

As interest in Advance Care Planning facilitator training continues to grow, we are doing our best to meet the demand with more training dates in 2026. The first 3-part (6-hour) interactive, online training is scheduled for:
January 29, February 5, and February 12 from 1 - 3 PM (PST)

The training equips community organization staff and volunteers to host public information sessions, helping people to make informed decisions about their future health and personal care. The free, interactive 3-part training course includes 6 hours of guided learning, a robust library of resources and coaching.

For more information and to register, contact conversations@bc-cpc.ca.

Our Seed Grants offer more than funding. Grantees receive tailored coaching, access to experts in palliative care and co...
11/21/2025

Our Seed Grants offer more than funding. Grantees receive tailored coaching, access to experts in palliative care and community health, and opportunities to connect and collaborate with other organizations across BC.

Funding: Up to $4,500 per project
Consultation: Expert guidance for implementation and evaluation.
Networking: Opportunities to connect with other organizations.
Access to Professionals: Links to palliative care and health promotion experts.
Coaching: Tailored mentorship and support.

🗓️ Applications open now until December 31, 2025. Learn more and apply: https://www.bc-cpc.ca/all-resources/seed-grants-cycle-6/

Children's Grief Awareness Day is designed to help us all become more aware of the needs of grieving children — and of t...
11/20/2025

Children's Grief Awareness Day is designed to help us all become more aware of the needs of grieving children — and of the benefits they obtain through the support of others.

Take time today to catch up with our past ECHO session The Playful Art of Supporting Children with Grief: Using Play Therapy as a Way to Communicate with Dallas Shirley, RCC, BC Registered Play Therapist.

https://www.bc-cpc.ca/event/the-playful-art-of-supporting-children-with-grief-using-play-therapy-as-a-way-to-communicate/

A new publication is available in BMC Palliative Care, "The intersections of palliative care and homelessness in social ...
11/19/2025

A new publication is available in BMC Palliative Care, "The intersections of palliative care and homelessness in social policy: A content analysis of Canadian policy documents".

Palliative care for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) is a social issue of increasing importance. This study conducted a content analysis of 75 Canadian policy documents governing palliative care or homelessness for the presence of discussion of homelessness (in palliative care documents) and end-of-life (in homelessness documents).

Read more: https://bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12904-025-01866-4

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