BC Hospice Palliative Care Association upcoming events

5th Annual Wildflower Bloom Campaign (Wednesday, April 01, 2026)

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Celebrate compassion in bloom.

Each year, the BC Hospice Palliative Care Association invites communities across British Columbia and Yukon to participate in the Wildflower Bloom Campaign, a simple but meaningful way to honour the work of hospice societies and the volunteers who support compassionate end-of-life care in their communities.

By planting wildflowers, communities create visible reminders of the compassion, care, and connection that hospice volunteers bring to people and families during some of life’s most difficult moments.

Hospice societies across BC provide essential services including grief and bereavement support, caregiver support, palliative care services in home and community, and community outreach and education. Many of these services are made possible through the dedication of trained specialty trained volunteers and exceptional, compassionate staff.

Funds raised through the Wildflower Bloom Campaign support the BC Hospice Palliative Care Association in continuing its provincial advocacy work on behalf of the hospice and palliative care sector. Proceeds also help the Association provide practical support to hospice societies across BC and Yukon, including governance and operational guidance, training opportunities, website and communications development, and other resources, particularly for smaller and rural hospice organizations.

While April is the official campaign month, Wildflower Bloom items can be purchased throughout the year and make meaningful gifts to honour volunteers, remember loved ones, or recognize compassionate care in your community.

We invite individuals, families, and organizations to plant wildflowers in honour of hospice societies play in supporting compassionate communities.

Learn how to participate and access planting instructions here:

Wildflower Bloom Campaign Page

BC Hub for Palliative Care ECHO Session (Thursday, September 10, 2026)

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Upcoming Sessions

Seeing, Engaging, and Supporting Caregivers in Contexts of Homelessness

Tues, Aug 11^th 12pm-1pm PDT. Presenters: Alexandra ‘Lexy’ Stewart & Ashley Mollison. REGISTER.

Addressing Structural Barriers to Cancer Treatment for People Experiencing Homelessness

Wed, Aug 12^th 10am-11am PDT. Presenter: Amber Bourgeois. REGISTER.

Modern Palliative Care in the Emergency Room: What The Pitt Gets Us Talking About"

Thurs, Aug 20^th 12pm-1pm PDT. Presenter: Dr. David Williscroft. REGISTER

All Together ECHO Series

This series is a compassionate communities initiative, open to health care providers, volunteers, volunteer lead organizations, community groups, and individuals looking to be inspired by and learn from others developing compassionate communities.

Fostering a Palliative Approach in Rural Hospice Palliative Care – Sept 10^th 12pm-1:00pm PDT. Presenters: Ali Fillmore & Gail Potter. REGISTER.

Grief and Bereavement Literacy ECHO Series

This series is for anyone interested in increasing their knowledge around grief and bereavement to support themselves personally or in their professional careers.

Understanding and Supporting Complex Grief Among Frontline Workers During the Drug Poisoning Crisis – Thurs, Sept 24^th 12pm-1pm PDT. Presenter: Jonathan Orr. REGISTER. Session poster you can print and share linked here.

Am I Making the Right Decision? The Role of Ethics in Volunteer Engagement (Friday, September 18, 2026)

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Date: Friday, September 18, 2026

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET / 9:00 - 10:00 AM PT

Audience: Hospice Palliative Care Coordinators/Managers of Volunteers

Register Here

We all encounter ethical dilemmas in our daily work with and for community, but rarely do organizations focus on ethics related to volunteer engagement. This session provides an opportunity for practitioners to understand the difference between personal, organizational and professional ethics. The core values and principles identified by the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA) will be shared. Participants will learn a process for ethical decision-making that can be applied in any situation, and then practice this using real-life scenarios related to volunteers. Finally, several specific strategies will be offered for increasing awareness of ethics within an organization and helping both volunteers and staff become more effective at handling ethical dilemmas.

This webinar is being facilitated by Faiza Venzant, CVA, Executive Director of the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration. With over 25 years of leadership experience in volunteer engagement, she continues this work with a goal of centering community amongst the profession, improving equity and access to volunteerism and increasing diversity amongst professional leaders of volunteers. In 2018, Faiza published her first children’s book entitled, My Mamma Wants to Eat Me Up! As a mother of two young boys, she has not actually eaten any of her children.

BC Hub for Palliative Care ECHO Session (Thursday, September 24, 2026)

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Upcoming Sessions

Seeing, Engaging, and Supporting Caregivers in Contexts of Homelessness

Tues, Aug 11^th 12pm-1pm PDT. Presenters: Alexandra ‘Lexy’ Stewart & Ashley Mollison. REGISTER.

Addressing Structural Barriers to Cancer Treatment for People Experiencing Homelessness

Wed, Aug 12^th 10am-11am PDT. Presenter: Amber Bourgeois. REGISTER.

Modern Palliative Care in the Emergency Room: What The Pitt Gets Us Talking About"

Thurs, Aug 20^th 12pm-1pm PDT. Presenter: Dr. David Williscroft. REGISTER

All Together ECHO Series

Fostering a Palliative Approach in Rural Hospice Palliative Care – Sept 10^th 12pm-1:00pm PDT. Presenters: Ali Fillmore & Gail Potter. REGISTER.

Grief and Bereavement Literacy ECHO Series

This series is for anyone interested in increasing their knowledge around grief and bereavement to support themselves personally or in their professional careers.

Understanding and Supporting Complex Grief Among Frontline Workers During the Drug Poisoning Crisis – Thurs, Sept 24^th 12pm-1pm PDT. Presenter: Jonathan Orr. REGISTER. Session poster you can print and share linked here.

National Children's Hospice Palliative Care Day (Thursday, October 08, 2026)

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Every child living with a serious illness deserves access to compassionate, high-quality hospice palliative care, and every family deserves to be supported throughout their journey.

The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA), in partnership with Canada’s Pediatric Palliative Care Alliance, has launched the Short Lives Can’t Wait campaign to raise awareness of the urgent need for equitable access to children’s hospice palliative care across Canada.

2026 National Children’s Hospice Palliative Care Day

Covenant Health Palliative Care Education and Research Conference (Monday, October 19, 2026)

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT

We support the advancement of palliative care knowledge through the Palliative Care Education and Research Conference. Learn about palliative care needs and enhance your knowledge of the practical aspects of palliative and end-of-life care. Explore current trends, issues and research with our invited guest experts and your colleagues.

Attend and get involved in discussions and learnings across a range of topics, during keynote presentations and breakout sessions.

Submit an abstract with the link below:

https://redcap.albertahealthservices.ca/surveys/?s=X3KMXMF98YDA9PFJ

Call for abstracts is now open

The call for abstracts is now open. Submissions are invited on the conference theme or on general palliative care topics in the following categories:

Back to Basics
Challenging Clinical Care Needs
Emerging Issues & Trends
Psychosocial, Spiritual & Wellness

Abstracts will be reviewed using the criteria below.

Review criteria used by the Abstract Committee

General criteria	Research abstracts	Program/Project abstracts
Conclusions are supported by results Relevance to conference theme Potential application of results Quality of writing	Key elements include background, methods, results, discussion and conclusion Methods, design, data collection and analysis is adequate	Key elements include objective, rationale, target audience and design Use of theory, prior research, best practice and available evidence