Events for Health-Care Professionals
The team at BCCPC has gathered links to education events designed for Health Care Providers caring for people affected by life-limiting illness. The events are not created or endorsed by BCCPC unless stated in the description.
BC Centre for Palliative Care-ECHO
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From Vision to Reality: Understanding the Development and Delivery of the PGHPCS Home Hospice Program
Register Here Part of the All Together ECHO Series This in-service session offers an insightful, step-by-step 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 […]
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Implementing the Serious Illness Conversation Program in the East Kootenays
onlineRegister Here 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 […]
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Flexing Your Core ECHO-The Basics of a Palliative Approach (Winter 2026)
Register Here Part of our Flexing Your Core ECHO series This session introduces key concepts of a palliative approach. We will discuss who would benefit from a palliative approach to care and talk about a health care provider’s role in providing this approach to care for their patients. A case study will be discussed […]
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Adapting the Serious Illness Conversation Guide for South Asian communities
onlineRegister Here Part of our Updated & Innovations in Essential Conversations for the Health Care Team ECHO Series. Based on a qualitative study exploring English-speaking South Asian Canadians’ perspectives using the Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG), this session will examine how cultural norms—generational differences, family decision-making structures, physician-patient power dynamics—shape engagement in serious illness conversations […]
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Flexing Your Core ECHO-Cultural Safety & Humility Practices (Winter 2026)
Register Here Part of our Flexing Your Core ECHO series This session explores concepts such as privilege, personal and systemic biases and how it can lead to culturally inappropriate care. Scenarios will be shared, and the session will focus on recognizing ways to respond towards providing culturally safer care.
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AboutGrief: An Action Plan and New National Grief Portal
onlineRegister Here Part of our Grief & Bereavement Literacy ECHO Series 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 […]
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Flexing Your Core ECHO-Essentials of Communication (Winter 2026)
Register Here Part of our Flexing Your Core ECHO series This session we will discuss foundational communication skills and explore a person-centered framework used to guide conversations focusing on what’s important to a person with life-limiting illness. Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss providing virtual care.
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Flexing Your Core ECHO-Goals in Motion: Achieving What Matters (Winter 2026)
Register Here Part of our Flexing Your Core ECHO series In this session we will identify the importance of determining a person's goals for their care and discuss key elements of Advance Care Planning and Advocacy. Participants will discuss a case study to apply their learnings.
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Inclusive Pathways in LTC – Building Belonging for 2SLGBTQIA+ Older Adults in Care
Register Here Part of the All Together ECHO Series 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+ […]
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Flexing Your Core ECHO-Supporting Grief & Loss (Winter 2026)
Register Here Part of our Flexing Your Core ECHO series In this session, we will discuss how each person’s grief experience is unique. Participants will work through scenarios discussing ways to support patients, families, and colleagues.
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Flexing Your Core ECHO-At the Core of Caring (Winter 2026)
Register Here Part of our Flexing Your Core ECHO series As healthcare providers, we know self-care is important, yet it’s something many of us may not take time to reflect on. This session we will focus on our own self-care needs and discuss ways to support each other, ourselves and our colleagues.
