Provides continuing education opportunities and annual events for members and professionals in the funeral service field, including apprenticeship and training programs for those new to the field. Works with Consumer Protection BC to investigate inquiries and/...

Provides education, advocacy and connection to a peer-to-peer bereavement support network for families that have experienced the loss of an infant. Focus is on encouraging research and awareness of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexplained Death ...

Offers Canada-wide access to palliative care specialists and a clinical care team specializing in the field. Provides a collection of evidence-based information, personal stories, articles, and videos for patients, families, health care professionals, and rese...

Offers 13-week, faith-based grief recovery programs for those who have experienced the death of a family member or friend. Weekly groups are held at churches where lay volunteers have been trained, and include a video on grief followed by a group discussion. S...

Provides compassionate, lived-experience support and connection to people helping a loved one who is considering or planning for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), and those who are grieving a loss due to MAID. To request support, fill out an online form and ...

Provides a range of health care and support services for adults ages 19 and up with addiction issues. Services include assessment, treatment, counselling, education, and referral to community resources. Supports clients who are enrolled in a methadone maintena...

Promotes end-of-life care through the membership and training of professional doulas based on recommendations made by the Ministry of Health, health authorities, and outside agencies. An End of Life Doula is a non-medical professional who empowers, educates, a...

Offers pay-what-you-can virtual peer support groups held weekly for up to six people. Topics include relationships, mental health (anxiety and depression, boredom and loneliness, mood disorders), abuse (physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, and domestic), eatin...

Provides individual and group grief counselling to youth and adults experiencing stress due to life changes or loss such as death, relationship break-up, chronic health issues, suicide, accidents, violent crime, workplace losses, transitions, anticipatory loss...

Through a provincial toll-free and confidential helpline, trained volunteers offer compassionate listening, information, and referrals for individuals who are suffering from grief and bereavement. Provides training and education for professionals on related to...

Offers support groups for the bereaved. Suicide Grief Support Group is a support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide; offered four times per year in partnership with the crisis centre in Vancouver, and a funeral home in Surrey. Homicide Grief ...

Promotes conversation and understanding around death and dying. Public awareness events are site specific, meant to address those connected to the Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Chinatown areas. The project is meant to increase social connections, informati...

Members may access natural health services as a complement or preference to allopathic medicine. Natural therapies may include acupuncture, clinical counselling, energy healing, craniosacral therapy, herbalism, nutritional counselling, and holistic body work; ...

Support group for bereaved parents who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause. Bereaved adult siblings and grandparents are welcome. Meets at 7:30 pm on the second Monday of each month, in the upper lounge of the North Lonsdale United ...

Offers grief support groups in downtown Vancouver and Vancouver's west side (Kerrisdale). Grief Support Programs are designed to help participants move from pain to healing in a non-judgmental, compassionate and confidential environment. Group facilitators com...

An interdisciplinary team provides hospice palliative care to the terminally ill and their families in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Bowen Island, and Lions Bay; a physician referral is required. Services are provided either at home, in hospital, at a care ...

A free program that provides information, guidance, wellness activities, and support for patients facing serious or life-limiting illness and their families. Program includes support groups, individual counselling, and information sessions on symptom managemen...

Provides provincial leadership and advocacy in end-of-life care. Membership consists of organizations and individuals involved in the delivery of hospice palliative care. Provides information regarding hospice palliative care services, educates professionals a...

Support groups for bereaved parents who have experienced the death of a child; siblings and grandparents are also welcome. Burnaby meetings are held at 7 pm on the last Wednesday of each month at the Jubilee United Church Memorial Room, 7591 Gray Avenue; use s...

Trained volunteers provide social and emotional support to people with palliative illnesses and to their families and friends; support is provided in Burnaby Hospital and St Michael's Hospice. Support may involve talking, sitting quietly, life reflection, lett...

Provides services for children, youth, adults, and families coping with serious illness, grief, or bereavement. Camp Kerry is a four-day retreat that offers recreational and therapeutic activities for bereaved families; fee is $600, registration opens in April...

Peer support group for bereaved parents who have experienced pregnancy loss or the death of an infant. Also offers telephone support, in-home visits, a lending library, and a monthly newsletter. No religious affiliation. Meets at 7:30 pm on the second Wednesda...

Staff and trained volunteers provide support, advocacy, and resources to individuals and families coping with a life-threatening diagnosis, advanced illness, or bereavement; a $10 membership fee is required. Through the Delta CARES Helpline, also offers free a...

Provides palliative support to adults who are facing end of life, as well as support for people of all ages who are grieving the death of a loved one. Bereavement services include one-to-one companionship, grief support groups, grief counselling for individual...

Provides free grief support for youth and young adults (ages 13 to 29), and adults. Services include one-to-one emotional support, grief support groups, and additional services including support for grief in the workplace. Serves Anmore, Belcarra, Coquitlam, P...