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Victoria Hospice News and Stories

Nov 2020 | Hospice

Take time to celebrate a life and grieve together

Victoria Hospice invites everyone to join together to celebrate the lives of people we have lost. Celebrate a Life launches on National Bereavement Day.

Nov 2020 | Hospice

Fostering compassion on National Bereavement Day

Victoria Hospice joins with the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) to observe National Bereavement Day in Canada Nov. 17, 2020.

Nov 2020 | Hospice

Sovereign Order of St. John 8 Years of Support for Victoria Hospice

The Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller has contributed $430,000 over the past eight years to support hospice counselling services in our community.

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Oct 2020 | Hospice

Journal group writes their way through grief

When grief and loss leave you empty handed, picking up a pen can help. That’s what Diane Scott found after losing her partner, Shelley, to cancer in June 2019. She joined Victoria Hospice’s journal writing group, which offered one way to express and explore the grief she was experiencing.

Oct 2020 | Hospice

Hospice volunteers vital to future of hospice care – BCHPCA statement

The British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association calls for hospice volunteers to be deemed essential for the future of quality hospice palliative care and be recognized as essential positions during and post COVID19.