By the ePAC Action Team “It’s as much about death as it is about life,” is a statement heard frequently around the Action Team table....

By Carolyn Wilkinson Manager, Palliative & End of Life Care and Spiritual Health, Island Health* We needed a car! Not a new car, not a...

By Carley McConnachie I remember the first time I overheard a conversation about death in a youth support setting. What immediately...

By Nadia Ayed, PhD "This piece was created by Joe (participant pseudonym) and his daughter after Joe was housed. They named it...

By Courtney Petruik PhD student examines the organization of palliative care for people who are socially marginalized In 2016, I moved to...

By Ashley Mollison Arrow Big Smoke is a proud member of the Blackfoot Confederacy and is registered with the Piikani Nation. She is also...

By Charlotte Futcher and Ashley Mollison Agencies in Greater Victoria have come together to remedy the unavailability and inaccessibility...

by Charlotte Futcher How I got here, as a social work student doing a practicum with the Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care (ePAC)...

Knowledge Translation By: ePAC Research Team Knowledge translation is about ensuring that what we learn in research is useable for the...

PORT Update – Nov 24, 2021 This summer, the ‘new’ Palliative Outreach Resource Team officially turned two years old! We didn’t pause to...

By Ashley Mollison & Kara Whitlock On behalf of our ePAC collaborative and with deep gratitude to our Inner City Action Team and ePAC...

By Jenafor Ryane Folks facing life-limiting illness often find themselves wading through uncomfortable feelings such as fear,...

Word has been spreading about the excellent work of ePAC and PORT (Palliative Outreach Response Team) and community members are stepping...

Erin Donald, RN, PhD (c) Kelli Stajduhar, RN, PhD, FCAHS As COVID-19 rips through our communities, those who are socially disadvantaged...

On October 13th, Dr. Kelli Stajduhar delivered a keynote presentation at the Public Health Palliative Care International Conference in...

The "Before I Die" global art project is coming to the University of Victoria on October 30, 31, and November 1 at the SUB. A life-size...

September 19th was an exciting day for the city of Victoria as the Palliative Outreach Resource Team (PORT) officially launched its...

Advance Care Planning (ACP) has emerged in our Action Team as a focus to ensure that people's values, wishes, and bodies are respected at...

A result of years of advocacy, research and community mobilization, The Palliative Outreach Resource Team (PORT) is a new service helping...