January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and we are joining with Canadians across the country to support education around dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. What is Dementia? Dementia is the umbrella term used to refer to a set of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain. It is caused when brain cells become damaged and […]
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We are sending our Compassionate Community the warmest of holiday wishes! As 2025 comes to a close, we want to extend our gratitude to our staff, volunteers, partners, members, and YOU! Thank you for being part of our journey! Your support has allowed us to grow our programs, expand our capacity for care in our
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As we come up to the end of another year, it is time to reflect on our impact in 2025. This year was one of growth and adaptation. The New West Hospice Society has continued to provide support for residents of New Westminster at the end of life, and renewed commitment to our programming through
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Today we remember the 14 women killed in the Polytechnique Montréal massacre on December 6, 1989, and call on our Compassionate Community to take action on gender-based violence. The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is about remembering those who have experienced gender-based violence and those who we have lost to
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Join millions of people in a global generosity movement and support a local non-profit this Giving Tuesday. Created in 2010, this international day of philanthropy encourages people to do good for their local communities by making an impact where it matters most. This year, we invite you to donate to the New West Hospice Society.
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Dancing through Decay and Release: A Site-Specific Performance around Queen’s Park Date: Saturday, November 8 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am Location: Meet outside Bernie Legge Theatre Dancing through Decay and Release: A Site-Specific Performance around Queen’s Park – Celeste Nazeli Snowber. Explore the natural world through a performance of dance, poetry, and spoken word. It
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Exhibition Dates: November 1 – November 28, 2025 Location: Century House, Anvil Community Art Gallery Exhibition Statement We will work to build a community where death is no longer hidden or whispered about. Through visual dialogue, we aim to normalize the totally natural human expression and depth of experience around death and dying. Through art
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Advance Care Planning Workshop Date: Thursday, November 6 Time: 9:30 – 11:45 AM Location: Century House Advance care planning is for everyone—no matter where you find yourself on your health care journey. Whether you are a young adult or older adult, are healthy or have a chronic illness, now is the best time for you
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Expressive Arts Therapy Workshop Date: Wednesday, November 5 Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm Location: Century House Engage your imagination, explore feelings, emotions and thoughts in this healing workshop allowing you to explore your grief in a safe space and at your own pace. There is no right or wrong way to express our grief. Using
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Seven Languages of Sorrow Date: Wednesday, November 5 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 pm Location: Typically, in North America we expect grief to be expressed verbally and emotionally which limits people who have other grief languages. Because of our culture’s view of how grief is expressed and its denial of grief in general, we tend to
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