Vancouver Community Deathcare Project

Death Benefits and Funeral Costs Workshop in Cantonese/Mandarin
2024-11-16 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
16 Nov, Saturday | 11月16日，周六
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | 下午3点至5点
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor | 卡拿基社区中心一楼剧场
来了解在这里办理身后事的一般费用以及政府能为您提供什么样的基金资助。这个工作坊将带给您一系列的讯息与资源，以便您能从容地应对终生规划。需报名，请在11月1日起联络林小姐 604-307-7920。

Gentle Restorative Evening
2024-11-14 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-10 16:00 - 18:30 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Second Thursday of the Month
4:00 pm Yoga
5:30 pm Sound Bath
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor
Drop-ins are welcome!
Join us for an evening of tranquility. Let the restorative practice of yoga and soothing harmonies of a sound bath guide you to a deep relaxation where you can release the heavy feelings in your heart.

Compassionate Singalong
2024-11-04 13:30 - 16:30 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
First & Third Monday of the Month
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Classroom II @ Carnegie CC 3rd Floor
Drop-ins are welcome!
Express yourself through the power of singing. Singalong with us and let music foster a sense of belonging and support within our community!

Community Grief Sharing
2024-10-30 17:30 - 19:30 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Last Wednesday of the Month
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (Dinner at 5:30 pm and door closes at 6 pm during the sharing session)
Learning Centre @ Carnegie CC 3rd Floor
Drop-ins are welcome!
Let’s create a safe and supportive space dedicated to healing, understanding and shared experience. Let your story be heard, listen with an open heart and find solace in the knowledge that you are not alone. Together, we will stand united in our collective experience of grief and loss.

Death and Reflection Film Series
2024-10-26 14:00 - 17:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
26 Oct, Saturday
Bimonthly on the Fourth Saturday
Starting at 2:00 pm
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor
Drop-ins welcome!
Funeral Season
Join Canadian Jew filmmaker, Matthew Lancit as he partakes in Cameroon’s most joyous funeral celebration where “the dead are not dead”. Witness the elaborate costumes and masks, festive songs and dances and lavish feasts that embody this unique African culture.

Will Preparation Basics Workshop
2024-10-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
24 Oct, Thursday
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor
Has “writing a will” been on your to-do list for far too long? Creating a will is essential to ensure your estate—what you own minus what you owe—is distributed according to your wishes after you pass. This workshop will cover the key components of a will, the importance of preparing one, and the benefits it offers for both you and your loved ones. We’ll also explore ways to help ensure that your intentions are honored. Register in-person at the Carnegie Library or call 604-665-3010 ext. 0 from 1 Oct.

Compassionate Community Choir
2024-10-21 13:30 - 16:30 | BC
First & Third Monday of the Month
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Classroom II @ Carnegie CC 3rd Floor
Drop-ins are welcome!
Dedicated to supporting those navigating the journey of grief and loss. Whether you are seeking a moment of peace, a connection with others who understand your journey, or simply a place to express your feelings, you are warmly invited to join us.

Will Preparation Basics Workshop in Cantonese/Mandarin
2024-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
19 Oct, Saturday | 10月19日，周六
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | 下午3点至5点
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor | 卡拿基社区中心一楼剧场
来学习如何立遗嘱以确保在您过世后，您的遗产能够按照您的意愿分配。这个工作坊将解释遗嘱的关键要素、准备遗嘱的重要性以及它能带给您和您的亲人的好处。需报名，请联络林小姐 604-307-7920。

Parting Words
2024-10-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
17 Oct, Thursday
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor
Join us for a poignant poetry workshop dedicated to remembering our loved ones who have passed. We will engage in guided writing exercises to help you generate heartfelt poems that capture cherished memories and emotions. Then we’ll create beautiful poetry collages, blending your words with images and mementos, allowing you to take home a meaningful tribute. This workshop offers a supportive space for reflection and creativity and is facilitated by Hari Alluri, the award-winning poet, educator, and teaching artist. Please bring any photos you would like to add onto the collages. Register in-person at the Carnegie Library or call 604-665-3010 ext. 0 from 1 Oct.

Compassionate Community Choir
2024-10-07 13:30 - 16:30 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
First & Third Mondays of the Month
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Classroom II @ Carnegie CC 3rd Floor
Drop-ins are welcome!
Dedicated to supporting those navigating the journey of grief and loss. Whether you are seeking a moment of peace, a connection with others who understand your journey, or simply a place to express your feelings, you are warmly invited to join us.

Advance Care Planning Workshop in Cantonese/Mandarin
2024-10-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
7 Oct, Monday | 10月7日，周一
10:00 am – 12:00 pm | 上午10点至中午12点
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor | 卡拿基社区中心一楼剧场
请来了解如何预先安排您的医护计划，特别当您无法和别人沟通或自己做决定时。这个计划将确保您的愿望受到尊重也能在困难时期减轻您家人的决策负担。需报名，请连联络林小姐 604-307-7920

Advance Care Planning Workshop
2024-09-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
26 Sept, Thursday
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor
Advance Care Planning involves making decisions about your future medical care and preferences should you become unable to communicate. Learn about the process, how it can ease the decision-making burden on your family during difficult times and ensure your wishes are honoured.
Register in-person at the Carnegie Library or call 604-665-3010 ext. 0 from 5 Sept. Please provide your name and contact info so we can remind you.

Community Grief Sharing
2024-09-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Last Wednesday of the Month
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (Door closes at 6 pm during the sharing session, kindly arrive at 5:30)
Learning Centre @ Carnegie CC 3rd Floor
Drop-ins are welcome!
Let’s create a safe and supportive space dedicated to healing, understanding and shared experience. Let your story be heard, listen with an open heart and find solace in the knowledge that you are not alone. Together, we will stand united in our collective experience of grief and loss.

Compassionate Community Choir
2024-09-16 13:30 - 16:30 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
First & Third Mondays of the Month
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Classroom II @ Carnegie CC 3rd Floor
Dedicated to supporting those navigating the journey of grief and loss. Whether you are seeking a moment of peace, a connection with others who understand your journey, or simply a place to express your feelings, you are warmly invited to join us. Drop-ins are welcome!

Gentle Restorative Evening
2024-09-12 16:00 - 18:30 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Starting September 12th (Every Second Thursday of the Month)
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor
Join us for an evening of tranquility. Let the soothing harmonies of a sound bath and the restorative practice of yoga guide you to a deep relaxation where you can release the heavy feelings in your heart. Drop-ins

Community Grief Workshop
2024-09-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
4 Sept, Wednesday
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Learning Centre @ Carnegie CC 3rd Floor
Designed to provide valuable insights into what grief is and how it can manifest in our lives. Join us as we explore the nuances of grief and learn how to offer meaningful care and understanding during times of loss to one another in the community. DTES support workers are welcome to join!
Register in-person at the Carnegie Library or call 604-665-3010 ext. 0 from 14 Aug. Please provide your name and contact info so we can remind you.

Death Conversation Game
2024-08-29 14:00 - 16:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
29 Aug, Thursday
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor
This game provides a safe and supportive environment to facilitate open and meaningful discussions about death. Through thought-provoking questions and scenarios, join us in breaking down barriers and deepening our own understanding of life’s most profound experience.
Register in-person at the Carnegie Library or call 604-665-3010 ext. 0 from 14 Aug. Please provide your name and a contact info so that we can give you a reminder.

Death and Reflection Film Series
2024-08-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
24 Aug, Saturday
Bimonthly on Every Fourth Saturday
Starting at 2:00 pm
Death and Reflection Film Series
Theatre @ Carnegie CC Main Floor
Through a collection of thoughtfully curated films by the VPL, let’s embark on a cinematic journey to examine not only the end of life but also celebrates its lasting impact and meaning. Drop-ins are welcome!

Compassionate Community Choir
2024-08-19 13:30 - 16:30 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Starting from 19 Aug First & Third Monday of the Month 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Classroom II @ Carnegie CC 3rd Floor Dedicated to supporting those navigating the journey of grief and loss. Whether you are seeking a moment of peace, a connection with others who understand your journey, or simply a place to express your feelings, you are warmly invited to join us. Drop-ins are welcome!

Day of the Dead Celebration
2022-11-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
“Day of the dead, a celebration of memory and a ritual that privileges remembrance over oblivion.”
The Day of the Dead is one of the most deeply rooted Latin traditions. And it is spreading to more and more countries around the world due to the great curiosity and interest it generates. Moreover, this tradition was considered as Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since 2003.
This year we invite you to enjoy this celebration with us at the Carnegie Theatre. Where we have prepared for you on November 2nd, artistic events, traditional music, in addition to tasting our bread of the dead, tamales and hot chocolate. We will also have our traditional Day of the Dead altar (ofrenda).
We look forward to seeing you all and wish you a happy Day of the Dead.
This activity is open to the general public on Wednesday November 2, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
No registration required.

Day of the Dead Decorations Workshop
2022-10-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-10-20 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-10-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
“One time a year, our departed come back to celebrate with us”
With the approaching celebration of the Day of the Dead, the Carnegie community promote their creativity and imagination with the elaboration of different decorations alluding to this tradition through craft workshops.
These great activities will be carried out continuously until November 2. As part of the teaching, participants from the Carnegie community, supported by instructors, will design and make decorations with paper materials, which they will personalize with colors and figures allusive to this beautiful celebration of the Day of the Dead.
These decorations will be used to decorate five altars located in Watari, Oppenheimer Park, Vandu, Listening Post and Carnegie.
This activity is open to the general public on Thursdays October 13, 20 and 27 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Carnegie Community Center.
No registration required.

Film Screening of Death Makes Life Possible
2022-09-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Death Makes Life Possible follows cultural anthropologist and scientist Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D., as she explores the mysteries of life and death from a variety of perspectives and world traditions. Sparked by her own near death experience as a teenager, Schlitz has been delving into the nature of consciousness and death for the past three decades.

Death Conversation Game with Angela Fama
2022-09-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Using the Death Conversation Game, creator/artist Angela Fama will be hosting an interactive collaborative conversation on death which you are invited to join! The subject’s discussed will be defined through our shared conversation, inspired by questions presented through game (and how you chose to interpret the questions). This isn’t a standardized game, where there’s a winner or loser, this is instead a co-created space for exploring ideas, sharing, and listening – as it is, in the moment.

Film Screening: Documentary Short Films
2022-07-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Join in watching four short documentaries about life and death! The first, Boo Hoo, is about a cemetery owner with stories to tell. The second, Home Cooked Music, tells the story of a man whose near-death experience prompted him to follow his passion of inventing instruments. The third, Why Me, is a humorous cartoon about someone coming to terms with a terminal diagnosis. Lastly, Death for a Unicorn is a short about a child’s ghostly encounter.

This is Assisted Dying: Author reading by Dr. Stefanie Green & Q+A
2022-07-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Dr. Stefanie Green’s memoir, This Is Assisted Dying will change the way people think about their choices at the end of life, an important topic as our population confronts issues of wellness, integrity, agency and community, and how to live a connected, meaningful life. Dr. Green aims to show readers that assisted dying is less about death than about how we wish to live.
Drop-in. No registration required.

Film Screening: From Harling Point
2022-06-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Film Description:
This documentary tells the story of a Chinese cemetery in BC that became a National Heritage site. For Chinese pioneers who died in Canada, Victoria’s Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point was a temporary resting place until their bones could be returned home. This film traces the rich history of the Vancouver Island cemetery from controversy and neglect to its revival as a historic site.
Drop-in. No registration required.

Eulogy Writing: Memory is a Living Being
2022-06-23 15:00 - 17:15 | Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver on MST Territory, BC, V6A 2T7, Canada
Speaker: Hari Alluri
Program Description:
For those of us who have lost someone, the eulogy can be a way to reconnect. In this workshop, we will gather language, tune into our own memories and understanding, and make offerings with our words, either writing a eulogy for those we carry with us or drafting our own as a gift to our loved ones.
Venue: The Learning Centre @ Carnegie Community Centre
To register for Community Death Care Project events, please contact the VPL Carnegie Library Branch in person or call 604-665-3010 ext. 0. Priority will be given to DTES community members.
