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Events

Stay tuned for upcoming events!

Past Events:

No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial was screened in communities across British Columbia and beyond. Each screening is an opportunity to come together, learn, and reflect on the impacts of grief, loss, and homelessness—and to imagine more compassionate ways of supporting one another. Below you’ll find a list of screenings and events in BC. Many include panel discussions with local organizations, frontline workers, and community members, creating space for conversation and connection.

  • Nelson – St. Saviour’s Anglican Church (701 Ward St.) – April 28, 2026 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
  • Prince George – Natsoolyis’ Cultural Centre (Soonats’ooneh Community Health Centre) – April 27, 2026 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
  • Cranbrook – Dwelling Place Church (2324 2nd St S) – April 14, 2026 from 11:00am to 3:30pm (Memorial 11:00am-1:00pm, Lunch & Open Mic 1:00pm-2:00pm, Screening 2:00pm-3:30pm)
  • Creston – Trinity United Church (128 10th Ave N) – April 13, 2026 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Merritt – Nicola Valley Institute of Technology Merritt Campus Lecture Theatre – March 31, 2026 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
  • Vancouver – Carnegie Community Centre (401 Main St.) – March 6, 2026 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Campbell River – Campbell River Community Centre – March 5, 2026 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
  • Chilliwack – The’í:tselíya – Health & Community Centre – February 26 from 1:00pm to 3:30pm
  • Victoria – Cinecenta – February 19 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Vancouver – Sandman Hotel (180 W Georgia St) – November 13, 2025 from 6:00pm – 8:30pm
  • Kelowna – Mary Irwin Theatre – November 7, 2025 from 6:00pm – 8:30pm
  • Nanaimo – Vancouver Island Conference Centre – October 22, 2025 from 700pm-8:30pm
  • Port Alberni – Alberni Valley Rescue Squad Hall – October 20, 2025 from 1:00pm – 3:00pm
  • Kelowna – Mary Irwin Theatre – October 15, 2025 from 1:30pm – 4:00pm

If you can’t attend in person, the film will also be available to watch online in June 2026. Keep an eye on this website for the virtual launch or sign up for the BCCPC’s CentrePoint newsletter to be notified when the film is available.

 

Exploring What Works Well & Less Well in a Community-Based Drop-In Delivery Model Providing Integrated Health & Wellbeing Services for People Experiencing Homelessness (May 24, 2024)

  • A Virtual Lunch & Learn with Emma Adams and KHRC. Based on her research in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Emma Adams provided an overview of the current context for integrated services while encouraging interactive discussions on policy and practice relevant to addressing the needs of people experiencing homelessness locally.

 

Intersectionality & Homelessness Speakers Panels (April 26, 2024)

  • The Kelowna Homelessness Research Centre, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, and St. Michael’s Unity Health Toronto hosted an afternoon of Speakers Panels on Intersectionality & Homelessness on Friday, April 26, 2024 virtually and in-person at the Central Okanagan United Church. This  free event was open to all community members and featured two different panels: one focusing on seniors and homelessness and the second focusing on 2SLGBTQIA+ and homelessness. We are grateful to the wonderful panelists for sharing their time and knowledge with us: Carmen Rempel (Executive Director, Kelowna’s Gospel Mission), Ian Gerbrandt (Executive Director, Seniors Outreach & Resource Centre), Chris Danielsen (Senior with lived experience), Bree Smith (Counsellor & Group Facilitator, This Space Belongs to You), Wilbur Turner (he/him/his, President, Advocacy Canada), and Lazzy (they/them/their, Youth with lived experience). Enjoy the recording available here.

 

Kelowna Homelessness Research Centre Community Showcase & Roundtable (October 27, 2023)

  • After showcasing outcomes of research related to homelessness from the KHRC to date, we spent the day engaging in interactive discussions with people with living and lived experience of homelessness, community members, service providers, and other stakeholders. With student-led “research minutes”, and provider/practitioner spotlights in roundtable discussions that ask you to consider the difficult questions, this was an event to remember. If you were unable to attend or would like to refer back, the 2023 KHRC Research Showcase & Community Roundtable Summary Report is available.

 

Homelessness Research in the Okanagan: Pathways to solutions (January 18, 2022)

  • In 2018, the Kelowna Homelessness Research Collaborative (https://khrc.ok.ubc.ca/) was established to bring together homelessness researchers and community partners across the region. Numerous pathways to solutions are being applied. The presentation overviews the cause and solutions to homelessness in the region, and discusses research of current hopeful initiatives in Vernon and Kelowna. A recording is available through the Vernon All Saints Anglican Church’s YouTube Channel.

 

Homelessness Research in the Okanagan and Beyond (November 26, 2021)

  • In collaboration with the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, members of the Kelowna Homelessness Research Collaborative (KHRC) overview local projects related to: 1) technology and homelessness, 2) homelessness in smaller communities, and 3) allyship in research. If you were unable to join the event on November 26th, a recording of the presentation is available on the IHLCDP YouTube channel here: Homelessness research in the Okanagan (and beyond)

 

2021 National Conference on Ending Homelessness (November 3 & 4, 2021 )

  • CAEH’s National Conference on Ending Homelessness (conference.caeh.ca) arms policy makers, funders, researchers, advocates, community leaders and front line workers with the inspiration, information, tools and training they need to end homelessness. KHRC Co-Investigators and our partners with the Lived Experience Circle on Homelessness presented on the following topics:
    1. Embedding authentic allyship into the research process (Kyleen Myrah, Kerry Rempel, Dorothy Goodeye, Stephanie Laing)
    1. Addressing Homelessness in Kelowna: Establishing Participatory Action Research Priorities (Kerry Rempel, Stephanie Laing, Sherry Landry)
    1. Lived Experience site visits, learnings and benefits (Sherry Landry, Stephanie Krehbiel)

 

Using Allyship to Enhance your Research Process with Marginalized Populations (May 4 & 13, 2021)

  • The Allyship in Research Toolkit provides researchers and practitioners with a framework to embed lived and living experience, and allyship, into their work. The toolkit describes ways to incorporate authentic participation into the entire research process or program development process, identifies strategies for engaging in a co-research/con-construction process, and outlines the benefits of practicing in this way (for more info on our Allyship work, see our KHRC Community Reports and Summaries page). An overview of the work on Allyship in Research was also recently promoted by the Homeless Hub, and was presented at the 2021 National Conference on Ending Homelessness.
    1. RIPE Conference – May 4th: Dr. Kyleen Myrah, Kerry Rempel and Stephanie Laing detailed their consultations with lived experience co-researchers and advisors on how to conduct authentic, ethical and community-engaged research with marginalized populations. This presentation was a part of Okanagan College’s fourth annual Research Innovation Partnerships Expo (RIPE).
    2. Enactus Canada National Exposition – May 13th: Dr. Kyleen Myrah and Stephanie Laing presented their findings at the Enactus Canada National Exposition, as part of the Faculty Advisor Research Fund Presentations sponsored by the John Dobson Foundation: VIDEO LINK, 54m 51s

 

The complex connections between homelessness and health inequities in BC (January 26, 2021)

  • Bringing together diverse voices, including researchers and community advocates, to discuss the intersectionality of homelessness and health inequities, and share what we all can do to help. The featured speakers included KHRC’s Dr. John Graham as moderator and Dr. Silvina Mema presenting.
  • YouTube Link
  • Alumni UBC lists resources shared during the webinar

 

Heads Up! Community Mental Health Virtual Summit – Session 3: Exploring Integrated Solutions for Substance Use & Homelessness (November 26, 2020)

  •  KHRC’s Dr. John Graham joined Wendy Stevens (Peer Operations Coordinator, Vancouver Coastal Health) in a discussion of Housing for All: Pioneering a Coordinated & Accessible System of Care (~2:17:41 in video linked below)
  • YouTube Link

 

Homelessness Vulnerabilities and Potential Mitigating Supports — Phase 3: Establishing Research Opportunities (October 20, 2020)

  • Phase Three brought together both researchers and potential sector partners to (1) present our research findings from Phases One and Two and (2) collaboratively identify future research projects that are relevant and responsive to the local community needs. See Resources for our Report from these findings.

 

Panel discussion: Social housing and homelessness (October 1, 2019)

  • David Saltman of the Okanagan Sustainability Leadership Council will moderate a panel discussion on social housing and homelessness.
    • Luke Stack, City Councillor, Kelowna
    • Gordon Lovegrove, UBC Okanagan, School of Engineering
    • Ken Chau, UBC Okanagan, School of Engineering
    • Kyleen Myrah, Okanagan College, School of Business
    • John Graham, UBC Okanagan, School of Social Work

 

Panel discussion on sustainability focusing on Indigenous and green housing (October 1, 2019)

  • After opening remarks by Mayor Colin Basran, UBCO Associate Professor Kevin Hanna, will moderate a panel discussion on sustainability focusing on Indigenous and green housing.
    • John Bass, UBC Vancouver, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
    • Jaimie Harris, Heiltsuk Nation
    • Brian Rippy, Okanagan College, Sustainable Construction Technology
    • Trevor Butler, Archineers

 

Canada’s National Housing Strategy: What it means for homeownership, renting and homelessness (September 30, 2019)

  • Keynote speaker David Hulchanski, professor of housing and community development at the University of Toronto, will discuss Canada’s National Housing Strategy. He will cover the strategy in detail, including how it affects homeownership, renting and homelessness.

 

Social Policy and Advocacy Committee Roundtable on Canada’s National Housing Crisis at the CASWE-ACFTS Annual Conference at the Congress by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (June 4, 2019)

  • John Graham and Stephanie Laing presented on the Kelowna Homelessness Research Collaborative.