About this Event
Join the UVic Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health, BC Centre for Palliative Care, Victoria Hospice, Island Health, and Kelowna Homelessness Research Centre, for the first showing of the film in Victoria BC, followed by a panel discussion.
Film Screening
No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial is a powerful and intimate documentary that sheds light on a deeply overlooked aspect of the homelessness crisis: people's grief following the death of someone they care about. Through the voices and stories of individuals living with unstable housing in Kelowna, the film explores what it means to grieve without a house, and how loss echoes through a community already struggling to survive.
Centered around the creation and meaning of the White Cart Memorial—a grassroots, mobile tribute to unhoused lives lost—the film weaves together research, personal lived experience testimonies, community organization reflections, and future action plans for the city of Kelowna. This film captures the emotional and logistical challenges of grieving in public spaces.
Dedicated to the memories of all unhoused lives lost—and those who carry their grief forward—No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial urges us to rethink how we hold space for mourning in public, and how we can come together to build more compassionate, inclusive systems of care. Because only through community can we create safer places to grieve, to heal, and to remember.
Panel Discussion
The post-screening panel will include:
Joshua Black and Stephanie Laing, co-producers and directors of No Fixed Address;
Heidi Wigmore, Victoria Hospice, Grief Counsellor;
Additional panelists to be confirmed.
Watch the No Fixed Address trailer here: https://vimeo.com/1115956034
Agenda
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Doors Open
Info: Guests are invited into the theatre; complimentary snacks and The Munchie Bar concessions are available.
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:10 PM
Territorial Acknowledgement and Welcome
Info: Kelli Stajduhar and Teri Henderson
🕑: 01:10 PM - 01:20 PM
Welcome and Introduction from the Film Producers
Info: Joshua Black and Stephanie Laing
🕑: 01:20 PM - 02:10 PM
Film Screening
Info: First Victoria screening of No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial
🕑: 02:10 PM - 02:20 AM
Break
Info: A 30-minute intermission will follow the screening to allow space for emotional processing, reflection, personal care, and refreshments before the panel begins.
🕑: 02:40 PM - 04:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Info: Panel discussion with questions and contributions from audience members.
🕑: 04:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Info: Wrap up and thank you.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cinecenta, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, Canada
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