The Paul Myers and Shore Family Respite Centre
Care BC is delighted to announce the completion of The Paul Myers and Shore Family Respite Centre — a warm, welcoming resource in Lower Lonsdale developed in partnership with the City of North Vancouver and the Catalyst Community Developments Society. We are working hard to open our doors in Summer 2026 and start providing compassionate, reliable respite care to families in the community.
How the centre helps
The Paul Myers and Shore Family Respite Centre will provide short-term overnight care for seniors with complex needs, and who live at home. By giving their caregivers reliable time to rest and recharge, the centre will help families sustain compassionate care at home, thereby reducing avoidable emergency visits, hospital stays, and premature long‑term care placements. Quality respite care preserves independence, and well-being for both seniors and their caregivers.
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Centre highlights
- Owned and operated by Care BC for 60 years
- Homelike, custom-designed space on the ground floor of a 6-storey building
- Opening phase: 18 private bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms
- Planned expansion: 25 Adult Day Program spaces
- Above the centre: 89 affordable housing units owned and operated by the Catalyst Community Developments Society
Featuring artwork created by renowned artist Xwalacktun
On June 11th, the artwork created by renowned artist Xwalacktun was installed at the Paul Myers and Shore Family Respite Centre.
Xwalacktun received his name from his father, Pekultn, who was a hereditary chief from the Seymour Creek area of North Vancouver, British Columbia. His mother is Kwakwaka'wakw from Squamish and Alert Bay. “I create native art with a connection to the past, present and future like our ancestors did. My goal is to do the job right and strive to do better as I move forward within art”. Xwalacktun studied sculpture at Capilano University and Emily Carr University of Art + Design and has received many awards including the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the BC Achievement Foundation.
On this momentous occasion, alongside many partners in the project, he witnessed the 1-ton butterfly, a symbol of all Coast Salish nations in the area, take its permanent place of pride. The artist explained to our CEO, Sylvia Ceacero, also present at the installation, that the butterfly was chosen as a symbol of transformation and metamorphosis and that the thunderbird and the wolf contained within its wings are tributes to the Tsleil -Waututh and Squamish nations as well as representation of strength, leadership and strong family ties, values that Care BC strongly endorses.
Care BC is very grateful to the artist, as well as to the many partners who participated in making this project, from inception to installation, a resounding success.
We are also very grateful to Neptune Terminals, for its generous donation to make this beautiful part of the project possible.
Xwalacktun received his name from his father, Pekultn, who was a hereditary chief from the Seymour Creek area of North Vancouver, British Columbia. His mother is Kwakwaka'wakw from Squamish and Alert Bay. “I create native art with a connection to the past, present and future like our ancestors did. My goal is to do the job right and strive to do better as I move forward within art”. Xwalacktun studied sculpture at Capilano University and Emily Carr University of Art + Design and has received many awards including the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the BC Achievement Foundation.
On this momentous occasion, alongside many partners in the project, he witnessed the 1-ton butterfly, a symbol of all Coast Salish nations in the area, take its permanent place of pride. The artist explained to our CEO, Sylvia Ceacero, also present at the installation, that the butterfly was chosen as a symbol of transformation and metamorphosis and that the thunderbird and the wolf contained within its wings are tributes to the Tsleil -Waututh and Squamish nations as well as representation of strength, leadership and strong family ties, values that Care BC strongly endorses.
Care BC is very grateful to the artist, as well as to the many partners who participated in making this project, from inception to installation, a resounding success.
We are also very grateful to Neptune Terminals, for its generous donation to make this beautiful part of the project possible.
Thank you to our Because You CARE supporters
Launched on September 18, 2024, Care BC’s Because You CARE Capital Campaign united more than 100 supporters behind a shared aspiration: building a much‑needed respite hub to support caregivers and honour seniors. Thanks to the generosity of our visionary donors, that dream is now a reality and a lasting community asset.