MAID: Current Issues Surrounding Medically Assisted Death In Canada
Written By Jasminder Khehra As a 4th-year undergraduate student at McMaster University studying health and communications, I have encountered many ideas [...]
Life-Cycle Celebrants and Spiritual Healing
Written by Loretta Jaunzarins, Pastor & Life-Cycle Celebrant Life-Cycle Celebrants While affiliation with a religious organization has dropped dramatically over the [...]
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)
Medical Assistance in Dying: Update on Bill C – 7 Written by: Loretta Jaunzarins, Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, Hamilton and [...]
When to Part with a Loved One’s Possessions
Written by: Loretta Jaunzarins, Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, Hamilton and Life-Cycle Celebrant The recent death of a member of Grace [...]
Death Cafe: Talking about End of Life
Blog by Pastor Loretta Jaunzarins We’ve changed. Our Canadian culture has changed a lot in the past few years. Canadians seem to [...]
We all have to go sometime – conversations on death and dying
For our 2019 annual Senior’s Month community event, Hamilton Aging Together sponsored a multigenerational conversational-workshop on death and dying. The "Hello Game" [...]
Green Funeral Options: using Hot Water?
The extent of how “green” a funeral and burial can be is up to the individual; the process can be as simple [...]
What Not to Say
After we lose a loved one, some of us withdraw because we’re “not very good company”. We are depressed and lonely ..and [...]
The Kitchen Widow, tips and resources for the caregiver and the griever
Tembi Locke seemed to have it made. She was a successful TV actress, living in Los Angeles with her husband, a successful [...]