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Advance
Directives &
Representation Agreements
Pan-death
services
(before/during/after death)
Ccnventional
Burial, Green
Burial, or Cremation
4 Stages of Grieving
Modern Models of Grieving
Healthy Grieving
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Other beyonds.ca
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Bedside Singing services
Mediation Services
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Other
DWENA/Pan-Death
Related Resources
In Victoria,
Vancouver Island, and B.C.
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Please
see the CINDEA
Pre-
and Post-
Death pages for further resources —
Canadian-wide, and in B.C.
Victoria
and the Gulf Islands
| General
Resources |
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Seniors
Serving Seniors, and Senior'
Services Directory (updated
directory of a wide range of services
for seniors) |
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Seniors
101 website (information
and activities for seniors) |
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Elder
Friendly Community Network |
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Inter-cultural
Association of Greater Victoria |
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| Medical
Services |
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VIHA
(Vancouver
Island Health Authority) —
a wide range of information including
General
Health Information, Advance
Care Planning, Home
and Community Care, Publicly
Subsidized Services, and
Finding
Care
(doctors, residential
facilities, etc.) |
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Alzheimer
Society of Vancouver Island,
and Living
with Dementia |
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| Advance
Care Planning |
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My
Voice Advance Care Planning Guide |
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Journeying
Beyond — Victoria —
ACP' consultation, Death Midwifery and
related services Email: contact
us or phone Pashta MaryMoon
(250) 383-4065;
phone or Skype consultation also available |
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| Family
Caregiving |
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Family
Caregivers of BC —
support groups, telephone or in-person
caregiver support, referrals, workshops/teleseminars |
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Yakimovich
Wellness Centre — free
workshops on Advance Care Planning,
Elder Abuse, Living with Dementia, and
various other issues |
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Adult
Day Respite Care
(subsidized) |
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Lotsa
Helping Hands —
an
online way to develop communities of
support for individual caregiving (or
volunteer support) within your
own area (Canada, U.S.A.
and elsewhere) |
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| Home
Support Services |
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Seniors
Serving Seniors —
directory of home help/care services
in Victoria, as well as other services |
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| Family,
Elder & General Mediation |
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Dialogue
and Resolution Services Society |
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E~merging
Beyond mediation services
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| Elder
Abuse |
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B.C.
Association of Community Response Networks
a diverse group of concerned community
members who come together to create
a coordinated community response to
adult abuse, neglect and self-neglect
—
see Island
listings halfway down the
page |
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Seniors
Advocacy & Information Line (SAIL)
—
safe place for older
adults to speak to a trained professional
about situations where they were abused
or mistreated toll free 1-866-437-1940 |
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| Hospice
and Palliative Care |
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Vancouver
Island Federation of Hospices
(north and south island) |
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Victoria
Hospice Society, including
Home
Care, Hospital
Care (and hospice unit),
When
and How to Register,
bereavement
services, and education/courses |
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Sooke
Hospice Society |
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Saanich
Peninsula Palliative Care Program |
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Salt
Spring Hospice |
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Cowichan
Valley Hospice Society |
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Nanaimo
Community Hospice |
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Oceanside
Hospice Society (Qualicum
Beach and Parksville)
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Alberni
Valley Hospice Society. |
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Pacific
Rim Hospice Society (serving
Ucluelet, Tofino and the neighbouring
First Nations Communities) |
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Campbell
River Hospice Society |
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Comox
Valley Hospice Society |
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Salish
Sea Hospice Society
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| Death
Midwifery/Home Funerals (pan-death
care, at home post-death care, and funerals/memorials)
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Journeying
Beyond — Victoria —
'end of life' consultation, Death Midwifery
and related services Email: contact
us or phone Pashta MaryMoon
(250) 383-4065;
phone or Skype consultation also available
(see also
En~chanting Beyond
and E~merging
Beyond websites)
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Planning
a Funeral or Memorial Service
(including doing it on
your own —
see Making Your Own Funeral Arrangements) |
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Medi-van
Canada
—
Victoria and Kelowna —
is licenced to transport dead bodies;
and will contract with individual families
who are choosing a home funeral, but
don't have any adequate vehicle |
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| Funeral
Celebrants |
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Journeying
Beyond — Victoria —
Death Midwifery and related services
Email: contact@beyonds.ca
or phone Pashta MaryMoon (250)
383-4065; phone or Skype consultation
also available |
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| Green
Burial and supplies |
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Royal
Oak Burial Park Woodlands
—
Victoria, BC — the first fully
Green Burial Ground in Canada |
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about
the Denman
Island Memorial Society Green Burial
Ground —
Denman Island, BC — once
completed, may be the first 'green burial
only' cemetery in Canada —
for updates, email:dims@telus.net |
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CINDEA
's Post-death
Care page —
offers 6 designs for shrouds
that can be used for green burials or
cremation (includes graphic
and written instructions in the patterns) |
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Rawganique
willow-hemp caskets —
Denman Island, BC — handmade and
completely eco-friendly, can be ordered
in specific sizes and shipped world-wide
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Little
Spirit Garden —
Victoria,
BC — a
joint project between Royal Oak Burial
Ground and Saanich Legacy Foundation
—
is a dedicated
public memorial space where parents
and families can grieve loss of a pregnancy
or the death of a baby at (or
soon after) birth, even
if the family doesn't know where their
child's remains are, or if the death
happened a long time ago ;
and is accessible to everyone of any
age, faith, culture, sexuality and regardless
of the circumstances of the loss. It
is the first of its kind in Canada. |
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O.U.R.
Ecovillage — Shawnigan
Lake, BC — burial of ashes on land
forever protected from development under
The Land Conservancy of B.C. |
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Art
World —
Victoria,
BC — Gouache
paints (opaque) suitable for painting
coffins for Green Burial or cremation
(from
M. Graham Co.) |
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Everygreen
Cremation Centre Ltd —
Duncan, Ladysmith, Nanaimo, BC —
one of
the few funeral homes that still offer
plain cardboard caskets |
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| Grief
and Bereavement Services (including
the loss of a child before or after
birth) |
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Support
Following a Death
(Victoria Hospice bereavement
support) —
a wide
variety of different kinds of grief/bereavement
services and support groups for individuals,
families and children
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BC
Bereavement Helpline free,
and confidential service that connects
the public to grief support services
within the province of BC. Outside Greater
Vancouver: 1-877-779-2223 |
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Compassionate
Friends
(when a child dies) —
see Victoria contacts on the B.C.
chapter page — offers
support in the grief and trauma which
follows the death of a child, no matter
the age or cause. The
local group meet monthly; and host the
annual Worldwide Candle Lighting service,
as well as other events. For
further information, contact Compassionate
Friends-Victoria |
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Little
Spirit Garden—A
Community Remembers
Facebook page —
support between families/friends in
Victoria to acknowledge and grieve the
loss of their child before or at birth |
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Empty
Arms
Facebook
page —
a
support group in Victoria, supporting
families who have experienced a pregnancy
or birth loss |
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B.C. Resources
| Advance-Care
Planning |
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BC
Goverment advice on advance-care planning
(including Advance Directives)
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NIDUS
Representation Agreements
for the Representative — as well
as Power of Attorney, monitors, etc.
and other advance-care planning information |
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Ulysses
Agreement for planned support
for those with mental illnesses |
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Public
Guardian and Trustee of B.C.
on health, financies and personal care
management — as well as legal guardian
issues, and estate and personal trusts |
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The
LGBT End-of-Life Conversations Website
website — including a directory
of LGBT-friendly 'end of life' services
(blue square at the right,
which is a downloadable PDF) |
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CINDEA
— has a comprehensive Advance Directive/Expressd
Wishes (personal care)
form and Representation Agreement template
available to members
(and clients of Journeying
Beyond) —
contact
CINDEA for information
on membership and the document (see
also the CINDEA
Advance
Care Planning page for further
information on both documents) |
Aging in Place
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Patient
Pathways
— extensive information
on Navigating the BC Healthcare
System plus workshops series
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Heart
and Home —
resources and support on Aging
in Place |
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Hospice
and Palliative Care |
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Canadian
Hospice Palliative Care Association
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BC
Hospice Palliative Care Association
— collective voice in BC and Yukon
re advocacy with municipal, provincial
and territorial elected officials —
ensuring that all Canadian have the
ability to die with dignity, free of
pain, surrounded by loved ones, and
in a setting of their choice. |
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| Family
Caregiving |
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The
Family Caregiver — see
also the Care-Ring
Network (free
caregiving teleseminars, newsletter,
and other information) |
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Better
at Home BC United Way program
—
helping seniors remain at home as long
as possible through various services,
both professional and volunteer —
directory
of organizations to contact in your
area |
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BC211
—
bc211 is
a nonprofit organization that specializes
in providing free information and referral
regarding community, government and
social services in BC. Our
help line services include 211 (free
information and referral service 24/7),
the Alcohol and Drug Information and
Referral Service (ADIRS), the Problem
Gambling Help Line, VictimLink BC, and
the Youth Against Violence Line. |
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Death
Doula Networks and Training
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Death
Doula Network International (DDNI) —
A Death Positive Network Offering
Death Education, Connection, and
End of Life Planning for Death
Doulas and Others Too (including
membership-based and free webinars),
as well as an evolving
directory
of BC practitioners |
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Death
Doula Certificate Course
through Douglas College (in
person and online)
—
6 weeks part-time
You may also choose to complete
this course in any time from 4
to 12 weeks |
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Death
Midwifery/Home Funerals support
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Carpenter
Creek Last Wishes Society
—
A community resource for private burials
for those in New Denver, BC and area.
Contact
info. |
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Extra
Supplies
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| Manta
BC Hearse and Drivers —
list of hearse companies that can be
rented separately from a funeral home.
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| Elder
Law, Mediation, and Abuse issues |
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Canadian
Centre for Elder Law and
information on Elder
Abuse resources in provinces/territories
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BC
Law Institute
—
search for the word 'elder' to view
studies and changes in elder law in
B.C. |
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Seniors
First BC —
justice and abuse issues for seniors
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B.C.
Association of Community Response Networks
—
a diverse
group of concerned community members
who come together to create a coordinated
community response to adult abuse, neglect
and self-neglect |
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B.C.
Ombudsperson office for seniors' issues
—
support
in dealing with problems related to
any kind of organization/institution
serving seniors |
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| Green
Burial and Final Disposition Options |
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Royal
Oak Burial Park, The
Woodlands — Victoria
— and Green
Burial Victoria, offers Green
Burials (as well as 'hybrid
burials', which use a cement liner on
top of the grave, but otherwise natural/biodegradable
materials) — the first Green
Burial ground in Canada |
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| Denman
Island Natural Burial Cemetery
— Denman
Island, BC — the first contemporary
cemetery in Canada that is exclusively
green. Please note that
graves are only available to Denman
Island residents and immediately family.
Excellent information available
about the process of Denman Island Memorial
(non-profit) society, as a model for
other small communities. Contact
DINBC
(online) or by mail at 6400 Denman
Rd, Denman Island, BC V0R 1T0
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Green
Burial News BC — on-going
development of new green or hybrid graveyards |
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Living
Reef Memorial —
Gulf
Islands/Georgia Strait locations —
Cremains
are eternally preserved within a scientifically
engineered artificial reef designed
to be forever permanent and vital to
the success of this marine habitat rehabilitation
project. |
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People's
Memorial Society of B.C. and Vancouver
Island Memorial Society
— call
toll free at 1-800-661-3358,
Email at
info@peoplesmemorialsocietybc.com |
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Memorial
Society of B.C.
— working
on a range of green burial options,
as described on its website. Contact:
Memorial Society of BC, 205 - 640 West
Broadway Vancouver BC V5Z 1G4;Tel: (604)
733-7705 or 1-888-816-5902
(24/7); Email: mail@memorialsocietybc.org |
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| Grief/Bereavement
support |
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BC
Bereavement Helpline —
free and confidential service that connects
the public to grief support services
within the province of BC. Outside Greater
Vancouver: 1-877-779-2223 |
| Compassionate
Friends (when a child dies) —
B.C.
chapter — offers support
in the grief and trauma which follows
the death of a child, no matter the
age or cause |
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Major
Canadian Resources
| Hospice
and Palliative Care |
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Canadian
Hospice Palliative Care Association
— including Directory
of Hospice Palliative Care Services
— a list of national and provincial
organizations; as well as excellent,
comprehensive resources on end-of-life
issues |
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Canadian
Virtual Hospice — includes
resources for B.C.
Advance Care Planning (several
pages of resources — look for those
with your province/territory named),
Advance
Care Planning Workbook (downloadable
PDF), and 'Ask
a Professional' on-line services |
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Speak
Up —
Provincial /Territorial resources for
Advance Care Planning |
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| Family
Caregiving |
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The
Family Caregiver —
information
for all provinces/territories, as well
as by disease (lower
right of site page) |
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The
Caregiver Network and Huddolk
— free teleseminars (presented
by the Family Caregivers Network and
other groups) for caregivers
and volunteers, as well as information,
articles and resources |
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Caregiving
Matters —
Education and support for family caregivers
who are dealing with the declining health
and death of a parent or family member. |
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Compassion
Care Benefits
under Canadian
Employment Insurance —
information
on benefits paid to those caring for
family members who are gravely ill and
likely to die within 6 months. |
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| Right
to Die |
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Dying
with Dignity (of
Canada) — A national organization
dedicated to improving the quality of
dying and expanding end-of-life choices
in Canada includes related Canadian
news and articles 55 Eglinton Ave. East,
Suite 802, Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1G8,
CANADA. Tel: (416)
486-3998 or toll-free at 1-800-495-6156,
Fax: (416) 486-5562,
E-mail: info@dyingwithdignity.ca
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Right
to Die Society of Canada
— 145 Macdonell Ave. Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M6R 2A4 Tel: (416)
535-0690 Toll-free: 1-866-535-0690
Email: info@righttodie.ca |
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| Elder
Law and Mediation |
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Canadian
Centre for Elder Law and
information on Elder
Abuse resources in provinces/territories
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Elder
Mediation Canada — including
roster of Elder
Mediators in Canada |
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| Pan-death
Movement and Resources —
see
the CINDEA
pages on |
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Pan-death
Movement |
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Death
Midwifery |
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Resources
in Canada Pre-death |
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Resources
in Canada Post-death |
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Further
Post-death Care Information |
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