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Resources
in Canada —
Post-Death Page
As
pan-death alternatives are a very new development
in Canada, we have only listed those which we
are aware of. We
hope to be able to eventually provide links to
specific information for each of the provinces
and territories.If
you are aware of an alternative death-care service
or supply being offered in your area, please let
us know; contact
us by email. Information
on the actual pan-death process (what/when/where/how)
is covered under the Post-death
Care/Home Funerals page.
One
of CINDEA's mandates is to bridge the gap
between pre-death and post-death services —
services that are rarely directly connected.We
recognize that we are reinforcing that gap by
offering pre-death and post-death resources on
separate pages of this site.However,
it was necessary to avoid the Resources in Canada
pages from becoming too long.We
hope that you will consider both the pre-death
and post-death pages when looking for resources
to plan your end-of-life affairs.Alternative
death-care providers are listed in the brighter
blue text.
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Symbol
for CINDEA-recognized death midwives. Please
contact
us if you wish to go through the recognition
process — see our CINDEA
Recognition page. |
CINDEA also has a 'training
options' PDF —
including
programs (or singular courses)
in Canada (usually 'in person'),
and online (but not necessarily
Canadian) that are accessible for Canadians
interested in the alternative death-care field. CINDEA
can provide the Canadian component
(ex. Canadian laws/regulations) and support
for Canadians taking any non-Canadian online training
program.
Table
of Contents for Canadian Resources
(click
on any of the headings or sub-headings below to
jump to that section)
(For
pre-death resources, click here)
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Primarily
during/post death care
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Post-Death
At-Home
Post-Death Care and Home Funeral Guides —
'home funerals' may involve keeping the body at
home after death, or returning it there from a
hospital, hospice or long-term care facility
(which is legal in most provinces); washing/dressing/etc.
the body; and having viewings/wakes/vigils at
home, as an option to using a funeral home
General
Alberta
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Edmonton
Home Funerals —
Edmonton —
licensed interfaith minister,
dying and death guide, home funeral guide,
and life-cycle celebrant (including
funeral and memorial services). Consulting,
educating and advocating culturally nurturing
death practices. Kathleen
Miller Email
or Phone
(780) 695-8685 and
Facebook
page
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British Columbia
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Journeying
Beyond —
Victoria —
death midwife services —
offering pan-death
(before, during and after
death) education and support to families,
including
home funeral and funeral celebrant services;
as well as advance-care planning consultation,
particularly comprehensive Advance Directives
and Representation Agreements.
Pashta MaryMoon
is available by phone, email or Skype for
consultation
Email
or Phone
(250) 383-4065 and Facebook
page
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Healing
Through Ceremony —
Gabriola
Island —
End of Life Funeral and Grieving ceremonies
(and other rites of passage)
—
healing-focused counselling, as well as a
knowledge of the practicalities of a home
funeral. Contact Michele Fire-River
Heart at online |
Nova
Scotia
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Beyond
Yonder —
Cape Breton —
home funeral guide services and Community
Deathcare education —
Cassandra
Yonder
is available by phone, email or Skype for
consultation Email
or Phone
(902) 929-2578
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Death
Matters —
Halifax
—
home
funeral guide and funeral ceremony services
(including pre/post-death 'celebration
of life') —
as
well as spiritual and personal care directives
and on-going support for 'exit planning',
regular 'end of life'-related film night,
Death Cafes and development of green burials
—
Deborah
Luscomb and Dawn Carson are available
via
email or Phone (902)
403-7590 |
Ontario
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Funeral
Alternatives — Hamilton —
'end of life' and home funeral guide services
—
supporting families before, during, and
after a death; and in saying good-bye, in
whatever ways they find most meaningful. Rochelle
Martin is available by phone or email
for consultation Email
or Phone:
(905) 746-3074
and Facebook
page
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Barb
Phillips —
Cobourg — thanadoula and life-cycle celebrant
services —
offering pan-death education and support to
families for advance-care planning, home funerals,
and funeral celebrant services. Barb
Phillips is available by phone, email
or Skype for consultation Email
or Phone
(705) 924-3763 |
Saskatchewan
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Love's
Last Breathe — Regina, Sask (and
area) — holistic Death Doula and 'End
of Life' journey support services (hospital
or home), and Home Funeral Guide for home
vigils/funerals. Denise Séguin
Horth is available by phone or email
for consultation Phone: Cell: (306)
737-5568 Email:denise@loveslastbreath.com
or through Facebook
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Legal
Information and Regulations
CANADA
by
Province and Territory
[Note 1: we
have included links for Consumer Protection Services
and the office of the Coroner or Chief Medical
Examiner, because they may be the best source
of information for choosing to do post-death care
yourself —
including whether or not a permit is required
to transport your deceased loved one.]
[Note 2: if you choose to deal with
post-death care at home, including all documents/forms
—
given that our culture is used to having a funeral
home formally deal with things, such as Registration
of Death —
you will need to clarify to your Vital Statistics
office that you are not using one and ask for
the forms that the funeral home would usually
address. Ask for a supervisor at the
Vital Statistics office, or someone who knows
the law regarding not using the assistance of
a funeral home.]
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Alberta |
Government
"Dealing with Death", Registration
of Death
Death Certificate, and
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner |
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British
Columbia |
Government
pages on "Dealing
with Sudden Death",
Expected/Planned Home Deaths,
Notification
of Expected Death in the Home, Registration
of Death (available only
directly through the Vital Statistics office),
Death
Certificate Application and
Death Certificate,
Consumer
Protection contact info, Consumer
Protection generalities re cemeteries
and crematoriums
Information
on Private Transport Permits [Notice
"However, sometimes we get requests
from individuals who wish to take personal
responsibility for the transfer of remains
of a loved one to a funeral home, crematorium
or cemetery." -- which implies that
the body may not go to a funeral home before
being transported for final disposition]
Private
Transport Permit,
Private
Property Burial Permits, Heirarchy
of those allowed to make post-death decisions,
Governement
offices that will help
with death registration (where
no Vit Stats office),
Funeral
Service Association, and
Coroners Service Contact Info,
plus
Community Deathcare's Provincial
Home Funeral Documentation Pathways
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Manitoba |
Government
"Dealing with Death", Registration
of Death
Funeral Board (including
clarification that you don't need to use a
commercial funeral home —
#5),
Death Certificate and How
to apply,
Consumer Protection contact info, and
The Role of the Chief Medical Examiner's Office,
plus Community Deathcare's Provincial
Home Funeral Documentation Pathways |
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Newfoundland/Labrador |
Death
Certificate, and Coroner's
Service |
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New
Brunswick |
Death
Certificate, and
Coroner Services,
plus Community Deathcare's Provincial
Home Funeral Documentation Pathways |
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North
West Territories |
Government
- Death Registration, Talking
About End of Life Care Booklets (several
PDFs, including conventional options),
Death
Certificate (direct PDF
download), and
Coroner's Service |
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Nova
Scotia |
What
to Do When Someone Dies,
Preparing for Death and Dying (at home) [note:
excellent, but doesn't include home funeral
info]
Death Certificate, and
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner |
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Nunavut |
Death
Certificate, and
email for Office
of the Chief Coroner |
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Ontario |
What
to do when someone dies (info),
EDITH
(Expected Death in The Home)
form and information,
Consumer Information Guide to Funerals,
Burials and Cremation services at Bereavement
Authority of Ontario (see
When Is It necessary to use a Provider? -
or not) or Arrange
a funeral, burial, cremation or scattering
(see If you don't use a provider),
Family
Access to Cremation Permits,
Death
Registration — Statement of Death,
Death
Certificate and How to Apply, and
Coroner's Office (Ask for
or download 1. Warrant
to Take Possession of the Body of a Deceased
Person, and 2. Warrant
to Bury the Body of a Deceased Person),
plus Community Deathcare's Provincial
Home Funeral Documentation Pathways |
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Prince
Edward Island |
Death
Certificate, and
Coroner |
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Quebec |
Government
re general death information, What
to do in the event of Death (including
a PDF guide to death issues),
Death Certificate, and
Office of the coroner (we
couldn't find the English version, but you
can google the page and have it translated)
Note: Quebec has more restrictions
on home funerals that other provinces —
see Sections 34 and 64 of Bill
66 and 'descriptions' of Embalming
and viewing a body after death: rules and
requirements : contact
us for developing information
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Saskatchewan |
Government
"Dealing with Death", Further
information on Death,
Registration of Death,
Death
Certificate,
Consumer Protection , and
Office of the Chief Coroner,
plus Community Deathcare's Provincial
Home Funeral Documentation Pathways |
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Yukon |
Government
Death-related services,
Death Certificate, and
Coroner's Service
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Further
Post-Death Care Information
Canadian
Funeral Consumer Information
Instructional Videos/Films [Note:
Muslims also have several YouTube videos on their
traditional form of washing and shrouding the
body]
Other Useful Information
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Natural
Transitions Magazine — regular editions
with articles on conscious, holistic approaches
to end of life and death (free
e-version available to subscribers) —
including some Canadian articles |
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Institute
of Traditional Medicine —
Toronto, Ontario —
Contemplative
'End of Life' care training (click
on "Professional Programs", then
"Contemplative End of Life Care program'
and then its sub-menu for further information) |
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Dying
Consciously Program/Teachers
—
directory
of teachers in Canada, as well as Australia,
Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway,
Switzerland, U.S.A, and the U.K. |
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Dying
into Love — website of free and paid
videos focused on 'conscious dying', or 'personal
healing while dying' (vidoes
by Ram Dass, Joan Halifax, Dale Borglum, Bodhi
Be, and others —
as well as articles, mediations, etc.) |
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ComfortDying
—
extensive information on end-of-life, death
and dying (including a long
list of books on the subject) |
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Funeral
Celebrants
— provide a funeral, memorial or celebration-of-life
service that is highly personalized, to honour
the personality, lifestyle and beliefs of the
person who died [Note:
many death midwives and home funeral guides also
offer funeral celebrant services as part of their
pan-death services.]
CANADA
Alberta
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Soul
Passages —
Calgary —
integrative, personalized ceremonies to navigate
the natural endings and transitions of life
—
both during 'end of life'/pre-death, and for
funerals/memorials. Contact Sarah
Kerr Email or
Phone (403)
289-2230 |
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Threshold
Ceremonies —
Canmore
—
one-of-a-kind
ceremonies for life’s significant occasions,
including funerals, memorials, and celebrations
of life. Contact Barbara
Parker Email
or Phone H: (403) 678-5830
C: (403) 688-0039 |
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Edmonton
Home Funerals —
Edmonton —
Licensed Interfaith Minister,
Dying and Death Guide, home funeral guide,
and Life-cycle Celebrant (including
funeral and memorial services). Consulting,
Educating and Advocating culturally nurturing
death practices. Kathleen Miller
Email or
Phone 780-695-8685 and
Facebook
page |
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Essential
Ceremonies — Calgary and Southern
Alberta — Life-Cycle Celebrant. Meaningful,
memorable and fitting ceremonies for funerals,
memorials, or later survivors events. Jill
Graveland online
contact |
British Columbia
Ontario
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Julie
Keon
—
Ottawa city and valley —
Life-Cycle Celebrant specializing in funerals/
end-of-life celebrations/ memorials —
one-of-a-kind, personalized, memorable ceremonies.
Contact Julie Keon Email
or Phone (613) 646-9912
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Barb
Phillips —
Cobourg — Thanadoula and Life-cycle Celebrant
services —
offering pan-death education and support to
families for Advance-care Planning, home funerals,
and funeral celebrant services. Barb
Phillips is available for consultation
by Email
or Phone
(705) 924-3763 |
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Funeral
Alternatives — Hamilton —
'End of Life' and home funeral guide services
—
supporting families before, during, and after
a death; and in saying good-bye, in whatever
ways they find most meaningful. Rochelle
Martin is available by phone or email
for consultation Email
or Phone
(905) 746-3074
and Facebook
page |
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Divine
Heart Centre — Aurora/York —
Sacred Ceremony for End of Life Transition
and Spiritual Last Rites, Celebration of Life,
Memorials, Funerals, and Interment; as well
as Pastoral and Spiritual Care for Bereavement.
Tracy Cox is available
by phone or email for consultation Email
or phone (289) 879-0177 |
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Thresholds
of Life — Carleton Place — Life
Celebrant offering Healing and Memorial Ceremonies
Including: Celebrations of Life, Funerals
and Memorials, Loss of Baby in Utero, and
Stillbirth and Early Infant Death, as well
as other 'loss' ceremonies. Patti
Koeslag is available by phone or email
for consultation Email
or Phone (613) 699-2153
(h) or (613) 809-7115
(c) |
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Woven
Threads – Handcrafted Ceremonies
— Guelph — Life-Cycle Celebrant
creating meaningful, custom, secular or spiritual
funerals, memorials, and celebrations of life
as well as pre-death ritual support. Contact
Christine Lafazanos by Email
or Phone/text at 519-823-0038
and Facebook
Page |
Quebec
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Lorraine
Cowan — South Shore of Montreal and
surrounding areas — Life Cycle Celebrant
offering custom and personal end of life ceremonies
and rituals including: Celebrations of Life,
Funerals and Memorials, Miscarriage, Stillbirth,
Early Infant Death, Ash Scattering, Interment
as well as pet and other loss ceremonies.
Service includes accompanying
bereaved to register the death with a Funeral
Director as required by Quebec law. Contact
Lorraine Cowan by Email
or by Phone (450) 659-2603.
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Voluntas
Commemorations —
Montreal —
creative alternative to traditional Funeral
Services (related to Remember
Network) Email
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Nova
Scotia
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Roxanne
Walsh — Halifax —
funeral celebrant offering custom Funeral,
Memorial and/or Graveside services, as well
as home vigils/funerals education and event
planning. Contact Roxanne Walsh
by Email
or phone 902-293-2423 |
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Death
Matters —
Halifax
—
home
funeral guide and funeral ceremony services
(including pre/post-death 'celebration
of life') —
as
well as spiritual and personal care directives
and on-going support for 'exit planning',
regular 'end of life'-related film night,
Death Cafes and development of green burials
—
Deborah
Luscomb and Dawn Carson are available
via
email or Phone (902)
403-7590 |
Saskatchewan
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Karla
Combres — Saskatoon and area —
multilingual Life-Cycle Celebrant, creating
and performing custom ceremonies for the milestones
of life. Specialized in personalized, meaningful
funerals, memorials, celebrations of life
(pre- and post-death), home funerals, and
other observances of loss. Karla
Combres is available by phone or email
for consultation. Email
or Phone (306) 491-9176 and Facebook
Page. |
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Natural/Green
Burials —
burials that don't include embalming the body,
any non-biodegradable parts to the coffin, cement
grave liners, etc.The
body is allowed to return to the cycle of life,
and the graves are usually maintained as a reclaimed
indigenous eco-system. [Note:
a full body burial at sea is also a 'green' burial,
but logistically prohibitive and expensive in
Canada. See 'Burial at Sea' below.]
CANADA
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Green
Burial Society of Canada — promoting
green burials, providers and products throughout
Canada |
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Natural
Burial Association (of Canada) —
association to further the development of
Green Burial grounds in Canada |
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Green
Burial Council — developing eco-friendly
end-of-life rituals; protecting the legitimate
benefits of environmentally sustainable deathcare;
and using burial as a means of acquiring,
restoring, and stewarding natural areas; registry
of certified Funeral Providers, Cemeteries,
and Cremation Disposition Programs for the
U.S. and Canada |
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Finding
a Provider
(Green Burial Sites, Green Funeral Homes,
and Approved Products) —
Please
note:
listings for provinces and states are by alphabetical
order |
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The
Natural End Map
— connecting families
with funeral directors, cemeteries and service
providers offering simpler, more natural end-of-life
options. Find
a provider (by province/territory)
through the left menu 'search' function |
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Seven
Ponds — excellent review of the ecological
impacts of conventional death practices at
Environmental
Impact of Death page |
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Novaterium.com
— directory of Green Burial grounds across
the world, including Canada |
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Canadian
Provincial Laws Re: Green Burial Policy
(by Forest of Memories) |
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Forest
of Memories — government policy development
on natural death/burial in Canada, the U.S.
and Mexico |
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Funeral
Consumers Alliance — list of memorial
societies in Canada |
Alberta
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Hodych,
Anastasia Disturbing Ground: A Socio-environmental
Model for the Green Cemetery — in Manitoba,
University of Manitoba, Department of Landscape
Architecture, MLA 2004.Email:
ahodych@scatliff.mb.ca
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British Columbia
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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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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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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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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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Green
Burial News BC — development of new
green or hybrid graveyards |
Ontario
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Additional
Natural/Green-Friendly Options for the Remains
(Alkaline Hydrolysis, green
embalming, outdoor funeral pyres, scattering/burial
of ashes, etc.)
— more to come as it becomes available
CANADA
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Ecoaftercare
Consulting provides information on Alkaline
Hydrolysis (also called Resomation,
Aquafication, or Bio-cremation) in
Canada. This
option to fire cremation operates by
dissolving, rather than burning, the body;
and is significantly more eco-friendly. |
Quebec
Saskatchewan
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Eco-friendly
Coffins/Shrouds/Urns
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Designs for Shrouds — written and
graphic instructions (by CINDEA) |
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Last
Things: Alternatives at the End of Life
—
blueprints and instructions for making your
own coffin |
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WikiHow
How to Make a Coffin —
blueprints and instructions for making your
own coffin [Note:
it would need to be revised to be used in
a Green Burial ground — no paint, metal,etc.
— nothing that isn't biodegradable] |
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Shelves
for Life —
blueprints available for a bookcase (usable
during life) that reassembles into
a coffin |
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How
to Build Your Own Coffin —
coffin blueprints (PDFs) or fits, variations
for Green Burials |
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Canadian-based
Products and Supplies (or
information)
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Rawganique
willow-hemp caskets — made on Denman
Island, British Columbia — handmade and
completely eco-friendly, can be ordered in
specific sizes and shipped world-wide |
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First
Nations Casket Co —
Manitoba —
made with various woods, but no metals |
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Imperial
Evergreen —
Port Coquitlam, BC —
offers a range
of ecological urns and a few caskets. Note:
if you use the code "CINDEA"
when checking out, you will get 10% off the
item (not including shipping
costs or taxes) |
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Fiddlehead
Caskets — New Brunswick —
"simple
pine box" hand-made caskets — made
from locally sourced pine, re-purposing the
wood shavings from the milling process to
fill an unbleached cotton mattress and pillow;
available throughout the Maritime Provinces.
Contact Master Craftsman Jeremy
Burrill via email
for specifics on shipping the casket outside
of the Maritimes. |
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Ecofuneral
—
Ontario
— especially
for
inexpensive
cardboard caskets and
more eco
shrouds and more casket options |
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Casket
Outlet — your rights re purchasing
a casket in Canada |
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Products
and Supplies from
Elsewhere
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Natural
Burial Products — U.S.A., and available
in Canada — coffins catalogue shipped
directly to clients in U.S.A. or Canada |
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Passages
International — U.S.A — specializes
in eco-friendly funeral products, including
caskets. Note: this
is a wholesale company, but you can order
a casket via CINDEA and have
it shipped directly to you (plain
cardboard or the 6-point bamboo casket will
be the least expensive to ship -- assembly
required). |
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Coeio
— U.S.A. — producer of the Infinity
Mushroom Shroud (and other
products), designed to remove toxins
from the decaying body to make a green burial
even greener |
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Eco-pod
— U.K., and can be shipped to Canada
— distributor for North America is the
Natural
Burial Company, Oregon Note:
Eco-pods may be produced in Oregon in the
near future (see Eco-pod
North America) |
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Natural
Funeral Company — Australia, and
available in Canada — Eco-Weave casket
(from bamboo) and other
products  —
71 Colin Shaw Lane, Ponsonby 1011, Auckland |
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Eco-coffins/caskets
— Britain, and available in Canada —
pine wood |
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Green
Burial Council
Finding
a Provider
(under 'Approved Products' at bottom —
caskets, urns, shrouds, etc.) —
Please
note:
listings including products available in Canadian
provinces, but are listed in alphabetical
order by business name. |
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Funeral/Memorial
Poems
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On-line
Memorial Services
Note that many newspapers now offer
on-line memorial services if an obituary is placed
in their paper, although you may need to specifically
ask for it.Some
Funeral Homes may also provide this service.
On-line Memorial Services make it possible for
family members and friends
especially those who lived
at a distance, and/or were otherwise unable to
attend the funeral/memorial
to share their memories,
and celebrate the life, of the person who has
died.Those
listed below are only a sampling of those available
free of charge.Others
are easily Googled; and for a small charge, offer
a more extensive website tribute, the ability
for family and friends to add tributes, and/or
maintenance the site for at least a year's time
or more.
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Grief/Bereavement
Counselling and Services
(see also Canadian
Hospice/Palliative Care —
and check if your local Hospice has grief counselling
available)
CANADA
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Canadian
Professional Counsellors Association —
see
Directory
for Provinces and Territories —
choose youir province under 'Province' and
'grief counselling' under 'Counselling Approaches'
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Canadian
Centre for Bereavement Education and Grief
Counselling
—
49
Gloucester Street, Toronto, Ont. Educates
professionals who are working with the dying
and the bereaved as well as providing counselling
services and resources for those who grieve.
Telephone: 416-926-0905 |
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Canadian
Association for Spiritual Care (pastoral
counselling) —
also
resources/directory
for regional contacts (see
left menu for list) |
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The
Centre for Grief Journey —
wide range of books,
videos, meditations, discussion forums, and
seminars for grieving people -- including
a online support forum called Among
Friends |
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Canadian
Mental Health Association Branch locations
— across the country — many branches
offer grief/bereavement support |
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Theravive
Therapist Directory —
listings by Province and cities (check
individual listings for grief/bereavement
or end-of-life counselling) |
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Hospice
International —
list of hospices in Canada (by
province) —
most of which will have grief/bereavement
support programs
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General
Grief/Bereavement Resources |
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Canadian
Virtual Hospice Gallery — under Grief
and Loss — articles and videos, as
well as discussion forums for the grieving,
including children |
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Room
217 Foundation Resources & Links
—
excellent list of resources for various end-of-life
concerns, including grief/bereavement |
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| Specially
for grieving children |
| Kids
Grief supported by Canadian Virtual Hospice
Gallery |
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| Specially
for grieving teenagers |
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Bereaved
Families of Ontario — Kingston
branch
— is sponsoring forums
and online chat
rooms specifically for teenagers dealing
with grief, that are not limited to Kingston
area residents. |
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Specifically
for the deaths prenatal, stillborn, infants
or children |
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Baby
Steps —
Infant
Loss |
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The
Compassionate Friends (when
a child dies) — province
chapters — offers support in the
grief and trauma which follows the death of
a child, no matter the age or cause |
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CLIMB
(the Center for Loss in Multiple
Birth), Inc — International group,
including Canadians — providing support
for all who have experienced the death of
one or more of their twins, or higher multiple
birth children, at any time from conception
through birth, infancy and early childhood.
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Canadian
Resource Centre for Victims of Crime |
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Theravive
—
Overcoming Loss And Death, Grief Counseling
—
plus directory of therapists for Canada by
Province (includes U.S.A. by
state as well) |
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A
Heartbreaking Choice supports women who
have made the "Heartbreaking Choice"
to terminate a much wanted pregnancy —
includes
Canadian
resources under
'Local Counselors and Support Groups'
(do a 'find'
for Canada —
local groups in Mississauga, Ontario: Wednesday's
Child; North York, Ontario: North York
General Hospital; Vancouver, British Columbia:
Empty Cradle) |
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And
other concerns |
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Canadian
Centre for Pet Loss Bereavement (CCPLB) |
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Pet
Loss Bereavement Yahoo egroup |
by Province and Territory
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Alberta |
Canadian
Mential Health Association Alberta
branches,
and Calgary Region —
general
therapy, grieving,
or suicide
bereavement
Alberta
Health Services re Grief support and
Grief
Support Program,
Lethbridge
Family Services,
Primary
Care Network re
grief services
(see below for further resources throughout
Alberta)
Red
Deer Hospice ‘GOOD GRIEF’ –
SUPPORT GROUP,
Alberta
chapter of
Compassionate
Friends |
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British
Columbia |
Canadian
Mential Health Association B.C.
branches,
Living
Through Loss Counselling Society of BC
—information,
counselling and referrals where necessary,
BC
Bereavement Helpline,
Lower
Mainland Grief Recovery Society,
Mission
Hospice Society Bereavement Support &
Resources, Prince
George Hospice Society Bereavement &
Grief Support, and North
Okanagan Hospice Society Grief and Bereavement
Services, BC
chapter of Compassionate
Friends
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Manitoba |
Canadian
Mential Health Association Manitoba
branches,
Hospice
& Palliative Care Manitoba Bereavement
Support, Manitoba
chapter of
Compassionate Friends
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Newfoundland/Labrador |
Canadian
Mential Health Association Newfoundland/Labrador
branches, Newfoundland
chapter of Compassionate
Friends |
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New
Brunswick |
Canadian
Mential Health Association New
Brunswick branches,
Hospice
Greater Moncton Grief and Bereavement sessions,
New
Brunswick chapter of
Compassionate
Friends |
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North
West Territories |
Canadian
Mential Health Association North
West Territories branches |
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Nova
Scotia |
Canadian
Mential Health Association Nova
Scotia branches,
and
GriefNS
— society of grief/bereavement
counsellors, for various areas in Nova Scotia
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Nunavut |
(nothing
that we could find) |
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Ontario |
Canadian
Mential Health Association Ontario
branches,
Bereavement Ontario Network — diverse
group of organizations
and individuals
(both professionals and volunteers)
addressing grief, bereavement, and
mourning
Bereaved
Families of Ontario — regional/local
"affliliates" in peer and crisis
support in grief
AIDS
Bereavement and Resiliency Program of Ontario
— counselling (and training)
for multiple loss, complex grief, and ongoing
transition related to HIV/AIDS, Ontario
chapter of Compassionate
Friends, Bereaved
Families —
Ontario —
Kingston
—
online resources (forum and
chat room) for teenagers |
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Prince
Edward Island |
Canadian
Mential Health Association
Prince
Edward Island branches,
Hospice
Palliative Care Association of PEI
(directory of services
PDF under "Bereavement") |
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Quebec |
Canadian
Mential Health Association Quebec
branches, Quebec
chapter of Compassionate
Friends |
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Saskatchewan |
Canadian
Mential Health Association Saskatchewan
branches,
Regina
Palliative Care Services Bereavement Care,
—Sask.
chapter of
Compassionate
Friends |
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Yukon |
Hospice
Yukon Society bereavement support |
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