COMMUNITY EVENTS

 

Looking to attend events related to death or loss? Whether you’re jonesing for a cemetery tour, searching for a grief circle, or interested in attending an end of life planning workshop, you can find a variety of events, classes, workshops, and gatherings on all facets of death, dying, and grief here.

 

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Ongoing

Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital book club

Are you interested in how the existential fear of death shapes society? Do you wonder how we can address injustice? Join our weekly online reading group, Radical Mindfulness, to explore how mindfulness can serve as a powerful tool for political transformation. Together, we'll build a supportive community of care and reflection. Whether you’re seeking connection, inspiration, or fresh perspectives, this space offers an opportunity to learn and grow in solidarity. We meet via Zoom on Sundays. Recordings will be shared after each gathering. -Sundays 6:30 to 8pm ET beginning September 14th -Free to attend -Free PDF of the book from […]

Free

Mortem: Death School for Artists

Mortem is a 10 day online death school for artists with the Biophilium to pursue our curiosity of death and to explore and develop our identities as a death-curious artists. The virtual residency will involve daily live video lectures with international death care and funeral industry workers, historians, biologists and artists on a range of death related topics and several short one on one meetings with artists who make art about death around the world. Built in to the 2- 2.5 hours of daily programming are discussions, recommended assignments and show and tell. The program is designed to give insight […]

$600

Death Cafe + Free Writing Evening

east cafe 2401 East Hastings Street, Vancouver

Come take part in a thoughtful evening of writing and conversation on topics relating to grief, death and dying. Be a part of fostering community and challenging death stigma in North America! Registration Required! Death Café with a twist! Incorporating the practice of free writing, this evening will start with 10-15 minutes of individual free writing on topics/ideas related to death, dying, and grief. From here, the conversational part of the evening will begin, as casual and welcoming group-lead discussion on death and dying frame the rest of the event. What is a death café? Death cafés are casual conversational […]

 


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