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Dialogue on Death & Dying

Dialogue on Death & Dying

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Dialogue on Death & Dying: Dancing Through Decay and Release

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Dancing through Decay and Release: A Site-Specific Performance around Queen’s Park Date: Saturday, November 8 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am Location: Meet outside Bernie Legge Theatre Dancing through Decay and Release: A Site-Specific Performance around Queen’s Park – Celeste Nazeli Snowber. Explore the natural world through a performance of dance, poetry, and spoken word. It […]

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Visual Dialogue on Death & Dying, Grief & Loss

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Exhibition Dates: November 1 – November 28, 2025 Location: Century House, Anvil Community Art Gallery Exhibition Statement We will work to build a community where death is no longer hidden or whispered about. Through visual dialogue, we aim to normalize the totally natural human expression and depth of experience around death and dying. Through art

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Two women sit at a table. A nurse wearing a white shirt and blue lanyard holds open a file folder and smiles as she points out something on the page. The other woman is elderly, she wears a light blue shirt and smiles while nodding.

Dialogue on Death & Dying: Advance Care Planning

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Advance Care Planning Workshop Date: Thursday, November 6 Time: 9:30 – 11:45 AM Location: Century House Advance care planning is for everyone—no matter where you find yourself on your health care journey. Whether you are a young adult or older adult, are healthy or have a chronic illness, now is the best time for you

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Dialogue on Death & Dying: Expressive Art Therapy

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Expressive Arts Therapy Workshop Date: Wednesday, November 5 Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm Location: Century House Engage your imagination, explore feelings, emotions and thoughts in this healing workshop allowing you to explore your grief in a safe space and at your own pace. There is no right or wrong way to express our grief. Using

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Dialogue on Death & Dying: Seven Languages of Sorrow

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Seven Languages of Sorrow Date: Wednesday, November 5 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 pm Location: Typically, in North America we expect grief to be expressed verbally and emotionally which limits people who have other grief languages. Because of our culture’s view of how grief is expressed and its denial of grief in general, we tend to

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Dialogue on Death & Dying: Planning for Peace of Mind

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Planning for Peace of Mind Date: Wednesday, November 5 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 pm Location: Century House End of life planning doesn’t have to be overwhelming, and it can make a real difference for you and those you care about. In this session we’ll explore: What is the Memorial Society of BC, and what part

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2025 Dialogue on Death & Dying

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Returning for its fourth year, the 2025 Dialogue on Death & Dying invites the community to explore one of life’s most universal experiences: Death, Dying, Grief, & Loss. This four-day series features free educational seminars, panel discussions, and special events. Together, we can create a healthier relationship with grief and end-of-life experiences. Events are free

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Call to Artists: 2025 Visual Dialogue on Death & Dying

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The New West Hospice Society is excited to announce that submissions are now open for the 2025 Visual Dialogue on Death & Dying/Grief & Loss. This Community Exhibition aims to build a community where death is no longer hidden or whispered about, and where family and friends can grieve well. We are currently inviting artists

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