Contemplative End of Life Care
Canada's first program in Contemplative End of Life Care provides training opportunities and mentorship for hospice staff, palliative care professionals, psychotherapists, health-care practitioners, social workers, spiritual care professionals and laypersons interested in acquiring competencies that would allow them to be of service to their communities within the discipline of end of life care.
We aim to make dying an experience that holds the potential for profound meaning and transformation for both the dying, and the communities supporting them.
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Purpose
The CEOLC Program was developed as part of a larger effort to improve end of life care in Canada. We are committed to our role as a leader in a revolutionary development of human awareness that is transforming how we live, die and relate to others.
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Schedule
Through 5 modules scheduled over a 5 month period (with additional live sessions), you will learn with leading clinicians and practitioners in the growing field of end of life care. Modules consist of experiential components, readings, and personal reflections.
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Approach
You will be introduced to a multiplicity of tools and practices which allow you to serve the dying with sensitivity and skill while cultivating capacity for presence and compassion through the practice of mindfulness and therapeutic relationship approaches.
Part of what we are doing now in this work of raising up the doula approach, recapturing a different way of being with dying is a way of recovering some of the legacies that we have lost touch with.
Henry Fersko-Weiss
CEOLC HIGHLIGHTS
Affordability
- Flexible Payment Plans
- Scholarships Available
- Learn more for less
Virtual Program
- Virtual Classroom via Zoom
- Part-time Weekend Schedule
- Study from anywhere
Faculty Experience
- Learn with Local & International Visionaries in EOL
- Practical & Experiential in-class exercises
- Connections & Resources in EOLC
*NEXT COHORT SCHEDULE & DATES
Please open & review the APPLICATION below for current dates
CONTEMPLATIVE APPROACH
Our training program introduces a contemplative dimension to end of life care through educating and enhancing a trainees' fluency in the bio-psycho-social-spiritual and legal, ethical and medical dimensions of caring for the dying and preparing them to serve in a variety of environments including private homes, hospices, and community organizations.
Featured Organization
An innovative gathering of some of the most influential, stimulating and inspirational minds and change-makers; from leaders in the fields of end life care & medicine, to wellness, art and spirituality. Join us as we re-imagine, experience and reconcile our relationship and understanding of life and death. Join the movement to explore how we can transform how we die & celebrate life!
You cannot peel away death from life.
Part of the problem is we've sequestered the two.
BJ Miller
MEET THE TEAM
We are beyond honoured to work with some of the most experienced, skilled and generous practitioners in End of Life Care.
Russell Hilliard
MSW/Music Therapist
Mutamba Rainos
Musician/Educator
Leonard Benoit
Indigenous Health Advocate
Kunga Sherab
Khenpo/Professor
Nino Sekopet
Psychotherapist
Sameet Kumar
Psychotherapist
Ken Pitawanakwat
Grief Educator
Mahoganie Hines
Palliative Care Nurse
Sun Drews
Funeral Director
Rosemarie Baker
Palliative Care Nurse
Jerrigrace Lyons
Death Educator
Tiana Dargent
Queer Deathcare
Naheed Dosani
Palliative Care Physician
Marco Mascarin
Psychotherapist
Sarah Maronne
Funeral Director
Henry Fersko-Weiss
Social Worker
Amelia Manera
Lawyer
Simon Colgan
Palliative Care Physician
Anne Huizingh
Funeral Director
Frequently Asked Questions
FOR CURRENT SCHEDULE & DATES - OPEN THE APPLICATION
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We have crafted a series of CEU and public interest events in the areas of end of life care, living and dying well with both local and international visionaries, authors and teachers. It is a wonderful way to experience the environment of mindful, compassionate learning that we have created at ITM.
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PALLIATIVE MASSAGE CERTIFICATION
Dying in Good Hands: Certificate Training with Christine Sutherland
Who Should Join
- Hospice & Longterm Care Workers
- Integrative Health Professionals
- Massage Therapists
- Volunteers, Family & Friends
Curriculum
- Effective, safe massage & hydrotherapy
- Massage techniques for various conditions
- Practical training at local end of life facility
- Wheel Chair Massage
Christine Sutherland
- Over 3 decades of teaching massage
- Co-Founder of Sutherland-Chan School
- International Speaker/Teacher
- Author of Dying & Birthing in Good Hands