Funeral Celebrant

Join us for an in depth exploration of funeral celebrant work. This course will guide you through the many ways people can be honoured before and after death, with care, intention, and respect for individual values and beliefs.

Upon completion, you will feel confident planning and gently leading end of life and memorial services that are tailored to each client’s needs and wishes. You will be able to support individuals and families in navigating options for pre death goodbyes and post death rituals, and help them create meaningful legacy and life review projects that honour their stories and the mark they wish to leave behind.

Topics: Home Funerals, Wakes, Celebrations of Life, Legacy Projects, and Life Reviews, Life Interviews, Spirituality.

$150 For The Day

2026 Dates: April 16th, August 6th, November 19th

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MAiD Specialist

MAiD stands for Medical Assistance in Dying and refers to a legal process that allows an eligible person to receive assistance from a medical practitioner to end their life. This process can carry deep emotional, ethical, familial, and spiritual weight for everyone involved.

Over three days, we explore MAiD in depth, including legal frameworks, eligibility and assessment processes, social and family impacts, and the layers of death, dying, and grief that often surround this choice. The course also focuses on compassionate client support, clear communication, and understanding the full process from beginning to end.

You will leave this course equipped to confidently and ethically support clients and families through MAiD related conversations and decisions, while remaining grounded in your role, scope, and presence throughout the provision and after death care.

$300 For Three Days

2026 Course Dates:

February 23rd, 24th, 25th

October 5th, 6th, 7th

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End Of Life Animal Care 1

During this course, you will learn how to compassionately support animals at the end of their lives, with a focus on comfort, dignity, and ethical care. We explore ways to offer calm presence and practical support to animals, as well as education and guidance for the humans who love and care for them, including pet guardians, caretakers, veterinary professionals, farm workers, and animal care teams.

You will learn how to discuss and support end of life options with clarity and sensitivity, always prioritizing safety, well being, and the unique needs of each animal. This course equips you to provide thoughtful, compassionate care to animals of all sizes, while also supporting the emotional experience of those who walk alongside them.

Topics: Animal Doula Essentials, Components of Compassionate Care, Pet Hospice & Palliative Care, and Post Death Options & Support.

$150.00

2026 Dates: April 1st, July 23rd, November 5th

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End of Life Animal Care 2

During this course, you will advance to a much higher level of learning how to support animals at the end of their lives, with a focus on comfort, dignity, and ethical care. We explore ways to offer calm presence and practical support to animals, as well as real education and practical guidance for the humans who love and care for them, including pet guardians, caretakers, veterinary professionals, farm workers, and animal care teams.

You will learn how to discuss and support a much wider range of animals, their end of life options with more clarity and sensitivity than level 1, always prioritizing safety, well being, and the unique needs of each animal.

Topics:

Animal Hospice and Palliative Care 2, Decline - Disability - Death, Practical Patient Issues and Veterinarian care, Quality of Life in the Animal Hospice Patient, Understanding the Animal Death Experience, critical care and emergency situations. 

$300

2026 Course Dates:

March 23rd, 24th, 25th

November 30th, December 1st, 2nd

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Pregnancy & Infant Loss

This course is well suited for those looking to expand their knowledge and deepen their practice, as well as for individuals who wish to specialize in prenatal and infant end of life care. It offers compassionate, grounded education for supporting families through some of the most tender and complex forms of loss.

This training is also a valuable addition for birth and postpartum doulas, neonatal and perinatal care professionals, and others working closely with families during early life transitions. It is equally appropriate for those seeking greater understanding and support for themselves or for loved ones, providing thoughtful guidance rooted in sensitivity, respect, and care.

Topics: Miscarriage, 1st - 2nd - 3rd Trimester loss, SIDS, Death from Birth Defects, Death from Injury, Pregnancy Grief, Grieving and Conceiving, and Postpartum Grief, New Parent Grief, and more

$150.00

2026 Dates: January 22nd, May 14th, September 3rd, December 17th

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Vigil Planning

Death vigils have been held for centuries as a sacred and communal response to dying. Traditionally, when a person was approaching death, family members, friends, and spiritual or community leaders would gather at the bedside to offer quiet presence, prayer, song, storytelling, and support. These vigils were not only a way of caring for the dying person, but also a way of holding and supporting one another through the transition.

Rooted in connection rather than intervention, death vigils honour the natural process of dying by ensuring that no one is alone and that the moment of transition is met with compassion, reverence, and shared humanity.

Topics: Creating a Vigil Plan, Advocacy & Comfort, Ritual & Comfort Care, The Active Dying Process, What Happens after Death.

$150.00

2026 Start Dates: February 19th, June 11th, October 1st

Grief & Mourning

This course is designed to build awareness and understanding of how loss and death affect us uniquely and in deeply personal ways.

Students are guided to understand grief not only through the death of a loved one, but also through the lived experiences of grief. This holistic perspective allows for deeper empathy, clearer communication, and more meaningful support across the full spectrum of death and dying.

Topics: Mourning, Grief and Bereavement, Communication Skills, Supportive Grief Therapy, Triggers & Traumas, Foundational Counselling Concepts.

$150.00

2026 Dates: February 5th, May 28th, September 17th

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Children & Grief

Throughout this three day course, we explore how grief shows up at each developmental stage, physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Students learn how to hold space for difficult and sensitive conversations, apply practical tools and supportive activities, understand foundational theories and core concepts, and adapt caregiving approaches to meet the unique needs of each age group.

Topics: Supporting Our Youngest Grievers, Children & Grief, Teens & Grief, Counselling & Therapy, Trauma & Triggers

$300

2026 Dates: 

April 27th, 28th, 29th

December 7th, 8th, 9th

Acute & Chronic

End of Life Care

This course is dedicated to an in depth exploration of acute and chronic care as they relate to the final stages of life. Students will examine how sudden health changes and long term illness each shape the dying experience in different ways, and how care needs evolve across these timelines.

The focus sits on recognizing physical, emotional, and psychosocial changes, adapting various approaches, and learning how to support individuals and families. We aim to help students feel more confident when navigating complex end of life situations across a wide range of circumstances.

Topics: Quality of care in acute & chronic settings, Acute Deaths & Chronic Deaths, Emergency & Long Term Care Specialties, Tools Boxes, Scope of Practice, Holistic Comfort, Care Techniques

$150.00

2026 Dates: January 22nd, May 14th, September 3rd, December 17th