Posted by AnnekeTom


'A Death Cafe at the South Granville Seniors Centre' in Vancouver, Canada

Hosted by Anneke Rees and Tom Esakin


Date:

May 5, 2016

Start time:

1:00 p.m. (PST)

End time:

3:00 p.m. (PST)

Address:

South Granville Seniors Centre

1420 West 12th Avenue

in the "Activity Room"

Vancouver, B.C.

V6H 1M8

Canada

 

Free of charge.

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About this Death Cafe

        Everyone is welcome!

 

“A Death Café at the South Granville Seniors Centre" is generously supported by the South Granville Seniors Centre, which is so kindly donating the meeting space, tea, & cake for this Death Café.


About Anneke Rees and Tom Esakin

Anneke Rees holds 30 years of experience in the health care system, including as a palliative care paid-trainer and volunteer, and also on staff as a former Leader of Volunteer Resources for Providence Health Care - St. Paul's Hospital. She is currently a member of the Canadian College of Health Leaders and a coach in their Executive Mentorship Program, and offers professional supports in hospice care.

 

Tom Esakin is formally-trained as an interfaith spiritual companion / director through the Jubilee Associates in Canada, is the interfaith spiritual director for the Julian of Norwich Ministry in Spiritual Companioning at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Vancouver, and offers spiritual supports through Reflective Presence. His life has unexpectedly come to frequently encounter death (whether of friends, family, or acquaintances) and this has spawned for him an interest in death. This includes his learning about ‘death doulas’ and his completing courses in "Making Peace with Death and Dying" and "Sacred Presence with the Dying."  Tom is a member of SDI-Spiritual Directors International.