Death Education Fair on March 2, 2025
For many, conversations about death remain uncomfortable, often avoided until we have no choice but to face them. Yet, understanding the end of life—just as we do birth, growth, and change—can provide clarity, reduce fear, and help us make informed choices that align with our values.
Join Way To Go for a Death Education Fair on Sunday, March 2nd, from 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the Quadra Community Centre. This event offers a welcoming space to explore topics of aging, death, dying, and grief with openness and curiosity. Our goal is to expand awareness, foster comfort with these important conversations, and highlight local, natural, and community-centered approaches to end-of-life care.
The Fair will feature informational tables covering topics such as estate and personal planning, community-led death care, natural burial, caskets and shrouds, Threshold Choir, hospice, grief and loss, MAiD, and more. Attendees are encouraged to browse at their own pace, ask questions, and engage with knowledgeable members of their own community who can offer guidance and insight.
You are invited to bring a picture or memento to place on the “In Remembrance” table. In this way, you can acknowledge your grief for those you miss, and show your gratitude for how their lives have touched yours.
In the Green Room, relax in the Death Cafe and engage in guided conversation while enjoying tea and cookies.
In the Yoga Room, we’ll have four scheduled 20-minute presentations on: Compassionate Communities, Estate and Personal Planning, Community-Led Death Care, and the Quadra Island Cemetery.
The result of living in a society that is shy to talk about death is that our knowledge about what is possible is often narrow and limited. Hearing words like hospice, palliative, and death can paralyze us. While we still have the capacity to explore and the time to ponder, let us acknowledge our mortality and empower ourselves with knowledge.
The Death Education Fair is an opportunity to learn, expand, reflect, and connect in a relaxed environment. Whether you’re planning ahead, supporting a loved one, or simply curious, we look forward to seeing you on March 2nd at the Quadra Community Centre.