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Practical learning and thoughtful resources for grief, caregiving, serious illness, and end of life.Â
Fall 2026 Courses
Grief Literacy & Integration
A six-week live online course exploring grief as a human experience and developing the understanding, language, and relational capacity to meet it with greater awareness and care. Sessions take place Wednesdays, October 21 through November 25, 2026, from 7:30–9:00 PM Mountain Time. Includes limited-time access to the recordings and a certificate of completion.
$975.00 CAD
Is this Dying?
A two-session live online course offering a non-medical understanding of what may happen as the body begins to change near the end of life. Sessions take place Thursdays, October 22 and 29, 2026, from 7:30–9:00 PM Mountain Time. Includes limited-time access to the recordings and a certificate of completion.
$179.00 CAD
When Someone Is Dying and the Relationship Is Complicated
A two-session live online course exploring the layered emotions, choices, limits, and forms of care that can arise when someone is dying and the relationship has involved hurt, conflict, distance, or disappointment. Sessions take place Thursdays, November 5 and 12, 2026, from 7:30–9:00 PM Mountain Time. Includes limited-time access to the recordings and a certificate of completion.
$179.00 CAD
How Can We Get Along When Someone We Love is Dying?
A two-session live online course exploring why serious illness and dying can intensify family tensions, create disagreement, and expose different ways of coping—and how we may communicate and navigate these differences more thoughtfully. Sessions take place Thursdays, November 19 and 26, 2026, from 7:30–9:00 PM Mountain Time. Includes limited-time access to the recordings and a certificate of completion.
$179.00 CAD
Wednesday Webinars
What if Part of Me Just Wants This to Be Over?
Noon to 1 PM MT | Online | October 7/26
Register for FreeWhat If Forgiveness Doesn’t Come Before Good-bye?
Noon to 1 PM MT | Online | Nov 18/26
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Resources
TTD EOL Doula Care Handbook | PDF
A substantial reference for learning about non-medical end-of-life doula care. Originally developed for TTD’s end-of-life doula education, this handbook brings together guidance and reflection for accompanying people through serious illness, dying, and death. It offers a resource to study at your own pace and return to as your understanding and practice grow. Information about the public healthcare system reflects what was available when the handbook was written (2024). Services, policies, and procedures may have changed, so please check current guidance in your area. The handbook is an educational resource; purchasing it does not enrol you in a course or provide a certificate.
$79.00 CAD
Ten Thousand Doors End of Life Doula Care Handbook | Printed Edition
A substantial reference for learning about non-medical end-of-life doula care. Originally developed for TTD’s end-of-life doula education, this handbook brings together guidance and reflection for accompanying people through serious illness, dying, and death. It offers a resource to study at your own pace and return to as your understanding and practice grow. Information about the public healthcare system reflects what was available when the handbook was written (2024). Services, policies, and procedures may have changed, so please check current guidance in your area. The handbook is an educational resource; purchasing it does not enrol you in a course or provide a certificate. This purchase includes one bound, printed copy mailed to your address. Standard shipping within Canada is included in the $109 CAD price. The PDF edition is sold separately.
$109.00 CAD
CSPE End of Life Doula Care Companion Guide | PDF
A 311-page downloadable companion guide bringing together end-of-life learning, practical tools, and space for reflection. Drawn from materials originally developed through Ten Thousand Doors and carried forward by the Centre for Supportive Palliative Education, this Legacy Public Edition explores death and dying, culture and spirituality, planning, palliative care, rituals, grief, and compassionate presence. It also includes client-care forms and checklists, communication resources, doula self-care tools, and guided meditations. Some sections speak directly to end-of-life doulas; others offer families, caregivers, and interested readers a deeper understanding of the questions and choices that can arise near the end of life. This is a legacy educational resource reflecting the public healthcare knowledge available when its original materials were prepared. Practices, laws, programs, and clinical guidance may have changed; please consult current local resources and qualified professionals when making care or legal decisions. Purchasing the guide does not enrol you in training or provide a certificate. Digital edition: You will receive the complete guide as a downloadable PDF in your CSPE Library. No printed copy is included.
$109.00 CAD
CSPE EOL Doula Care Companion Guide | Printed Version
A 311-page printed companion guide bringing together end-of-life learning, practical tools, and space for reflection. Drawn from materials originally developed through Ten Thousand Doors and carried forward by the Centre for Supportive Palliative Education, this Legacy Public Edition explores death and dying, culture and spirituality, planning, palliative care, rituals, grief, and compassionate presence. It also includes client-care forms and checklists, communication resources, doula self-care tools, and guided meditations. Some sections speak directly to end-of-life doulas; others offer families, caregivers, and interested readers a deeper. This purchase includes one bound, printed copy mailed to your address. Standard shipping within Canada is included in the $139 CAD price. The PDF edition is sold separately.
