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Creating Your Legacy: A compassionate guide to legacy planning | Dying With Dignity Canada Legacy planning is the process of transforming reflections and memories into meaningful action, taking time to purposefully create something lasting for yourself and the people you love and care about.

What will your legacy be? A joint initiative from Dying With Dignity Canada and Pancreatic Cancer North America, our new legacy planning guide can help you transform reflections and memories into meaningful action.

Download it free today. champ.ly/SQmE7STr

Twins in spirit: Loving Donna through her final choice | Dying With Dignity Canada A very dear friend of mine died by MAID today. As I was sitting vigil at my own home during…

Sisters by adoption, Barbara and Donna considered themselves twins. In a new blog post, Barbara shares memories of Donna and reflections on her twin's recent journey with MAID. Read more: champ.ly/NPzhhhsi

Opinion: Who is being protected? Rethinking Alberta’s MAID announcement Opinion: Who is being protected? Rethinking Alberta’s MAiD announcement

"If the very categories Alberta is promising to ban are already banned, who exactly is being "protected"? The answer is, no one." In an opinion piece for Calgary Herald, Cynthia Clark and Tracy Powell unpack Alberta's recent MAID announcement.

Read more: champ.ly/SnjvucdY

Efforts to improve access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) are not attempts to expand the law. Instead, they aim to return to the requirements originally laid out by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Watch our webinar on Carter v Canada to learn more: ow.ly/TCB150WokR6

Assisted dying law approved in Jersey Once the law is given Royal Assent the first legal assisted deaths could happen as early as 2027.

News from around the 🌍: A law to allow terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their own lives was approved today in Jersey. It marks the final legislative stage for the landmark proposals before they get Royal Assent in the UK.

Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Assisted dying law approved in Jersey Once the law is given Royal Assent the first legal assisted deaths could happen as early as 2027.

News from around the 🌍: A law to allow terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their own lives was approved today in Jersey. It marks the final legislative stage for the landmark proposals before they get Royal Assent in the UK.

Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Well worth watching. The Canadians do good work.
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"In My Own Time" | A documentary that looks at what it means to die on one's own terms.

In My Own Time explores this highly personal decision through the stories of patients, clinicians, and experts.

Watch it streaming on-demand. ow.ly/QIxg50Vwyv4

Efforts to improve access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) are not attempts to expand the law. Instead, they aim to return to the requirements originally laid out by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Watch our webinar on Carter v Canada to learn more: ow.ly/TCB150WokR6

What will your legacy be? A joint initiative from Dying With Dignity Canada and Pancreatic Cancer North America, our legacy planning guide can help you transform reflections and memories into meaningful action. Download it here: ow.ly/4rwo50XJR3W

Advance requests | Dying With Dignity Canada An advance request involves a competent person making a written request for medical assistance in dying (MAID) that could be honoured later, after they lose the capacity to make medical decisions for ...

DWDC believes that advance requests for MAID should be a legal end-of-life option for those diagnosed with a grievous and irremediable medical condition. To join us in our effort to ensure this choice for people across Canada, download our Advocacy Toolkit and Action Guide: ow.ly/LVxF50UXPc3

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Although much progress has been made in the over 30 years since Rodriguez's death, there is still work to be done. Today, many people still aren’t eligible because they are in the early stages of a capacity-eroding condition and cannot put in place an advance request for MAID. (2/3)

On this day in 1994, Sue Rodriguez chose to end her life and suffering with the assistance of an anonymous doctor after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against her request for a legal assisted death. Her courageous fight helped spark a national movement for end-of-life rights. (1/3)

A decade of autonomy and choice: Carter v Canada | Dying With Dignity Canada February 6, 2025 marked the 10-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Carter v Canada — which led to the implementation of assisted dying and a transformation of end-of-life rights...

Today marks 11 years since the landmark Supreme Court decision in Carter v Canada, which led to the implementation of assisted dying (MAID) and a transformation of end-of-life rights for people across Canada.

Watch the full webinar ft Jocelyn Downie: ow.ly/eUeg50YaiZg

If You Control the Language, You Control the Fear: How the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Talks About MAiD There was a revealing moment in a February 2, 2026 post on the EPC blog by Alex Schadenberg.

When it comes to medical assistance in dying (MAID), language matters. In their latest post for @maidincanada.bsky.social, Paul Magennis and Kim Carlson break down how opponents of MAID use inflammatory language to distort public understanding — and how you can respond.

Read more: ow.ly/9v8t50Y9o18

Supporting those impacted by cancer | Dying With Dignity Canada On September 19, DWDC was joined by Pancreatic Cancer Canada and Wellspring Alberta to discuss their incredible work and mission to support and empower those impacted by cancer.

This #WorldCancerDay, we're revisiting a webinar featuring experts from Pancreatic Cancer North America and Wellspring Alberta, who joined us to discuss their incredible work and mission to support and empower those impacted by cancer.

Watch now: ow.ly/6efA50Y8UuA

How a B.C. court case could change medical assistance in dying across Canada | CBC News The policy that allows faith-based health-care providers to ban medical assistance in dying in their facilities is being tested now in B.C. Supreme Court. But transfers of MAID patients because the fa...

Every year, hundreds of people across Canada are transferred in their final hours due to MAID restrictions at their health care facilities. Now, the policy that allows faith-based health care providers to ban MAID is being tested in the B.C. Supreme Court.

Read more: ow.ly/TX9f50Y8fST

What the data tells us about gender, sex, and end-of-life | Dying With Dignity Canada Join us in welcoming Dr. Kelli Stajduhar and Dr. Nisha Sutherland as they pull back the curtain on the nuances that often go unnoticed in health data. Our conversation will explore the patterns in access to services, caregiving roles, and decision-making, as well as how these experiences are influenced by broader social determinants such as income, housing, and social support.

Join us on Feb 18 for a webinar exploring what the data tells us about sex, gender, and end-of-life. Dr. Kelli Stajduhar and Dr. Nisha Sutherland will examine the patterns in access to services, caregiving roles, and more.

Register today. https://ow.ly/wLg150Y7BsK

Allow advance requests now | Dying With Dignity Canada The lack of access to advance requests is a critical gap in our country’s assisted dying legislation — and must be corrected.

An advance request would allow people like her to make a written request for MAID while they are still competent to consent. That request could be honoured later, after they lose the capacity to make medical decisions for themselves.

Write a letter today: ow.ly/4eC850Y6h5o

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Shane told us that this is “how we were meant to leave this world.” But because his mother had dementia, she was ultimately unable to access MAID. (2/3)

Shane Burry’s father was living with severe COPD and decided the time was right for MAID. On the day of his provision, surrounded by his children and holding the hand of his wife of 75 years, he told them how much he loved them. “I will be waiting for you!” he said, blowing them all a kiss. (1/3)

Did you know that some publicly funded health care facilities obstruct access to MAID on religious grounds, forcing patients to undergo grueling transfers?

Visit our website to learn more about how you can get involved to stop forced transfers for patients seeking MAID. https://ow.ly/ZUK450WHxi3

Share your story | Dying With Dignity Canada Storytelling connects people through shared experience. If you have supported a loved one on a journey with assisted dying, received a difficult diagnosis yourself, or have encountered barriers to acc...

If you have supported a loved one on a journey with assisted dying, received a difficult diagnosis yourself, or have encountered barriers to accessing the end-of-life choice you want, we are here to listen. Visit our website to share your story today. ow.ly/M67b50X9agZ

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We are grateful for supporters like Lynn who share their stories with us. These stories can inspire and inform other people who are navigating end-of-life issues and realities in Canada and help them take control of their dying process. (2/3)

Supporter Lynn McCartney's father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Facing worsening symptoms and not wanting to suffer any more, he began the process of applying for MAID. Just two weeks before his 90th birthday, he had the peaceful death he desired, surrounded by his loving family. (1/3)

Bringing up MAID in Canada | Dying With Dignity Canada On January 11, the Dying With Dignity Canada team sat down with Caroline Variath and Dr. Tanja Daws to learn about the topic of bringing up MAID in Canada.

Hi there, Thanks for your question - we know it can feel daunting to bring up. You might find this webinar on our website helpful as a way to get started: www.dyingwithdignity.ca/education-re...

Thanks again, and take care.

Grief and a MAID death | Dying With Dignity Canada Grief is a topic that is often overlooked or neglected, yet grief is an experience that impacts people in a…

New on our blog: In this week's blog, a supporter shares the moving story of her husband's journey with MAID, the peace and closure it provided them both, and her experience with grief in the months that followed his death.

Read more. https://ow.ly/i1XE50Y220F

Tell your local representative: All health care facilities that receive taxpayer funding must permit MAID onsite People across Canada are being denied access to medical assistance in dying at publicly funded health care facilities.

Use our letter-writing tools to craft a personalized message that can help your MPP/MLA understand that this issue matters.

Write a letter: Institutional Religious Obstructions — ow.ly/XivB50Y1KmH

Live in BC? Write your MLA with our specialized tool — ow.ly/ATGU50Y1KmI

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We are encouraging people across Canada to write to their local representative and tell them they believe all publicly funded health care facilities, faith-based or not, must allow all legally available health care services, including MAID, onsite. (2/3)

On Monday, January 12, 2026, the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BC) heard a constitutional challenge to end forced transfers of patients seeking access to medical assistance in dying (MAID), in publicly funded, faith-based hospitals. (1/3)