Ms. Christa Ovenell

Founder, Death’s Apprentice Education & Planning

Death, dying, demographics, aging, end-of-life, green burial, environmentalism, green disposition, medical assistance in dying.

Media

I'm Dead Now What - 101

Allan FinancialTelevision

URL: https://www.facebook.com/allanfinancial/videos/416923913553553/

CBC North by NorthwestRadio/Podcast

URL: https://deathsapprentice.ca/nxnw

Talk Me to DeathRadio/Podcast

URL: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3RtdGRwb2QvZmVlZC54bWw/episode/dG10ZHBvZC5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS9kNGMyZWUyYS1mOGQzLTNiYzYtOWUxMy01MzVlNDU3MDg1OWU?ep=6&hl=en-CA&ved=2ahUKEwiK74TX0Zb3AhWmJTQIHZAJB6gQjrkEegQIAhAL

Transformation Talk RadioRadio/Podcast

URL: https://www.transformationtalkradio.com/e/32851

Workshops help normalize death and dying in Vancouver

Vancouver SunOnline

URL: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/workshops-help-normalize-death-and-dying-in-vancouver

SFU Alumni Christa Ovenell hosts a four-part series engaging in open and honest conversations about death

The PeakOnline

URL: https://the-peak.ca/2020/02/sfu-alumni-christa-ovenell-hosts-a-four-part-series-engaging-in-open-and-honest-conversations-about-death/

SFYou: Christa Ovenell talks death, education, and where they meet

The PeakOnline

URL: https://the-peak.ca/2020/10/sfyou-christa-ovenell-talks-death-education-and-where-they-meet/

Biography

Christa Ovenell is the founder of Death’s Apprentice Education and Planning. Her company specializes in holistic advance care planning for individuals, families, and forward-thinking companies. She is a licensed funeral director and embalmer, as well as an end-of-life doula, community death educator and columnist on CBC Radio’s province-wide weekend morning show "North by Northwest”. She takes a heart-centred, pragmatic approach to difficult topics, helping people get comfortable thinking about, talking about, and planning for life’s only certainty. She can be found on Instagram and deathsapprentice.ca.

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