Winnipeg Chapter

​​Next events: ACP Workshop on Sat., Mar 21 and Body Options event on Sat., Mar 7.

Patient Rights  +  Advocacy  +  End of Life Options

The Winnipeg chapter of Dying With Dignity Canada is dedicated to educating people on patient rights, advocating on members' behalf when their wishes are not being respected, and fighting for the rights of all Canadians to have a dignified end to life, no matter how they define it.

Advance Care Planning Workshops

A Health Care Directive (sometimes called an Advance Care Plan, Advance Directive, or Living Will), is different from a Power of Attorney.
Contact us if you're interested in attending our next workshop on Advance Care Planning. It's a 2.5-hour intensive session that covers all the relevant issues.

Helpful links:

• Manitoba ACP (blank) (Oct 2019)
• Cheri's completed ACP and Health Care Directive
• Dorothy's completed ​Health Care Directive
• Health Care Directives Act of Manitoba

About Medical Assistance in Dying

Note: Dying With Dignity and the Manitoba MAID team are not the same thing! The MAID team are medical professionals who help patients who want medical assistance in dying. DWD is a non-profit organization dedicated to patient rights and end-of-life issues.

MAID (medical assistance in dying) became legal in June of 2016. There is currently one team based in Winnipeg that coordinates all requests for assistance to die in Manitoba. If you are considering applying for MAID, don't wait until the situation is dire to contact the team; there's a mandatory waiting period. Contact them today for a chat if you're unsure.

• MAID website (Manitoba only)
• MAID patient application form
• Institutions that restrict patient access to MAID
• Bill C-14 in its entirety
• Know your rights as a patient
• Royal Society of Canada's report on assisted death around the globe, 2011.

Contact the MAID team:  

• ​E-mail: maid@sharedhealthmb.ca
• Phone: 204-926-1380 or toll-free: 1-844-891-1825

Can't find what you need? Contact us.

Chapter Events

In our "Death Matters" series, you are welcome to join us to explore all things death-related, including

• Body options in Manitoba (Mar. 7th)
• Will, estate, and legacy issues
• "Death cleaning," including your digital life
• Courageous conversations
• Writing your own obituary

Be warned that this topic attracts people with every conceivable belief, so you may need to whack your inner skeptic over the head before attending. (Note: this is is not a bereavement group.)

Books and Movies

Movies / Videos:

• Terry Pratchett: "Choosing to Die" (YouTube)
• "How to Die in Oregon" (Netflix)

Books:

• "The Power of Love's Connectivity: A Case Study of MAiD" by Don Ayre of Manitoba
• "A Gentle Death" by Marilynne Seguin (Amazon.ca) 
• "All My Puny Sorrows" by Miriam Toews (McNally)
• "How We Die" by Sherwin Newland (Amazon.ca)

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Past events

Rally in favour of the Supreme Court changing the law: October 2014.

Screening of "How to Die in Oregon" with panel speakers MP Stephen Fletcher and Natasha Griffiths, daughter of Susan Griffiths.

"Understanding and completing an Advance Care Plan" training session.