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The Death Doula Ontario Network is a membership-led network focusing on collaboration, on-going learning and resource sharing. Our members have some form of informal AND formal end of life education, and come from diverse backgrounds. 

The Death Doula Ontario Network annual $ 50 membership includes monthly online Zoom network and educational meetings, network events, updates on end of life care resources and tools. 

The Death Doula Ontario Network  was created in the summer of 2020. Olga Nikolajev RN, MA, FT, the founder of the network, wanted to create a space for death doulas who were looking for a safe space to gather and continue their learning both in their end of life care skills and supporting each other in their work.

Network members have been gathering almost weekly since the Network's conception, working on ways to educate the public about end of life care, supporting each other in learning more skills, and sharing their passion in shifting how we talk about and approach death, dying and grief. 

The Network's mission is to gather death doulas across Ontario and serve as the educational and business collaborative community of practice.

The Network's Vision is to increase public knowledge in death literacy, enhance end of life care skills and provide up to date end of life care resources and information.  

​In addition, the Death Doula Ontario Network is part of a global movement, a world mission, to better educate, advocate and empower everyone in their end of life journey.