indigenous cultures
Death doulas bring dignity to death
Peak Web September 20, 2026By: Cazzy Lewchuk, Staff Writer In many cultures, death doulas provide assistance and care to people in their final stages of life. The doula’s role is to advocate and support. Worldwide, they are becoming more popular as an alternative to the existing end-of-life care offered by healthcare institutions. On both an individual and societal level, death doulas can bring benefits in a difficult time. Specifically, death doulas can enable a dying person more agency to choose the setting in which they receive end-of-life care, and eventually, offer a more comfortable, well-surrounded death. For a long time, death doulas have existed…
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The surreal story of masks and an art movement
Peak Web October 24, 2024By: Tam Nguyen, staff writer Content warning: mentions of racial discrimination, cultural genocide, and colonization. One of the best documentaries I saw this year was So Surreal: Behind the Masks, which played during the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival. Created…
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