For twenty five years with counseling and ceremony, Harvard educated theologian Stephen Jenkinson has been guiding individuals, couples, families and communities through all the human sufferings, sorrows and confusions in life.
Formerly a programme director in a major Canadian hospital and assistant professor in a prominent Canadian medical school, now an educator and advocate in the helping professions, spiritual activist and ceremonial man Stephen Jenkinson consults to human service organizations and teaches across North America. He is revolutionizing the way dying and death are understood and practiced in North America.
Jenkinson, a leading Canadian palliative care educator, spiritual activist and author, is taking bookings for his 2010 teaching tour across Canada, the United States and Europe.
Stephen's Orphanwisdom: Griefwalking Teaching Tour distils a dozen years of his clinical counseling, writing, programme development and community education research and teachings. The tour is part critique, part affirmation of core principles, part plea for a community based, culturally informed response to what dying asks of us all. Stephen offers his teachings to professional caregivers in and outside of the medical context, volunteers and administrators, and especially for dying people and their families.
As part of this tour, he will present public screenings of Griefwalker a film by Tim Wilson produced by National Film Board of Canada. This is a feature length documentary and an extraordinary portrait of Stephen's work with dying people. It reveals the cultural and spiritual roots that continue to shape his ideas.
“The Skill of Dying is the same skill as deep living.
I’m trying to teach dying people something of how to
love their dying life”
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A N N O U N C E M E N T
The GRIEFWALKER DVD, Stephen's HOW IT ALL COULD BE companion book and his first live recorded teaching ANGEL and EXECUTIONER are now available for purchase: contact@orphanwisdom.com
Welcome to Orphanwisdom, the home of Stephen Jenkinson’s writing and teaching work. Orphanwisdom is a teaching house and a learning house for the skills of deep living and making human culture. It is a redemptive project that comes from where we come from. It is rooted in knowing history, being claimed by ancestry, working for a time not our own.
2010 Orphanwisdom Tour Listings (by date)
To inquire about one of these events, to register or bring a workshop to your community: contact@orphanwisdom.com
June 9th & 10th in BELLEVILLE, ON
(C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S)
Wednesday, June 9th (6:30pm start-9:30pm)
public Griefwalker screening and talk led by Stephen Jenkinson
at Maranatha Church, 100 College St. West, Belleville, ON
Tickets: $10 at the door
and
Thursday, June 10th (9:00-3:30pm)
The Tangled Garden of Wisdom & Grief by Stephen Jenkinson
at Maranatha Church, 100 College St. West, Belleville, ON
TO REGISTER Call (613)966-6610 or bonniedelaney@hospice-quinte.ca
There is considerable benefit for those registered for the workshop to attend the Griefwalker screening. The shared experience of seeing the film and seeing the public response is a galvanizing experience to bring to the teaching event the following day.
June 12 & 13th in DEACON, ON
(C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S)
Saturday June 12th (9am - 3pm) and Sunday June 13th (9am - 3pm)
THE SKIN OF THE WORLD: Hide tanning workshop by Stephen Jenkinson
The ages-old skills of hide and fur tanning came from a lived understanding of animal ways, and from a hard earned ceremonialized understanding of the place of hunting and food preparation in village and personal life. These skills are rooted in an always renewed and relearned relationship of human life and animal life, a relationship severed by commercialized, industrialized ways of ‘processing’ animals.
This hands-on workshop will teach the techniques and the deep history of leather tanning.
Note: This is at minimum a two day workshop. A short list of tools/materials is provided at registration.
Fee: $80 per person or $95 includes lunches & refreshments
Register: EMAIL: contact@orphanwisdom.com
August, 18th-22nd in DEACON, ON
Stephen Jenkinson's School (year 1 of 2: session 1 of 4)
FAITHFUL WITNESS TO THE END OF A LIFE: The master course in the care of dying people
EMAIL: contact@orphanwisdom.com
August 23rd, 24th and 26th in MONTREAL, QC
"Psyche-Nature-Culture" 18th Annual International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) Congress
Healing in a Multicultural World: Jungian Analysts Encounter First Nation Healers panel with Stephen Jenkinson
(panel times 17:00-18:30 on all three days)
September 17/18/19 in IDAHO
Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival - (C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S)
public Griefwalker screening and Q&A led by Stephen Jenkinson
and
The Tangled Garden of Wisdom and Grief teaching by Stephen Jenkinson
EMAIL: contact@orphanwisdom.com
October 1st-6th on Cortes Island, BC
6 day - Homecoming: A Master Class in Living and Dying by Stephen Jenkinson
Hollyhock Retreat Centre
The relentless pursuit of self-reliance and self-improvement in our culture is rooted in our lost connection to the common stories, homeland, and ancestors that bind and unite us. The times now ask that we begin to recognize the world’s suffering in our own. Learn how individuals, couples, families and communities cope with human suffering, sorrow and confusion, and what it might look like to live and die well. Use small group work, film study, individual consultation with the teacher, and guidance in prayer and ritual to gain a deeper capacity for personal grief, and for spiritual activism. As we learn to deal with brokenheartedness, we gain the tools to rebuild our communities. When we can see and recognize that life ends, we can be fully alive.
Full description available at: http://orphanwisdom.homestead.com/page04.html
TO REGISTER CALL: 800 933 6339 ext. 232 or 250 935 6576 (outside North America)
EMAIL: registration@hollyhock.ca
or WRITE to: Hollyhock, PO Box 127, Manson's Landing, Cortes Island, B.C. Canada V0P1K0
October 25th & 26th in HUNTSVILLE, ON
(C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S)
October 25th - 6:30pm start at the Algonquin Theatre
public Griefwalker screening and talk led by Stephen Jenkinson
Algonquin Theatre in Hunstsville
Register details from Paula at riveroflive.muskoka@gmail.com
and
October 26th - 9am-3pm
Griefwalking: The Soul of the Well-Lived Life - A workshop by Stephen Jenkinson
Huntsville, details t.b.c.
Register details from Paula at riveroflive.muskoka@gmail.com
There is considerable benefit for those registered for the workshop to attend the Griefwalker screening. The shared experience of seeing the film and seeing the public response is a galvanizing experience to bring to the teaching event the following day.
November 5th in Tatamagouche, NS
Tatamagouche Centre
public Griefwalker screening and Q&A led by Stephen Jenkinson
CALL: 1-800-218-2220
EMAIL: tatacent@tatacentre.ca
November 6th and 7th in Tatamagouche, NS
Tatamagouche Centre
weekend workshop "Griefwalking: The Soul of the Well Lived Life" by Stephen Jenkinson
There is considerable benefit for those registered for the workshop to attend the Griefwalker screening. The shared experience of seeing the film and seeing the public response is a galvanizing experience to bring to the teaching event the following day.
end November - a 6 day teaching series in HAMILTON, ON
(C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S)
date t.b.c.
No One Gets Out of Here Alive: Young people and death by Stephen Jenkinson
A workshop for high school students, teachers and counselors
Hamilton, location t.b.c.
and
date t.b.c.
public Griefwalker screening and talk led by Stephen Jenkinson
Hamilton, details t.b.c.
and
dates t.b.c.
A series of workshops by Stephen Jenkinson
Hamilton, details t.b.c.
TO REGISTER contact Nathalie at contact@orphanwisdom.com
There is considerable benefit for those registered for the workshop to attend the Griefwalker screening. The shared experience of seeing the film and seeing the public response is a galvanizing experience to bring to the teaching event the following day.
end November - a 2 day teaching series in GUELPH, ON
(C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S)
date t.b.c.
public Griefwalker screening and talk led by Stephen Jenkinson
Hamilton, details t.b.c.
and
dates t.b.c.
A weekend long teaching by Stephen Jenkinson
Guelph, details t.b.c.
TO REGISTER contact Nathalie at contact@orphanwisdom.com
There is considerable benefit for those registered for the workshop to attend the Griefwalker screening. The shared experience of seeing the film and seeing the public response is a galvanizing experience to bring to the teaching event the following day.
2011- February, 17th - 21st in DEACON, ON
Stephen Jenkinson's MENTORSHIP Programme - session 2 of 4
MIDWIFE TO THE END OF A LIFE: The master course in the care of dying people
EMAIL: contact@orphanwisdom.com
2011- August, 17th - 21st in DEACON, ON
Stephen Jenkinson's MENTORSHIP Programme - session 3 of 4
MIDWIFE TO THE END OF A LIFE: The master course in the care of dying people
EMAIL: contact@orphanwisdom.com
We look forward to our events in MAUI, on WHIDBEY ISLAND, on VANCOUVER ISLAND and in DEASE LAKE and TELEGRAPH CREEK
details to be confirmed
February 2012 in DEACON, ON
Stephen Jenkinson's MENTORSHIP Programme - session 4 of 4
MIDWIFE TO THE END OF A LIFE: The master course in the care of dying people
EMAIL: contact@orphanwisdom.com
and thanks to all who made these past events so great
April 22-25 in Winnipeg, MB
Annual Continuing Education Conference - Keynote Speech and Workshop by Stephen Jenkinson
11:15-12:00-Keynote: Hopeless, Hopeful, Hopefree: What every GP could know about patient centered care and dying people. This keynote address will question some of the central tenets of the current care model governing the medical care of dying people and, using research on patient expectations of physicians, challenge the enduring belief in fostering an uncritically supportive, hope-based relationship in the terminal stage of palliative care.
13:45-14:30-Workshop: Dying Centered Care: What terminally ill people deserve from the health care system. This workshop will offer participants a model of palliative care which asks both caregivers and patients to pursue dying as the goal of care, and to grow an enduring expertise in dying and what it asks of us all.
19:00-22:00-Griefwalker screening and Q&A led by Stephen Jenkinson
and
April 7th & 8th in RICHMOND HILL, ON
Wed. April 7th - 6pm start
public Griefwalker screening and Q&A led by Stephen Jenkinson
(C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T)
Both events at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St
Tickets: $12 at the door, elders & students pay $10 (Donations to Hospice are welcome)
and
Thurs. April 8th - 9:15 start
Good Dying: Is there such a thing? Whose job is it? and Suffering: Ours or theirs? by Stephen Jenkinson
Both events at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St.
Tickets: $50 (pre-registration recommended)
REGISTER: call Hospice Richmond Hill
There is considerable benefit for those registered for the workshop to attend the Griefwalker screening. The shared experience of seeing the film and seeing the public response is a galvanizing experience to bring to the teaching event the following day.
and
April 9th & 10th in COBOURG, ON
(C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S)
Friday, April 9th (6:30pm start)
public Griefwalker screening and Q&A led by Stephen Jenkinson
at Salvation Army Cobourg Community Church, 59 Ballantine St
Tickets: $10 at the door
and
Saturday, April 10th (9:15-3:15pm)
The Tangled Garden of Wisdom & Grief by Stephen Jenkinson
at Salvation Army Cobourg Community Church, 59 Ballantine Street
TO REGISTER contact Donna or Francesca at LIFEWALK
There is considerable benefit for those registered for the workshop to attend the Griefwalker screening. The shared experience of seeing the film and seeing the public response is a galvanizing experience to bring to the teaching event the following day.
and
April 12th in GUELPH, ON
(C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T sponsored by the Sacred Wisdom Centre and supported by the Guelph Seminar)
Monday, April 12th (7pm-10pm)
public Griefwalker screening and talk led by Stephen Jenkinson
at arcourt Memorial United Church, 87 Dean Avenue, Guelph, ON
Tickets: $15 (including gst) at door or
purchase tickets in advance by cheque to Sacred Wisdom Centre, 304 Stone Road W., Suite 529, Guelph, ON
Inquiries: Barbara.Susan.Booth@sympatico.ca
March 26th & 27 in TERRACE BAY, ON
Fri. March 26th, 12:40 – 2:40pm
( O N L Y for Lake Superior High school, not a public event )
No One Gets Out of Here Alive: Young people and death by Stephen Jenkinson
A workshop for high school students, teachers and counselors
at Lake Superior High School (Gymnasium) in Terrace Bay, ON
and
Fri March 26, 6:30pm start to -9:30/10pm
public Griefwalker screening and Q&A led by Stephen Jenkinson
(C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T)
$5 at door, at Lake Superior High School (Gymnasium)
and via videostream
in Marathon -(videoconferenced) at the Superior Greenstone District School Board Offices–Board Room, 12 Hemlo Drive
and
Sat. March 27, 9am-3pm
The Tangled Garden of Wisdom and Grief by Stephen Jenkinson
at Lake Superior High School (Gymnasium)
Workshop Fee: $ 20.- Pre-registration required.
The sure way for you
to attend any workshop that interests you is to
become a local sponsor and help to make a teaching event that we could present in your neighbourhood.
Ph: (613) 757-8004
