BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MAX Ottawa - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://maxottawa.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MAX Ottawa REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250812T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250812T203000 DTSTAMP:20250609T161639Z CREATED:20250607T233135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T161639Z UID:10003129-1755025200-1755030600@maxottawa.ca SUMMARY:Queer Death Salon DESCRIPTION:Thanatophobia is the fear of death. It can involve fear of the dying process (often a fear of pain or discomfort)\, fear of the afterlife (or lack thereof)\, fear of being forgotten\, fear that life is meaningless\, and fear of missing out! This month we will be talking about our fears around our own deaths\, how we manage them\, and how we don’t! \n\n\n\nQueer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death\, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \n\n\n\nQueer Death Salon takes place over Zoom\, in English\, with Automatic Closed Captioning URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-6/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa,Regular programming,Service ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:Queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com LOCATION:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-6/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250715T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250715T203000 DTSTAMP:20250609T161722Z CREATED:20250607T232759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T161722Z UID:10003128-1752606000-1752611400@maxottawa.ca SUMMARY:Queer Death Salon DESCRIPTION:The dead can leave behind so much stuff\, from a few sentimental items\, to entire homes stuffed to the brim. What to do with it can be complex and filled with conflicting emotions. This is a space to explore our relationships with the physical objects left behind by the dead\, what to keep\, what to pass on\, what we are having hard feelings about\, and what we celebrate. \n\n\n\nQueer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death\, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \n\n\n\nQueer Death Salon takes place over Zoom\, in English\, with Automatic Closed Captioning. URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-5/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa,Regular programming,Service ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:Queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com LOCATION:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-5/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250617T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250617T203000 DTSTAMP:20250601T160522Z CREATED:20250413T194957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T160522Z UID:10002438-1750186800-1750192200@maxottawa.ca SUMMARY:Queer Death Salon DESCRIPTION:End of Life and Disability \n\n\n\nWelcome to the Queer Death Salon happening on June 17th\, 2025! We will be joined by Carrie Batt\, founder of SEOL CARE for a presentation and discussion about disability at end of life. Carrie trains people with disabilities\, their loves ones\, and service providers on how to develop a disability informed approach to end of life and grief support. She also offers disability competent end of life care and bereavement support services to the disability community. \n\n\n\nThis is a facilitated drop-in discussion space\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \n\n\n\nAttendees are welcome to come with questions\, stories\, or special objects to share with the group. URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-4/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa,Regular programming,Service ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:Queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com LOCATION:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-4/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250530T210000 DTSTAMP:20250413T200001Z CREATED:20250413T195949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T200001Z UID:10002440-1748631600-1748638800@maxottawa.ca SUMMARY:Telling My Queer Story DESCRIPTION:Taking place over TWO SESSIONS May 29th and May 30th 7-9pm eastern time with the same link. \n\n\n\nFacilitated by Jeffrey Canton and Hosted by Queer Community Deathcare We often share anecdotes about our daily experiences as 2SLGBTQIA+ without realizing their potential as stories. This workshop will teach you how to transform these “moments of being” into a compelling work of art. By focusing on one or more meaningful life experiences\, you’ll learn to shape a written piece that highlights the importance of these moments and connects deeply with readers. As a storyteller\, Jeffrey Canton also wants to encourage participants to tell their stories aloud – perhaps making a video of you relating your story \n\n\n\nDAY 1 May 29th Workshop Highlights: A focus on finding ways to create a narrative that explores how you could share meaningful life experiences through storytelling\, \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand the basics of personal storytelling and its impact \n\n\n\nShape personal stories into artistic experiences through the use of a variety of memory tools including writing prompts and photographs \n\n\n\nExplore various storytelling techniques including using online sources to add depth to your story and\, for those interested\, including adding music\, video\, or other performance tools to your piece \n\n\n\nDevelop a spoken word performance piece if interested for live or video presentation \n\n\n\n\nBy the end of this workshop\, you’ll have the tools to craft and share powerful personal stories. \n\n\n\nDAY 2 May 30th Workshop Highlights: You will learn how to make your story come to life both as a written and as a performance piece\, highlighting both your own experience but also considering your story’s universality so that the importance of these moments of being will connects deeply with readers or with listeners. \n\n\n\n\nConsider how personal 2SLGBTQIA+ storytelling creates a unique space for empathy and understanding and how you can use the sharing of individual experiences to explore voices and perspectives that might not have otherwise had a space to be heard \n\n\n\nShape personal stories into artistic experiences that focus on both the individual and the universal and learn the value of creating a safe space in which to tell personal narratives \n\n\n\nContinue to explore various storytelling techniques\, including adding music\, video\, or other performance tools to enhance the piece participants will be creating \n\n\n\nContinue to develop a written narrative that could also be transformed into a spoken word performance piece for live or video presentation \n\n\n\n\nAccess Details: \n\n\n\nThis workshop takes place virtually on zoom in English. \n\n\n\nThis workshop takes place over two 2-hour sessions. \n\n\n\nAutomatic closed captioning is enabled. \n\n\n\nParticipants can engage with their cameras on or off\, can unmute to speak when ready\, can raise their hands to be called on\, and can type in the chat with their contributions read out loud by the host. URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/telling-my-queer-story/2025-05-30/ CATEGORIES:Advocacy & empowerment,Art,Service ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:Queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com LOCATION:https://maxottawa.ca/list/telling-my-queer-story/2025-05-30/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250529T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250529T210000 DTSTAMP:20250413T200001Z CREATED:20250413T195949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T200001Z UID:10002439-1748545200-1748552400@maxottawa.ca SUMMARY:Telling My Queer Story DESCRIPTION:Taking place over TWO SESSIONS May 29th and May 30th 7-9pm eastern time with the same link. \n\n\n\nFacilitated by Jeffrey Canton and Hosted by Queer Community Deathcare We often share anecdotes about our daily experiences as 2SLGBTQIA+ without realizing their potential as stories. This workshop will teach you how to transform these “moments of being” into a compelling work of art. By focusing on one or more meaningful life experiences\, you’ll learn to shape a written piece that highlights the importance of these moments and connects deeply with readers. As a storyteller\, Jeffrey Canton also wants to encourage participants to tell their stories aloud – perhaps making a video of you relating your story \n\n\n\nDAY 1 May 29th Workshop Highlights: A focus on finding ways to create a narrative that explores how you could share meaningful life experiences through storytelling\, \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand the basics of personal storytelling and its impact \n\n\n\nShape personal stories into artistic experiences through the use of a variety of memory tools including writing prompts and photographs \n\n\n\nExplore various storytelling techniques including using online sources to add depth to your story and\, for those interested\, including adding music\, video\, or other performance tools to your piece \n\n\n\nDevelop a spoken word performance piece if interested for live or video presentation \n\n\n\n\nBy the end of this workshop\, you’ll have the tools to craft and share powerful personal stories. \n\n\n\nDAY 2 May 30th Workshop Highlights: You will learn how to make your story come to life both as a written and as a performance piece\, highlighting both your own experience but also considering your story’s universality so that the importance of these moments of being will connects deeply with readers or with listeners. \n\n\n\n\nConsider how personal 2SLGBTQIA+ storytelling creates a unique space for empathy and understanding and how you can use the sharing of individual experiences to explore voices and perspectives that might not have otherwise had a space to be heard \n\n\n\nShape personal stories into artistic experiences that focus on both the individual and the universal and learn the value of creating a safe space in which to tell personal narratives \n\n\n\nContinue to explore various storytelling techniques\, including adding music\, video\, or other performance tools to enhance the piece participants will be creating \n\n\n\nContinue to develop a written narrative that could also be transformed into a spoken word performance piece for live or video presentation \n\n\n\n\nAccess Details: \n\n\n\nThis workshop takes place virtually on zoom in English. \n\n\n\nThis workshop takes place over two 2-hour sessions. \n\n\n\nAutomatic closed captioning is enabled. \n\n\n\nParticipants can engage with their cameras on or off\, can unmute to speak when ready\, can raise their hands to be called on\, and can type in the chat with their contributions read out loud by the host. URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/telling-my-queer-story/2025-05-29/ CATEGORIES:Advocacy & empowerment,Art,Service ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:Queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com LOCATION:https://maxottawa.ca/list/telling-my-queer-story/2025-05-29/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250506T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250506T203000 DTSTAMP:20250413T194454Z CREATED:20250413T194445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T194454Z UID:10002437-1746558000-1746563400@maxottawa.ca SUMMARY:Queer Death Salon DESCRIPTION:Loss by Overdose and Tainted Supply \n\n\n\nWelcome to the Queer Death Salon happening on May 6\, 2025! Join us for a virtual gathering for people who have lost someone or multiple people to overdose and tainted supply and who are loooking to share space with people who have experienced similar circumstances. \n\n\n\nThese kinds of losses carry particular griefs related to stigma\, invalidation of the loss\, failure to ‘save’ a loved one\, guilt\, confusion\, anger and more. \n\n\n\nThis is a facilitated drop-in discussion space\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \n\n\n\nAttendees are welcome to come with questions\, stories\, or special objects to share with the group URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-3/ CATEGORIES:Regular programming,Service ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:Queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com LOCATION:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250415T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250415T203000 DTSTAMP:20250413T193823Z CREATED:20250413T193813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T193823Z UID:10002436-1744743600-1744749000@maxottawa.ca SUMMARY:Queer Death Salon DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Queer Death Salon happening on April 15\, 2025! Join us for a virtual gathering for people who have lost someone or multiple people to suicide and who are loooking to share space with people who have experienced similar circumstances. \n\n\n\nLoss by suicide brings particular griefs related to stigma\, invalidation of the loss\, failure to ‘save’ a loved one\, guilt\, confusion\, anger and more. \n\n\n\nThis is a facilitated drop-in discussion space\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \n\n\n\nAttendees are welcome to come with questions\, stories\, or special objects to share with the group. URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-2/ CATEGORIES:Advocacy & empowerment,Regular programming,Service ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:Queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com LOCATION:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250408T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250408T203000 DTSTAMP:20250325T150412Z CREATED:20250325T150412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T150412Z UID:10002190-1744138800-1744144200@maxottawa.ca SUMMARY:Queer Death Salon DESCRIPTION:Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death\, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space on zoom\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \n\n\n\nIn April\, our discussion topic is Loss by Suicide. \n\n\n\nLoss by suicide can kick up a plethora of feelings in addition to the grief one would normally experience with the death of a loved one. It’s not uncommon to feel anger\, guilt\, confusion\, or feelings of rejection (among many other possibilities). This session is for 2SLGBTQIA+ people who have lost people to suicide and are looking to share space with people who have lived through similar circumstances.  \n\n\n\nQuestions to consider \n\n\n\n\nWho have you lost and what was your relationship to each other? \n\n\n\nHow does this kind of grief differ from other griefs you have experienced? \n\n\n\nWhat were your feelings towards them at their death? How has that changed over time? \n\n\n\nWhat do you wish was better understood about your experience? \n\n\n\n\nParticipants are invited to bring questions of their own\, a special item to show\, or share a story of an important moment. URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon/ CATEGORIES:Regular programming,Service,Social ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:Queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com LOCATION:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-death-salon/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR