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We strive to provide compassionate, lived-experience support and connection to people helping a loved one who is considering or planning for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) or those who are grieving a loss due to MAID.

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Now available: The Many Faces of MAID: What to Expect When Someone You Know Chooses Medical Assistance in Dying

The Many Faces of MAID is a compilation of stories from 17 people who have direct experience of their loved one choosing a medically assisted death. These stories facilitate real, emotional connections to the raw and uncensored experiences of the storytellers, and encompass a wide range of emotions, from easy to difficult and from expected to unexpected. The perspectives the storytellers offer are not complete accounts of their experiences. Rather, they are small glimpses into some of the intimate moments and emotions they’ve felt moved to share with others.

Donate a book: If you wish to donate a book to someone who has a loved one going through MAID, please click the donate a book button and under fund choose Faces of MAID – donate a book. The cost of a single book is $20.00.

MAiD Family Support – Formerly Bridge 4 You

People will forget
what you said,
people will forget
what you did, but
people will never
forget how you
made them feel.

– Maya Angelou

What our community has to say

“I had consulted a psychologist for one appointment, most of which I spent trying to explain MAID. It was more than useless. Then I found your service: quick, informative, caring, understanding and empathetic.”

– Anonymous

“Being able to talk (write) with someone who has been through a similar experience and hear how he got through what has been for me the most trying experience of my life.”

– Anonymous

“Very quick contact, personally I felt very cared for by my contact. Comfortable sharing my experience with MAID and the loss of my husband and the feelings that went with the process.”

– Anonymous

“Listening to her experience with MAID and being able to draw on those experiences to ask questions. She was lovely, compassionate, and well spoken.”

– Anonymous

Our MAID Stories

Signy Novak

Sig

Many people have had to accept the loss of a loved one, expected or not, and many have ...

Evie

I was stunned when my husband, who had multiple sclerosis and lung cancer, suddenly told us prior to ...

Susan

I have had several opportunities to support various family and friends through their end-of-life journeys. All were very ...

Dave B

My beloved wife died on the 1st of September 2020 via MAID. Annie was a passionate artist ...

Troy

I live in Alberta, I am Métis, and I have experienced the loss of both of my parents ...

Caroline

My husband Reid was such a kind, happy, optimistic man. I was drawn to him immediately. At the ...

Dave L

I was Annie’s partner for 31 years and for both of us every one of those years ...

Trish

As a hospital chaplain in Ontario, I had been privileged to support patients and their families through the ...

Robin Farr

Robin

My family and I knew for months that my dad was considering a MAID death, but that didn’t ...

Marianne

I was not surprised when my mom announced to me, after first hearing about MAID, that, “If it ...

Chantal

My mom passed away with the help of MAID in Abbotsford, BC and I wanted to share her ...

Amanda

In our family, we have always been very open about death and dying. We talked about it ...

Cynthia Clark

Cynthia

Telling the kids What did you say to the kids? Will ...

Andrée

Five years ago, my daughter Kimberly chose Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) after a very long, painful battle ...

Nikki

My father chose MAID to end his suffering. He spent years having doctors seemingly doing their best to ...

Amy

My father's illness came as a surprise to my family and me. It took 4 months to get ...

Jasmin

My motivation to volunteer with MAID Family Support Society is quite personal. In April 2020, my mom took ...

Jule

In January 2018, my husband Wayne received his Alzheimer’s diagnosis from the Brain Health Center in Vancouver. Thus ...

Ian

My Dad died through the MAID program on June 1, 2022. My sister, Fiona, and I live in ...

Bev

My partner, Russ, passed away using MAID in April, 2022, after a diagnosis 7 weeks previously of pancreatic ...

Rebecca

During COVID, I became a caregiver to a dear friend during his final months with terminal brain cancer. ...

Sigrid

As soon as my husband Charles knew, several years ago, that he had Alzheimer’s, he let me know ...

Jo-Anne

In early January of 2018, at the age of 65, my very good friend and mentor, Jan, was ...

Judy E

My dad had MAID on October 18, 2019. It was his opportunity to gain some of his dignity ...

Leah

My mom died from ovarian cancer in November 2018. My dad was incredibly strong and supportive and remained ...

Judy M

I have two sisters and we lost our parents within a year of each other; our father first ...

Lorraine

My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in September 2020, and from the day of diagnosis ...

Jana

In 2018 my beloved mother chose to end her life with MAID. There was never any hesitation in ...

Brittney

My mom had an on-and-off battle with skin cancer (located in her jaw) for about 5 years. From ...

Jane

George, my husband of 25 years, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2015. This disease scars and damages ...

Kelley

On the eve of a visit to his oncologist, my father took me aside and told me that ...

Bobbie

Bobbie

My adored husband of 50 plus years chose MAID after 23 years of living with Parkinson’s. He was ...

Barb

My mother Pat Vincent passed away using MAID on September 6, 2023. While I miss her terribly, I ...

Fiona

My Dad died through the MAID program on June 1, 2022. I am Canadian by birth but have ...

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