Relinquish to Dust: A Centre for (w)Resting Grief in Toronto’s Community
As of June 24, 2014, Anna-Joy Veenstra’s completed thesis can be accessed here: https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/8553. ABSTRACT by Anna-Joy Veenstra Currently, the spaces designated for death in the city of Toronto are separated from other programmes — in states that range from neglected, full, inactive or marginalized — while any new sites are pushed to the outskirts. The decrease in time provided to grieve and in places to face the mystery of death means Toronto residents are losing their connections to the sacred. The...