Death Experience Survey
Have you experienced the death of someone close to you in the past year? Would you consider sharing your thoughts on what makes a “good death”?
If so, the Organization in a Complex Future project invites you to take part in an important new survey that explores personal experiences and perspectives around death and dying. This initiative is part of a broader effort to better understand how individuals navigate the end-of-life journey—emotionally, practically, and socially—in today’s complex world.
The brief online survey, which should take just 10–20 minutes to complete, asks participants about the services their loved one accessed and their overall experience with the dying process. You must be over age 18 to participate. Participation is voluntary and there is no compensation. Your input can help researchers, care providers, and policy makers better understand what supports people truly need at life’s end.
Responses will be collected through the end of October, so there’s still time to share your story and contribute to this meaningful project. To access the survey, visit this link.
Whether your journey involved hospice, hospital, home care, or spiritual support—or a mix of all of the above—your voice matters. In a world of increasingly diverse values and beliefs, understanding real human experiences at the end of life has never been more vital.
About the Project
The Nonreligion in a Complex Future (NCF) project is an international, comparative, interdisciplinary research project based at the University of Ottawa (Canada). The NCF project identifies the social impact of the rapid and dramatic increase of nonreligion. Canada is the focal point of our international research sites, which include Australia, Latin America (Brazil and Argentina), the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland), the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Our key research objectives are to:
- Develop new research tools to measure and describe nonreligion;
- Analyze the social impact of nonreligion;
- Expand the conceptualization and theorizing of diversity to include nonreligion;
- Map conflicts and collaborations between religious and nonreligious social actors;
- Advance new knowledge for living well together that can be used to inform public policy and practice.
This information was shared by Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death®. Gail experienced seven deaths over 24 months – eight if you count her cat.