Linda HochstetlerLINDA HOCHSTETLER is a well-known Canadian expert in end-of-lifeissues. She currently has a busy Toronto social work private practice thatspecializes in illness, dying, and death.Hochstetler graduated in 1993 with her Masters in Social Work from theUiversity of Toronto. She also completed the Foundations of ContemplativeCare training with the New York Zen Centre for Contemplative Care, andcompleted studies in Thanatology at Conestoga College. She is certified inPalliative Care from Mohawk College. She presents regularly at HospicePalliative Care conferences and symposiums throughout North America. Shehosts Death Cafés(R) and encourages everyone to talk more openly about theirinevitable deaths.She is a Buddhist Lay Chaplain as well as a registered social worker, and hasbeen teaching Mindfulness and Buddhist meditation to students for morethan 20 years. Read More Read Less