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Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW, is an author, ceremonialist and farmer

Stephen teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School, founded in 2010.

With Master’s degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work), he has worked extensively with dying people and their families, is a former programme director in a major Canadian hospital and former assistant professor in a prominent Canadian medical school.

He is the author of several books including the award-winning Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul. His newest book is co-authored with Kimberly Ann Johnson, Reckoning and he’s written Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble, A Generation’s Worth: Spirit Work While the Crisis Reigns, How It All Could Be and Money and the Soul’s Desires: A Meditation.

Stephen is the subject of the National Film Board of Canada feature length film documentary Griefwalker, and Lost Nation Road, a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the wheelhouse of a mystery train.

His Nights of Grief and Mystery world tours, with singer/ songwriter Gregory Hoskins, are odes to wonder, love letters for the willingness to know endings.

Read more about Stephen at orphanwisdom.com/about