Jane Shi

In a 10-word poem entitled ‘Bill C7: An Overview of Available Help’, Jane Shi responds critically to the extension of Canada’s medical assistance in dying regime to include people whose death is not reasonably foreseeable, but who nevertheless have a serious medical condition.

Marianne Brooker

Having lived with a progressive form of multiple sclerosis for ten years, Marianne Brooker’s mother voluntarily stopped eating and drinking, a legal approximation of assisted dying in the UK. Brooker’s long-form essay about her mother’s decision and her own experience caring for her at the end positions Brooker’s demand for assisted dying options within wider issues of social justice.