Rayne Foy-Vachon

Founder of Dying To Help

Rayne Foy-Vachon (she/her) is an End of Life/Death Doula. As a 58 year old queer lesbian, her knowledge and work has been informed through experiences with homophobia, cis sexism, and misogyny. However her privilege as a white settler, middle class, able-bodied person, has given access to tools that are unavailable to others. She is thankful for the teachings of Indigenous women, Two-Spirit people, BIPOC and communities to whom she aims to be accountable in the work that she does. Her endeavor is to do her work in the spirit of relationship building and deep cultural humility. She is also grateful to live, learn and work on Treaty 1 Territory, home of the Cree, Anishinaabe, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples and the homelands of the Metis Nation.

Her approach to death is a pragmatic one with sincere empathy and compassion.  It is her intention to normalize death and remove the stigma of having discussions about death and dying.  As a Death Doula, she can support and give companionship to individuals and families experiencing death and dying. Having a background in the model of harm reduction and trauma informed care, allows her to provide the opportunity to offer the dying the ability to bring choice, dignity, autonomy, and person-centered care into their dying process.