Katherine Arnup

Professor, Carleton University (Retired); Keynote & Presentation Speaker Life Changes Coaching

  • Ottawa ON

Katherine Arnup is a writer, life coach, speaker, hospice volunteer, and retired Carleton University professor.

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Biography

Katherine Arnup is a writer, life coach, speaker, hospice volunteer, and retired Carleton University professor. She is the author of a book about caring for her sister and her parents as they were dying – “I don’t have time for this!” A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Your Parents and Yourself.

Industry Expertise

Writing and Editing
Elder Care
Education/Learning
Professional Training and Coaching

Areas of Expertise

Death and Dying
Medical Aid in Dying
Hospice Care
Aging Parents
Caregiving
LGBT Families
Social History of Marriage and the Family

Accomplishments

Book Selection, Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville Virginia

March 2016

Writing Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

February 2014, March – April 2015, March 2016

Honourable Mention, City of Ottawa 55+ short story and memoir contest

April 2011

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Education

University of Toronto

Ph.D.

History

1991

Thesis title: Education for Motherhood: Women and the Family in Twentieth Century English Canada

University of Toronto

M.Ed.

History

1982

Ontario Teacher Education

B.Ed.

Education

1976

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Languages

  • English

Media Appearances

“I don’t have time for this!” New Book on Caring for Aging Parents by Canadian Author

eHospice  

2015-08-10

Katherine Arnup, a long-time Ottawa resident, has just published a new book on caring for our parents. “I don’t have time for this!” A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Your Parents and Yourself is based on Katherine’s experiences caring for her sister and her parents when they were dying and on her 14 years as a residence volunteer at the May Court Hospice...

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We will remember you

The Caregivers Voice  

2015-07-29

“I was the most death averse person you could imagine. I was the kind of person who never sent sympathy cards, disdaining their saccharine message, yet lacking the appropriate words myself. I was someone who, upon hearing that someone’s father had died, steered a wide berth around them, explaining to myself that I didn’t know what to say. I was afraid that just talking about death might draw me closer to my own mortality. I blamed shyness, my WASP upbringing, but, of course, it was fear.”...

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Katherine Arnup's Compassionate Guide

VCCA  

2015-06-05

Katherine Arnup, a retired professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada has published I Don’t Have Time for This! A Compassionate Guide for Caring for Your Parents and Yourself. The book arose from Katherine’s own experience as a caregiver for her sister and her parents when they were dying. She also has worked for many years as a Hospice volunteer...

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Event Appearances

The Final Taboo: Talking about Death and Dying

Bereavement Ontario Network  Orillia, ON.

2016-10-14

What does it mean to care?

St. James Church, Fenelon Falls  Ontario, ON.

2016-05-12

Learning to Care

Good Companions Centre  Toronto, ON.

2016-05-04

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Articles

Kiran

Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities

2015

And a time to die

Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities,

2011

Lessons in Death and Dying

Journal of Palliative Care

2009

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