Death may be a taboo topic at the dinner table, but maybe it shouldn’t be. Sure, death is terrifying, but it’s something that happens to everyone. We might be better off acknowledging it with open-ended conversations where we can ask questions or share our experiences.

That’s the idea behind Death Cafe, a global movement to get people talking about death, dying and grief. Vancouver end-of-life caregiver Courtney Ponsford is about to launch a monthly Death Cafe in downtown Vancouver. The first meeting is 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at Art at the Cave, 108 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver.

“Death is messy. It is beautiful. It is uncomfortable. It is uncertain,” said Ponsford, 49, who worked as a registered nurse for 16 years. “We don’t really understand everything that’s happening around death. There’s th

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