FSAC ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SHOWCASE
Stop by the FSAC Conference Showcase to see those friendly, familiar faces and discover the latest products and services so you can best serve families.
ARBOR MEMORIAL
Since 1947, hundreds of thousands of Canadian families have come to Arbor for professional and ethical guidance, pre-planning solutions and a growing range of options that reflect our changing attitudes toward funerals. We continue to offer families innovative new ways to remember, honour and celebrate the lives of loved ones.
BATESVILLE
The Batesville name represents a century-old tradition of quality and service. Our history of manufacturing excellence, product innovation, superior customer service and reliable delivery are some of the reasons we are the clear leader in the death care industry in North America. Our high quality products, innovative technologies and proven solutions are relied upon to support the evolving needs of families.
SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL (CANADA) ULC
Service Corporation International (Canada) is dedicated to compassionately supporting and serving families during their most difficult times, celebrating the significance of life, and preserving memories that transcend generations. Our diverse portfolio of brands provides families and individuals a full range of choices to meet their needs—our unparalleled offerings range from the simplest funeral or cremation arrangements to elegant ceremonies requiring intricate planning and featuring detailed personal touches, unique features and events. We believe in taking care of our associates, our communities and our environment. This is at the heart of our business and our core values of Respect, Integrity, Service Excellence and Enduring Relationships. Contact us today to explore career opportunities in funeral and cemetery service.
SECURIGENE DNA LABS
SecuriGene’s DNA testing laboratory is one of North America’s oldest and largest genetic testing facilities. We serve the private, medical, legal, and funeral community from coast to coast. Our main 33,000 sqft laboratory in Vancouver, BC processes over 150,000 samples annually and consistently ranks as one of the top DNA laboratories in North America. SecuriGene is proud to be an industry leader in DNA preservation services and molecular diagnostics with the latest technology and state-of-the-art facilities. Our testing laboratory meets and exceeds industry standards, with accreditations and certifications by the American Association of Blood Banks, ISO 17025, the Standards Council of Canada, and the College of American Pathologists, ensuring that our clients receive the highest quality DNA testing services available.
GUARANTEED FUNERAL DEPOSITS
GFD was created by a passionate group of bereavement service professionals in 1961. GFD has since evolved into a vibrant, Members based organization that has expanded to include bereavement professionals across Canada. Whether we’re investing & monitoring bereavement funds, providing exceptional Member support, or helping the public understand and pre-plan their last wishes, GFD is dedicated to the growth and vitality of the Canadian bereavement sector.
MACKINNON & BOWES
Since 1966, MacKinnon and Bowes has built a reputation as the largest and most trusted provider of assistance to the funeral service profession across Canada. While our core business is still representing funeral providers from across Canada with transfers and removals, we have become known throughout our profession in Canada and the United States for our expertise in the repatriation of deceased people. Not only within North America, but to and from destinations around the world. Our fleet of late model funeral vehicles staffed by trained and qualified professionals serves clients throughout south central Ontario with distinction. Our twenty-four hour telephone answering center represents funeral homes across Canada and the United States every night by providing a seamless extension to their own staff .
TRIBUTE TECHNOLOGY
Tribute Technology creates online experiences to help better serve families. Our products include easy-to-use software for firms of all sizes and products that help grieving families. Tribute Technology supports over 9,000+ funeral homes, cemeteries, and cremation businesses through a network of leading website, marketing and software providers. We're a team made up of funeral service veterans and technology experts with a goal to help funeral professionals in today's changing times and give back to our great profession through the Tribute Foundation.
VICTORIAVILLE & CO
Victoriaville & Co. was born out of the determination, the leadership and the will to succeed of its founders. Much of our success is due to the economic well-being of an entire region renowned for the quality of its hardwood products. For the last seven decades, all details have been taken into account when designing, manufacturing, and finishing our hardwood products. We are well aware that each unit we produce is destined to a person with a unique life story and a unique set of memories that they leave behind. This is why we believe each product has a rich emotional value that is worthy of our respect. Over the past few years, we have also offered The Essentials, a wide range of funeral products designed to meet the needs of professionals committed to supporting grieving families in their mourning process.
ETERNITY'S TOUCH
Eternity's Touch is the pioneering company in digital capture and manufacturing of fingerprint keepsakes. Since 2009, we have produced over 100,000 unique pieces commemorating memories to last a life time. We believe that capturing and displaying the uniqueness of a fingerprint deserves the highest of quality. Our commitment to each of our customers is to provide exceptional service and quality for each and every one of our products.
FOVEO MEMORIAL SERVICES INC.
Live streaming is not going away! It's why you should take it to the next level. You should be offering memorable online experiences that clearly reflect your attention to detail and the quality of your trusted brand. When you live stream with Foveo, you'll deliver more than flawless HD video--you'll be delivering uniquely personalized and tastefully-branded guest experiences. You'll also be getting greater peace of mind, thanks to a dedicated Foveo co-host on every stream who'll work with you, helping you prepare and providing live guest support. Most importantly, you'll be able to connect directly with every online guest to introduce your business and offer your services. Discover how to best use every live stream to build your brand and grow your business!
CANADA BEREAVEMENT REGISTRY
Canada Bereavement Registry is a free aftercare service that helps put a stop to direct mail and telemarketing calls for the deceased. This not only helps to reduce the levels of distress caused to the bereaved who receive this unwanted and upsetting correspondence, but also helps to prevent a huge amount of environmental paper waste. We also work with the life insurance industry to discover unknown benefits for the bereaved and help to quickly close accounts that are known of by informing these companies of a death promptly. A very valuable grief and benefits service to add to your aftercare resources.
IMPERIAL GROUP INC.
By committing to the following company values, we hope to continue to preserve and improve upon the qualities that have made our customers trust in us. Our values are teamwork, Honesty & Integrity, Customers, Positivity and our mission statement is Honouring Life. We value your trust and pledge to continue to earn your respect – one solution at a time.
FORGET ME NOT CEREMONIES
Let us show you how you can easily create unique live streaming experiences with our Android/Apple mobile app and our wall-mounted camera system.
Forget Me Not Ceremonies is the only platform that creates an interactive online experience for your families. Attendees can share their favorite photos and stories, sign the guestbook, download the service program, watch tribute videos, and chat live with other guests. To preserve these moments and memories, Forget Me Not Ceremonies will give you the opportunity to put all of them into a photobook to keep and cherish.
We make live streaming easy while adding real value to your business. Ceremonies can be scheduled in minutes and our toll-free customer service line is also open 7 days a week with a dedicated line for funeral directors.
FUNERAL 365
Available at your fingertip is a complete, modern, cloud-based solution made by funeral experts specifically for the funeral industry. Whether you are a funeral director, planner, transporter or in charge of finance, this will save you time, reduce your chances of errors and improve your day-to-day operations.
CADENCE AFTERCARE
Cadence is an aftercare concierge service built to empower bereaved families by organizing, streamlining and automating the final documents process. Acting as an extension of your funeral home, we combine technology and compassionate human support to assist families with the emotional and logistical challenges that accompany loss. Cadence helps funeral homes improve customer satisfaction, maintain relationships and enhance brand loyalty by providing ongoing support after the funeral ends.
ALBERTA WILBERT SALES
Alberta Wilbert Sales (AWS) offers burial vaults and cremation urn products to funeral home professionals in the Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba markets, thus catering to the needs of families in these areas. In addition, AWS offers burial vault personalization and graveside service. Wilbert, the brand you have trusted for generations, can now help you enhance your property with columbaria and other Granite Choices for memorialization.
FRONTRUNNER PROFESSIONAL
At FrontRunner, we believe in the power of one — one system that brings everything you need together in one place. One piece of software that replaces all the others, where, through single data entry, you only need to enter important information one time and it auto-populates throughout your system. We believe in helping funeral businesses grow through saving time, saving money and running more efficiently. We also believe that we are one team of people that can do it all for your business.
FUNERAWEB
The Funeraweb company was founded in August of 2005 after the passing of a friend, Sylvie Légaré, who was 37 years old and had fought a long and valiant battle against cancer. The founders, Chantal Lepage and Mario Duchesneau, who wanted to pay tribute to her and leave her loved ones with invaluable memories, produced a video montage of Sylvie's life, which was played on a big-screen television during her wake at the funeral home as well as on the web at www.funeraweb.com. This new funerary concept meets an ever-growing desire expressed by families to perpetuate the memory and the very essence of the dearly departed in a professional manner and in good taste. Since its inception some 12 years ago, well over 20,000 families have chosen to take advantage of this service, now part of a wide variety of multimedia funeral souvenirs appreciated by everyone.
PLOTBOX
PlotBox is a cloud based death care management solution that facilitates cemeteries in operating to world class standards. It is unique and significantly superior because unlike all other providers, it is the world's first solution to fully integrate two previously separate functions - software and mapping. The number and scope of problems this innovation solves, revolutionizes the way death care facilities both operate and grow, it will change the landscape of cemetery management forever.
ETP Canada, Inc.
Founded by Debbie Stanley, ETP Canada is a boutique firm located in Guelph Ontario that specializes in Estate Administration. ETP Canada helps Executors navigate their role, while providing hands-on support through services such as Executor Support, Estate Accounting, and Professional Executor services. While it’s not simple, the goal at ETP Canada is to help people breathe a sigh of relief so that they understand what is happening and what to do next when dealing with a loved one’s estate. ETP Canada has recently launched Executor Ready, which is an online-based course designed to help make Estate Administration easier to navigate for Executors across Canada. Today, ETP Canada continues to be at the forefront for educating families about the complexities of Estate Administration, while aiming to ease life after death for Canadians.
ALGORDANZA™ SWISS MADE BY REMEMBRANCE DIAMONDS
Algordanza™ is the Rhaeto-Romanic - the historic Swiss language - word for 'Remembrance'. We’ve created our real memorial diamonds for over 15 years in our own laboratories in Domat/Ems; which is in the region Graubünden, Switzerland. Remembrance Diamonds Corporation is the Canadian-owned entity offering this exciting idea of remembrance nationally across Canada.
Created from hair, cremated remains, or a combination of material, we are dedicated to give infinite continuance to the remembrance of a beloved person. The diamond burial is possibly the most personal and sensitive option to bid farewell.
