
Executor School is a practical Canadian education program that helps estate owners, executors, and their loved ones better understand the realities of executorship.
Whether you're planning ahead or responding to a recent life event, you'll gain the knowledge, tools, and confidence to make informed decisions throughout the executorship journey.
Accepting the role of executor carries significant responsibility. Think of it as death project management with legal and financial consequences. Yet most people accept the role with little understanding of what it involves, and many estate owners never have a meaningful conversation with the person they've chosen.
It's easy to see why. We prepare wills, make legal appointments, and sign documents, but very few of us are taught what happens next.
Executor School was created to bridge that gap.
Understanding executorship helps you:
• prepare more effectively
• communicate more clearly
• make decisions with greater confidence
Whether you're planning your own estate or preparing to administer someone else's, a little preparation today can make a meaningful difference tomorrow.
Reduce work and rework through better planning and delegation.
Improve documentation, record keeping, and organization.
Communicate more clearly with beneficiaries and other stakeholders.
Make better use of lawyers, accountants, and other professionals.
Make more informed decisions as an estate owner or executor.
Along the way, you'll complete workbook activities, apply what you're learning to your own situation, and build practical resources you can refer back to whenever you need them.
Build a strong foundation. Learn key terminology, explore wills from both the planning and administration side, and begin to understand the roles of estate owner and executor.
Explore the roles and responsibilities connected to executorship, and learn how estate owners and executors can prepare, communicate, and work together more effectively.
Explore the practical realities of executorship, including obligations, boundaries of authority, common risks, and how to make informed decisions about what to do, what to delegate, and when to get help.
Bring everything together with a practical roadmap for estate owners and executors. Review what to do, what order to do it in, and how to stay organized from planning ahead through estate administration.
Every option is built around the same four modules and practical workbook activities. Pick the learning experience that best fits how you like to work.
Our most comprehensive learning experience.
$897 +GST
Four live, 2-hour facilitated sessions
All associated workbooks and resources
One 60-minute Executorship Advisory Session
One year of Community of Practice membership, including Community Hour Live, biweekly coaching calls, recordings, and new or updated resources
appreciate the accountability of a scheduled class
benefit from asking questions and receiving immediate feedback
enjoy learning through discussion and the experiences of others
value dedicated one-on-one guidance as part of your journey
Flexible learning with ongoing support.
$797 +GST
Self-paced online course
All associated workbooks and resources
Six months of Community of Practice membership, including Community Hour Live, biweekly coaching calls, recordings, and new or updated resources
need the flexibility to learn at your own pace
still want opportunities to ask questions and learn alongside others
appreciate ongoing access to coaching, resources, and the Community of Practice
Independent learning at your own pace.
$597 +GST
Six months of access to the self-paced online course
All associated workbooks and resources
are comfortable working through the material independently
prefer to learn on your own schedule
want an independent, self-paced learning experience
If you’re not sure which option is right for you, that's okay. Book a free 30-minute Discovery Call. We'll discuss your situation, answer any questions about the program, and help you decide what makes the most sense for you.
If you register and later discover you'd benefit from more support, we can discuss transferring you to a different learning option. Our goal is to help you choose the experience that best supports your learning.
At Executor School we don’t believe in shoulds. Go to Executor School because you want to.
● You want to do a good job for the person who asked you to take on this role.
● You want to know how to get the job done efficiently so you can get on with living your life.
● You want to know how to prioritize, delegate, and communicate properly as an executor.
● You want to make this job easier on yourself and on those who are impacted by it.
● You want to avoid making mistakes that could land you in legal and financial trouble.
● You want to stop wasting time trying to figure this executor thing out on your own.
You will learn how to be the best darned executor you can be!
And you will learn how to set up your own estate and equip your own executor-in-waiting to make it easier to close out your own life. When the time comes, of course.
Current executors, executors-in-waiting, and estate owners looking to choose or to help their own executor are our ideal learners.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve already been an executor, are currently an executor, are expecting to be one soon, or hope to dodge that proverbial bullet (death or executorship!), this education is for you!
Nope. Because let’s face it – everyone dies.
Executor School can help anyone who would like to not leave a mess behind when they shuffle off their mortal coil. Why not build a better departure plan to help your own Executor and others you leave behind?
Hopefully! By applying what you learn at Executor School, you should be able to avoid making mistakes that get you into legal or financial hot water.
Executor School gives you the knowledge you need to make good, informed decisions that minimize risk to the estate and to you, the executor.
But we cannot control the behaviours of others, so we can’t promise you people won’t get weird because you’re doing a good job at being the executor. Sorry.
Absolutely not.
Regardless of what stage you are in the role, these classes are meant to equip you, to fill in any knowledge gaps, and provide more guidance than perhaps you’ve had in the past. Most executors don’t get any instruction at all. Let us help you navigate from wherever you are in the process.
Any time is a good time to become death literate.
We are never guaranteed tomorrow. Whether you are thinking of attending as an estate owner, as a potential executor, or you’re just plain curious, the knowledge you gain will be useful, I promise. There is no better time than today to begin.
You know what they say – spend money to save money!
When you take the time to learn about the role of executorship, and to plan how to close out a life, you are equipping yourself to make better decisions. Making informed decisions can potentially save you time, energy, headache, heartache, and money.
● Knowing how to prepare for and what questions to ask the lawyer or accountant can save the estate paying for unnecessary billable hours. And save you from wasting time in meetings you don’t need.
● Knowing what order to do executor tasks in can avoid having to pay for unneeded products and services. It can also ensure you are hiring the appropriate people to delegate tasks to, also saving money.
● Knowing how and when to communicate, and to whom, can save you from legal fees related to privacy breaches or uniformed, unhappy beneficiaries.
Perhaps. Anyone who wants me as their executor has to take my training first, however! I need them to know what they are asking an executor to do.
We also do our best to connect you with with good people in your area who can take on some of the work for you, if that’s really what you want.
We are based out of Canada, and our learning is focused on Canadian tax and estate laws, taxation, and other governmental requirements.
We have virtual and online cohorts, so you can join from anywhere. There is no brick & mortar school currently, as we want to support all executors, regardless of where they live.
● Self-directed online learning is great for working through the modules at your own pace, especially if committing to a specific classroom time won’t work for you.
● Live virtual learning is for those who prefer small group learning with an instructor who can answer questions in real time. This is a more interactive learning experience, with discussion, guided instruction, and opportunities to learn alongside others.
Gina is the founder of Executor School and Charon Consulting. She is a Certified Executor Advisor, educator, and facilitator who helps people understand executorship, end-of-life planning, and the practical realities most people are expected to figure out on the fly.
With education and experience in funeral services preplanning, instructional design, and facilitation, Gina takes a practical, plain-language approach to topics that are often misunderstood, avoided, or left until crisis hits. She helps people ask better questions, make informed decisions, and feel more prepared for the realities of death, dying, and whatever comes next.
Since founding Charon Consulting in 2018, Gina has been featured on CBC, in the University of Alberta’s New Trail magazine, and has presented at Nerd Nite Edmonton. She has also hosted more than 60 Death Cafés, and contributed to the creation of Compassionate Alberta, a province-wide initiative to raise awareness of palliative care and advance care planning.
Think of her as your friendly neighbourhood death educator, with a practical bent and a healthy respect for the realities of executorship.


Executor School is a Canadian-based education program that can help you reduce time, energy, and costs by getting you prepared to ask good questions, locate practical resources, and make well informed decisions about end-of-life planning.
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