Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Lynda – “Zoom and the importance of connecting”

May 15, 2020

Lynda discusses why it’s important to stay connected and how you can do it.

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Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

March 14, 2022

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in grief

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When Death Feels like a Thief

August 24, 2022

In the heart of my grief, at my frailest, all I could see was what was no more. I grieved all that was stolen from me by death; love, security and even my very self. Had I known the value of having every pocket of who I was, picked bare by grief, I would not have fought so hard to hold onto it all.

Blog Post / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Death During Service / Death of A Loved One / Grief and Trauma / I Am A Griever / Living with Dying / Perinatal / Suicide

Sunny- The Importance of Friends While Grieving

February 23, 2022
Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Grandparent / Death of A Loved One / Supporting Others

Jane – What processing grief during the pandemic may look like

March 30, 2022

Jane talks about how the pandemic has postponed a lot of “firsts” without her grandparents that have impacted her experience of moving through grief.

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Grandparent / Death of A Loved One / Video

The Reflection Room® project: How storytelling supports processing grief

March 17, 2023

The Reflection Room project is an evidence-based participatory art installation that was developed by researchers at the SE Research Centre and Memorial University in 2016. The project included a research component that evaluated the impact of Reflection Rooms as the project adapted over time to address changing needs.

Blog Post / Collective/Community Grief / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Death During Service / Death of A Loved One / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional

Kate – Trust and listening

March 11, 2023

Kate – explains how having someone you trust is super important so that you can have a space space to go to

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Sibling / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Griever / Supporting Others / Video

Karyn and Aidan – Hospital and the COVID restrictions

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan talk about the challenges of the restrictions and the impact of COVID patients on John’s care

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / Video

Collective Grief

May 22, 2022

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Blog Post / Collective/Community Grief / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Death During Service / Death of a Child / Death of a Grandparent / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / Death of a Sibling / Grief and Trauma / In Memoriam / Suicide / Supporting Others

Maureen – Funeral during the pandemic

September 28, 2020

Maureen talks about funeral arrangements during a pandemic

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Maureen – End stages during a pandemic

October 1, 2020

Maureen talks about the end stages of her father-in-law during the pandemic.

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Lynda – “Helping a griever during the pandemic”

May 15, 2020

Lynda shares tips on helping someone in grief

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