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Christian – “Remembering together in a meaningful way”

Christian discusses the power of memories.

Susan – “Honour”

Susan discusses dying and lives well lived.

Sarah K – Talking about the cause of death

Sarah talks about husbands death to a heroin overdose and stigmatized death.

Christian – Language around those pushed to the margins

Christian talks about how people who are pushed to the margins are not discussed as part of our community and how we need to include them. As a community how do we care for our neighbours and how do we mourn the loss of our neighbours

Doug – “Birthdays”

Doug discusses time, pity and sharing with others. Doug continues to grieve the death of bis daughter in a car accident.

Caileigh – Parent Capacity

Caileigh discusses parent capacity and and how to support their child through their grief is all about inspiring them and empowering them so that they can help their child.

Kristal – Drug Poisoning During Pandemic Stigma

Kristal discusses how the pandemic has created additional stigma surrounding those who use drugs. She dissuses how it seems like some losses are treated as more deserving of being mourned than others. Many people have had to grieve privately instead of publically within a community. She touches on the state of the public health system during the pandemic.

Maureen – End stages during a pandemic

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

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Valmy – My story of loss

Valmy talks but the death of her uncle

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Jane – Loneliness while processing grief

Jane talks about grieving without her extended family because of the pandemic and how that’s impacted things like scattering ashes and having celebrations of life.