Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Learning from Grief

December 7, 2022

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

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Sunny- The Importance of Friends While Grieving

February 23, 2022
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Christian – Grieving spaces

April 23, 2023

Christian talks grieving spaces and people coming together when grieving

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Laura- Processing Grief

February 21, 2022
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Adrianna – Pandemic, funerals and celebration of life

April 16, 2021

Adrianna talks about the death of her friend during 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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Lynda – “Old age home and guilt”

May 15, 2020

Lynda discusses how hard it is during the pandemic to have a loved on in an old age home

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Zoreena – COVID and isolation

March 31, 2022

Zoreena discusses COVID isolation and the loss of time to spend with her Dad and her cousing

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Nicole – Pandemic Leads to Increase in Drug Poisoning

March 25, 2023

Nicole discusses the increase in drug poisonings during the pandemic due to a number of factors.

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What I know about grief

May 29, 2022

The following are some things I know to be true about grief for me, based on my lived experience. Some of them may resonate with you as well. Grief is unique to the people experiencing it in each moment, so please take whatever makes sense to you from this share and leave whatever doesn’t.

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Karyn and Aidan – Describing grief during the pandemic

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan talk about how their grief has changed and the challenges they have faced grieving during a pandemic

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Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

July 16, 2020

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic

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