Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Jean – What grief feels like physically

Jean discusses the physical effects she has experienced in grief

Joyce -The pandemics impact on drug poisonings

Joyce talks about drug poisonings during the pandemic

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic

Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

Grief often comes with powerful, unpredictable emotional shifts that can be painful to experience. While it’s important to find ways to sit with these feelings, to acknowledge the pain of grief and accept loss, it’s also necessary to find ways to ease and manage the pain. There are several simple activities that you can explore to help.

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena talks about COVID and the loss of her father and a cousin

Andrea – Loneliness and support

Andrea talks about how tough it is to be alone and how her friends and family have come through for her

The Reflection Room® project: How storytelling supports processing grief

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.

Sarah K – Grieving in isolation

Sarah discusses isolation, being in grief during the pandemic and the importance of keeping connected

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is

Kim – Some cry some don’t

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Marija – Types of Loss in a Pandemic

Marija explains how all of the losses we experience during a pandemic are compounded

Jane – Struggling to process layers of grief

Jane talks about her experience navigating multiple losses in a short time and the impact the pandemic has had on that by adding even more multi-facitated layers of grief