Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Lynda – “It’s complicated during a pandemic”

May 15, 2020

Lynda talks about how things are so much more complicated in these times

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Karyn and Aidan – Challenges with COVID restrictions

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan discuss the COVID restrictions on visitations and how they managed

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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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Michele – Normalizing conversations around death dying grief and loss

March 14, 2022

Michele discusses grief literacy, the importance of talking and that dying is a part of life

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Jane – Grief and yoga

March 30, 2022

Jane shares about the impact yoga, and moving her body in general, on her mental health while she processes grief.

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

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

July 16, 2020

Corrie discusses how much grief there is

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Lynda – “Guilt during a time of crisis”

May 15, 2020

Lynda discusses how to deal with guilt.

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Christian – Grieving the whole person

April 23, 2023

Christian talks about how we choose remember people when there has been a loss to drug poisoning

Collective/Community Grief / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Professional / Video

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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Christian – Language around those pushed to the margins

April 23, 2023

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

Collective/Community Grief / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Professional / Video

Karyn and Aidan – Support from others

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan discuss how family, friends, and people they didn’t know in the community supported them.Talking, meals, dog walking are among the things that made a huge difference.

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Jane – My Story

March 30, 2022

Jane shares her story about losing two of her grandparents just before the pandemic and the ways the pandemic has impacted her ability to process grief.

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