Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Andrea – Grieving during a pandemic

Andrea discusses the challenges of grieving during a pandemic

Nicole – Working in Community Outreach

Nicole discusses her work in community outreach and how she has lived experience with addiction and living rough.

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Maureen – Funeral during the pandemic

Maureen talks about funeral arrangements during a pandemic

Kim – Some cry some don’t

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

Sunny- Processing Different Losses During the Pandemic

Jean – Helping your children through grief

Jean discusses how helping her children through grief also helped her

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 – Passing on kindness

Zoreena talks about wakes, funerals, COVID and the importance of kindness

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.

Lynda – ‘Pandemic and triggers”

Lynda discusses how hard it is during the pandemic to avoid triggers

Kara – Uncertainty

Kara discusses how Covid-19 has created uncertainty and impacted grieving.The pandemic changed the way Kara continued to grieve the loss of her partner.