Thoughts on International Overdose Awareness Day 2023

Chantal – Giving space

August 5, 2022

Chantal discusses how it is good and honouring to the one you’ve lost to give space and feel everything

Janice – “More to deal with than death when someone dies”

December 10, 2018

Janice explains that when somebody dies it’s not just the death that you are dealing with but the entire relationship.

Rev. Sky – “Wallowing”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky talks about how wallowing can help you release emotions and heal.

Christian – “Grief can bring new life”

October 8, 2019

Christian explains where he found hope in grief.

Rev. Sky – “Yearning”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky discusses yearning and how it’s OK to feel those emotions.

Cara – People with intellectual disabilities need to be recognized and honoured in their grief

November 6, 2022

Cara talks about grievers living with intellectual disabilities and that it’s not about those of us who are neuro-typical, giving them a voice or providing them or saying things for them. Rather, it’s that they already have a voice. They already have these experiences and they want them to be recognized, acknowledged and honoured.

Left Out: Enfranchising Children’s Grief and Loss

August 13, 2025

By: Jessica Milette, MSW, RSW All human beings have the capacity to grieve: people with intellectual disabilities, those living with a traumatic brain injury, and children of all ages. However, many people can experience disenfranchised grief when someone dies. Disenfranchised grief is generally grief that is not usually openly acknowledged, socially accepted or publicly mourned.…

Jenn – What an art therapist can show us about processing grief

January 24, 2022

Jenn talks about how art can give a form to grief. It can give it shape and texture so it can be seen when it is often so invisible. It can also be messy which so like our grief experience

Madelyn – Rituals and the Chinese grieving process

July 8, 2021

Madelyn talks about expressing your grief in Chinese cultures and how rituals are a war of grieving providing comfort

Christian – “Stigma of opioid death”

October 1, 2019

Christian talks about the social acceptance of an opioid overdose.

Children’s Grief and Loss Toolkit (ages 6-12) [FREE Downloadable PDF]

September 8, 2025

Grief is a natural experience, and is considered one of the most stressful life events a person can experience. 1 in 14 children under the age of 18 will experience the death of someone close to them. Every year, approximately 200 000 children are grieving the death of someone in their extended family or community.…