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Jenn – The difference between expressive and creative arts

January 24, 2022

Jenn explains the difference between expressive and creative arts. You don’t have to limit yourself to art making to help you through your grief process. Expressive arts encompasses a wide variety of approaches including drama, dance, movement, writing and music

Art / Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Kristal – Drug Poisoning During Pandemic Stigma

April 23, 2023

Kristal discusses how the pandemic has created additional stigma surrounding those who use drugs. She dissuses how it seems like some losses are treated as more deserving of being mourned than others. Many people have had to grieve privately instead of publically within a community. She touches on the state of the public health system during the pandemic.

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

Bryan – Helping Others

October 30, 2021

Bryan explains how his experience with grief has helped him help others and why it’s so important for him.

Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video

Caitlin – “It’s hard work”

December 17, 2018

Caitlin talks about dealing with grief. Caitlin continues to grieve the death of her sister in a car accident

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Sibling / Grief and Trauma / Video

Caileigh – Grief and child behaviour

February 23, 2023

Caileigh explains when a child experiences grief or a traumatic grief experience, there’s often behaviour that comes from that. Grief impacts behaviour. And sometimes it can be outward behaviour and sometimes it can be internalized behaviour. The good news about grief and behaviour is that it can be managed and supported through effective communication, through therapy and through coping strategies.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / I Am A Professional / Video

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

June 8, 2021

Amber talks about how her grief has helped her learn how support other people in grief.

Death of a Parent / Supporting Others / Video

Kristal – Professional Experience and Work

April 23, 2023

Kristal discusses being a peer support woker, working on a one on one level with community members to help them with their goals related to substance abuse. She supports those in the community dealing with loss and grief. She speaks to everyone’s experience with loss and grief being very individual.

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

Lisa – Music and her connection with her father

June 20, 2022

Lisa talks about the gratitude she has for reconnecting with her father before he died and how much music was a connection for them

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Music / Video

Sarah K – Trauma therapy

February 7, 2022

Sarah explains how she felt broken after her husband’s death to overdose and how grief therapy helped her untangle all the feelings that came from such an unexpected death

Death By Overdose / Grief and Trauma / Video

Janice – “Grief can be complicated”

December 10, 2018

Janice discusses disenfranchised grief and holding on to hurt.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Donna B – “5 Generations of Service”

September 26, 2019

Donna talks about her son and how her family understands service. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Death During Service / Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Video

Maureen – “If someone you know has experienced pregnancy & infant loss”

October 17, 2019

Maureen explains practical tools to help someone who is grieving.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Perinatal / Supporting Others / Video