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Understanding Grief ›
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Understanding grief ›
- Truths about grief
- What grief looks and feels like
- Common challenges with grief
- Grieving before the loss
- Ideas for living with loss
- Grief triggers
- How long grief lasts
- How the loss affects families and others
- When life starts to get better
- Special dates
- Rituals, funerals, and memorials
- Do I need more help?
- Prolonged grief
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Grief, roles, and identity ›
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Grieving a Death ›
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Your relationship ›
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The situation ›
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Non-death Loss ›
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Supporting Someone ›
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Professionals & Volunteers ›
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Resources & More ›
Welcome to AboutGrief.ca
Just Released
•Canadian Grief Alliance
We are excited to welcome you to AboutGrief.ca – Canada’s national website about grief!
The Canadian Grief Alliance has created this site, with investment from Health Canada, to help people who are living with grief and those who are supporting others in their grief. While everyone will experience grief, it is often misunderstood. Grief is a natural response to any loss that is important to you, whether a person, relationship, sense of security, finances, hope, a job, a pet, or other losses. Grief can affect the way you feel, think, and behave, as well as how your body feels. When we better understand grief, we can learn to respond to it in helpful ways.
AboutGrief.ca is filled with information. You can find:
- Articles about how grief looks and feels and help for living with grief
- Listings of more than 400 Programs and Services
- Video clips of people sharing their stories and grief specialists providing guidance
- Selected resources including podcasts and books, from Canada and around the world
- The Grief Assistant, an AI tool that helps you find answers to your questions
- Innovations in grief support and research
AboutGrief.ca also offers Windmail, a place to write private messages to those you are grieving.
Everything on AboutGrief.ca is free to access and no registration is required.
AboutGrief.ca was developed by grief specialists and members of the public who shared diverse grief experiences, challenges and what helped them. AboutGrief.ca ensures you have access to practical, helpful information you can trust.
We hope this website is helpful to you. We love getting feedback. Please tell us about your experiences with the site and how we can improve to serve you better.
You and your grief are welcome here.
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