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Books:
A Kids Book about Grief

Introduces kids to grief, how it can affect people, and how it is a normal part of life.

A Gift of Time: Continuing your Pregnancy When Your Baby's Life is Expected to be Brief

Book talks about the anticipatory grief when someone knows that their child will only have a short life, and also the gr ... Read more

A Grief Observed

C.S. Lewis accounts for his personal loss of his wife, with a selection of his journal recordings during her passing. An ... Read more

A Guide to Traditional Healing

A First Nations adult guide created by Caring Hearts and Elder Harry Francis to help agencies and frontline professional ... Read more

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Workbooks:
Me and My Illness Activity Book

An activity book for children to help them think about their illness and how it affects their life.

My Life, My Grief Activity Book

An activity book for children to help them think about grief and how someone's death affects their life.

My Life, Their Illness Activity Book

An activity book for children to help them think about how someone else's illness affects their life.

Supporting healthy ways of living with grief & loss: A guide for First Nations Peoples

This guide shares First Nations ways to heal after a loss. It uses stories and old traditions, like smudging, to help th ... Read more

PDFs:
“When The Time Comes”: A Guide for End-of-Life Planning for Indigenous people

This guide helps Indigenous people plan for the end of life. It explains how to share final wishes about burials and gif ... Read more

10 Things to know about grief

Lists 10 key facts on grief to help individuals understand their grief.

A Guide for Parents and Caregivers, Supporting Children and Teens with Grief, Loss & Healing

This guide helps parents talk to kids about loss. It shows how age affects grief and gives tips for honest talks. It hel ... Read more

Caregiving, Grieving and Loss

Talks about ongoing and multiple losses often experienced by caregivers, loss and grief (including anticipatory grief) a ... Read more

Videos:
Grief Chats Q&A - Webinar Series

Explore previous Grief Chats webinar recordings where grief specialists respond to questions from the public about loss ... Read more

“That strength-based approach of our culture”: First Nations Australians grief | Living Loss

This video shows how Aboriginal Australians use culture to heal from old trauma. It shares ways to find strength in ritu ... Read more

3 ways companies can support grieving employees

Discusses how Tilak Mandadi, a father who had lost his daughter, was supported by his colleagues and company and how oth ... Read more

Acknowledging staff grief when working with Dementia: It is vital

Discuses supporting staff and healthcare workers when someone with dementia dies.

Podcasts:
All there is with Anderson Cooper

Do we ever move on from grief, or do we just learn to live with it? In All There Is, Anderson Cooper continues his deepl ... Read more

Andrea Warnick Helping to Navigate Grief with Your Teen

Andrea Warnick, a Registered Psychotherapist whose passion lies in helping families and communities support people of al ... Read more

Commusings: It Happened in my Rearview Mirror by Murray Hidary

Murray Hidary describes how he turned to music to help understand and deal with the grief that came from witnessing the ... Read more

Cultural bereavement - Tida Beattie

Talks about cultural bereavement, how immigrants experiences can informed their approach to end-of-life, finding cultura ... Read more

Apps:
Apart of Me

A game for youth who are grieving, created by child psychologists, many from St. Joseph's Hospice. Involves real world q ... Read more

Pregnancy After Loss App

App dedicated to pregnancy and infant loss resources, offering online support groups.

Articles:
Grief in Times of Celebration: The Empty Spot

This article provides suggestions on navigating grief in times of celebration.

"Call it grief and then see if it changes how you view it"

Talks about the collective grief people experienced due to COVID-19, and how many did not have the mechanisms to cope wi ... Read more

"How old would she be now?" and other grief equations

Talks about "grief math" when individuals started asking questions such as how long has it been since this person died? ... Read more

"I Don't Want to Talk About It": Coping with Grief Without Saying a Word

Lists ways to cope and process grief that don't involve talking to people as this is not how everyone wants to process t ... Read more

Infographics:
Grief is… Infographic

An infographic that shares key messages about grief.

Grief, is it common to feel... Infographic

An infographic showing common feelings associated with grief.

Ideas to support someone who is grieving - Infographic

An infographic providing ideas to help support someone who is grieving.

Mother's and Father's Day Infographic

An infographic providing ideas for how to support grieving children and youth during Mother's and Father's Day.

Reports:
Next Steps Action Plan

The report calls for national leadership, collaboration, and concrete actions to bring Canada in line with other countri ... Read more