Crisis Lines
If you are in need of immediate assistance, please reach out to the following Crisis Supports
Resource links
These resources provide a broad range of information on grief such as talking to children about their grief.
Grief
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MyGrief.ca
My Grief is a free, made-in-Canada series of online learning modules and other resources designed to help families understand grief and how to cope with a loss.
MyGrief
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The Canadian Alliance for Children’s Grief
The Canadian Alliance for Children’s Grief provides a series of handbooks for those supporting children and youth grieving the dying or death of a loved one. It is also included in a Grief and Death Education Toolkit to help educators integrate these conversations into education.
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Judi’s House
Judishouse.org understands that grief is unpredictable and that navigating the ups and downs of loss can be challenging. The US based clinicians from Judishouse also compiled activities to help families talk about grief at home. Content is also available in Spanish.
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Children Grief Centre
Children Grief Centre, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is focused on helping families and children face grief and adjust to changes while feeling supported. Through a series of blog posts that can be downloaded as PDFS, book recommendations and links specifically for children, teens and parents and caregivers.
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Lighthouse for Grieving Children and Families
Lighthouse For Grieving Children and Families is in Oakville, Ontario, and offers grief support to families. These made-in-Canada resources include tip sheets, articles, and a fulsome library of books for young children, children, youths, parents, and caregivers.
https://lighthousegriefsupport.org/resources/lighthouse-library/
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Winston’s Wish
Winston’s Wish, UK provides a range of resources including books, blogs, articles, talks and workshops that help people explore grief. The range of content includes how to tell a child someone has died, coping with special occasions, and managing separation anxiety.
Resources are also available in different languages.
https://www.winstonswish.org/supporting-you/support-for-parents/
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The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
Developed by Canada’s national voice for Hospice Palliative Care in Canada. This is a repository of Canadian-made resources for caregivers, health providers, patients, researchers, policymakers, and volunteers.
https://www.chpca.ca/resource/grief-and-bereavement-resource-repository/
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Speaking Grief
Financed by the New York Life Foundation, the Speaking Grief initiative provides free resources to help normalize conversations and learn about grief. This initiative includes a documentary, web resources, and social media content available to individuals, organizations, classrooms, and businesses.
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Toolkit for People Impacted by Suicide Loss
Available through the Canadian Mental Health Commission of Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevent, The Centre for Suicide Prevention and the Public Health Agency of Canada, along with an advisory committee of people with lived experiences.
https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/resource/toolkit-for-people-who-have-been-impacted-by-a
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The Dougy Center
The Dougy Center provides support and resources for children, teens, young adults, and families who are grieving the death of someone significant in their life, both before and after.
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Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop is a global non-profit organization that provides free, interactive grief resources and tools to support children and families.
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KidsGrief.ca
KidsGrief.ca is a free online resource that helps guide parents as they support their children through grief.
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Canadian Virtual Hospice
The Canadian Virtual Hospice offers support, personalized tools, and information for children, families, educators, and professionals navigating grief.
https://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home.aspx
Culture
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Living My Culture.ca
Free online Indigenous cultural safety training explores quality palliative care that helps you honour culture, spirituality and traditions. Available on the Virtual Hospice Learning Hub