New blog at GrieMatters.ca: Small talk, big pain: How casual questions sometimes touch the raw edges of grief.

#GriefLiteracy is about helping community members to better understand their own and other people’s experience of grief.

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Lori Weber's husband chose Medical Assistance in Dying - she generously shared her family's story and her advice for anyone making this choice. (Many thanks to Charlit Floriano and Cartoonist-in-Residence Susan MacLeod) Check out the full animation here: griefmatters.ca/cartoons/mai...

I love it when I bump into #GriefLiteracy as I wander through my world

October's blog is up at ww.GriefMatters.ca, and it's such an important topic: managing small talk when you're grieving.

Wondering what to do today? Join us!

TODAY! If you live in #HFX/HRM, I'm leading a free 'FotoBalm' event (photo walk exploring the practice of #photography as healing for the #grief process.) Part of GriefMatters.ca Grief Gatherings Week happening all around Nova Scotia. Bring your camera and meet at The Dingle gazebo for 4 PM start.

Good morning! Just another commute to work 😊

Wondering what to do today? We've got two in-person events, if you happen to be in this beautiful part of the world #NovaScotia #GriefGatherings2025

Two more beautiful events tomorrow - both in Nova Scotia. www.GriefMatters.ca #GriefGatherings2025

Gather with us for a grief walk today in Bedford (Nova Scotia). More at wwwGriefMatters.ca

There are so many amazing offerings - join us! More details at www.GriefMatters.ca #GriefGatherings2025

Join this #GriefGathering2025 event - essential learnings are promised!

Another great #GriefGatherings2025 event in the bag! Thanks to @whenyoudie.bsky.social and Hospice Halifax

Last Saturday, #GriefMatters took to the Sackville Farmers' Market (Nova Scotia). Stay tuned for future pop-up stands! For a full list of gatherings, visit out website here: griefmatters.ca/grief-gather... #GriefGatherings2025 #GriefGatherings

Just dropped! And with that, #GriefGatherings2025 is underway. Join us, www.GriefMatters.ca

Grief Gatherings starts tomorrow! #GriefMatters

From September 19-28, in-person and online grief literacy activities! Join us! #GriefGatherings2025

Two more sleeps! #GriefGatherings2025 Schedule at: griefmatters.ca/grief-gather...

The countdown to this year’s Grief Gatherings has begun! We’re so excited for what’s ahead. Which events are you planning to attend? Let us know, we’d love to hear from you! #GriefMatters #GriefGatherings2025

Yes, Grief Matters!

Just follow the geese to #GriefGatherings2025🪿

#GriefGatherings2025 are coming up! Join us!

Have you heard about #GriefGatherings2025? Check out griefmatters.ca

This new policy demonstrates such impressive leadership - thanks @cjphrcsp.bsky.social for your vision!

Children grieve too! In this paper, we contest views of children as immature, used to justify their exclusion from discussions about death. This exclusion breaches children’s participation rights. We propose a rethinking that recognizes young people as active moral agents. doi.org/10.1177/0030...

A little #DeathLiteracy humour to start the day

Started my day with this genuine approach to children's #DeathLiteracy. Thank you @drjrubenstein.bsky.social

Some timely local🍁lore (and a great interview with historian/writer, Craig Ferguson)

Grief is grief. Ireland's leading with #GriefLiteracy once again - well done!

(More) life lessons from Dolly Parton 🙏 #GriefLiteracy

(Sober) Grief Disco - brilliant #GriefLiteracy!

We will begin reviewing applications for these post-doctoral positions in March, so get your application in soon!

Our good friend, Professor Allan Kellehear has asked us to share this closure conference focusing on grief and loss taking place in #Durham. For more info and to book: For more information and link to book: pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham... #Conference #Grief #Loss #Bereavement

In 'North of North,' a Joyous Celebration of Being Inuk via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

A 'grief with no name' is still grief. We need to stop disenfranchising grief with our own labeling. Thanks to Jelena Markovic for helping me think about this today. #GriefLiteracy

Weaving and grieving, that's #GriefLiteracy

What do grief and Queer Eye have in common? New blog at GriefMatters.ca!

The message on this rock worked. I learned about #HIE on my morning walk. More about Lola's life and legacy at: www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

'Bereavement deserts': www.publicsource.org/bereavement-...

‘She has lost someone dear’: Professor hopes orca’s ‘grief swim’ spurs ethics rethink | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1096597...

Die With Me is a chat app you can only use when you have less than 5% battery. The perfect product for this day and age: zeroing in on the human need for connection and the driving desire to get the hell off our phones. Go down in a blaze of connection! diewithme.online/

Cemetery Recipes includes their first from Canada - Nova Scotia tea biscuits! chantallarochelle.ca/2025/01/19/c...

Love this! 'Grief hikes' with Professor Sonya Jakubec: Good Grief: Nature Walking Through Grief and Loss friendsoffishcreek.org/programs/goo...

Head over to GriefMatter.ca to read our latest blog on grieving as an adult sibling. griefmatters.ca/blog

I love getting book suggestions to enhance #DeathLiteracy in Canada. Here's one: Cemetery Book Review: Old Canadian Cemeteries chantallarochelle.ca/2025/01/12/c...

We still have much to learn about grief. #GriefLiteracy

#GriefLiteracy is all about sparking thoughtful conversations. Here's another great example.

Graphic medicine is a powerful way to advance #DeathLiteracy and #GriefLiteracy. See more at griefmatters.ca/cartoons