Navigating Grief and Loss

A resource split into modules developed by the Canadian Virtual Hospice. It includes topics such as: grief in trans communities, trauma and grief in 2SLGBTQ+ communities, grief in Indigenous LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit communities, grief in LGBTQ+ immigrant and refugee communities, as well as grief among 2SLGBTQ+ youth.

This episode of The Lighthouse Beacon Podcast allows listeners to hear about Marcus Logan's story: a queer married man with two beautiful sons who shares his early experiences as a bereaved child, and his father dying when he was 6 years old. "With a 20 year history in his community as an educator, advocate, and disrupter of systemic/homo/bi/transphobia in the Children's Mental Health Systems, Marcus also speaks to some of the challenges of queer youth seeking appropriate and aligned grief support. Having an adopted son who is Anishnawbe, Marcus also speaks to the plight of many Indigenous peoples within social services, as well as his experience witnessing the grief and trauma with the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at the Kamloops residential School"

An article written by HopeHealth that discusses factors that may both elicit grief and make grieving difficult for 2SLGBTQ+ people such as estrangement from families of origin, or a lack of support to help them through a loved one’s end-of-life experience and the grief that follows. The article also links to a 2SLGBTQ+-friendly virtual grief support group.

The guest of this podcast, Phoenix, discusses their grief following family estrangement because of their LGBTQ+ identity. This is a kind of disenfranchised grief that many LGBTQ+ people experience with little to no recognition or support from society.

A webinar hosted by Dying With Dignity Canada featuring guest speakers Michelle Williams and Rachelle Bensoussan to discuss the topic of grief, specifically the lack of diversity in end of life care.

"To understand the unique experience of Black loss, grief and bereavement, it's necessary to consider the collective grief Black Americans have suffered as the result of America's long history of racialization and racist violence."

An article written by Michelle Williams, a registered social worker in Ontario, about grief and loss through the lens of diversity, anti-racism and anti-oppression.

A resource guide compiled by the Black Community Action Network (BCAN) including Black therapeutic supports and trauma informed grounding techniques, as well as Black support phone lines.

An episode of the podcast 'Grief out Loud' featuring Dr. Tashel Bordere who has identified the concept of "suffocated grief": the ways in which the grief of Black youth and youth with marginalized identities not only goes unacknowledged, but is often penalized. Dr. Bordere notes that this concept is rooted in systems of oppression and discrimination.

"The Healing Indigenous Hearts Facilitators’ Guidebook was developed for Indigenous - First Nations, Inuit and Metis people who have lost loved ones as a result of substance-use-related causes – and wish to facilitate a support group with other Indigenous people who have suffered this kind of loss."

A piece of a larger toolkit that contains general information and resources on grief and loss, as well as personal stories and traditional teachings that might be helpful to individuals and families in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities who are experiencing grief related to a loved one’s cancer or other life-threatening illness.

A video featuring individuals from First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities speaking about traditional ceremonies after a loved ones passes away and the experience of grief.

An article and 10 minute interview with Jeffrey Ansloos, a Cree assistant professor at the University of Toronto, who discusses how colonization has impacted grieving in Indigenous communities.