Resources

PLEASE MAKE USE OF THE MANY RESOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE

THE FOLLOWING ARE LINKS TO LOCAL GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS

BC Bereavement Help Line
Living Through Loss Counselling Society of BC
Creative Climate Counselling
Andrea Warnick Consulting, supporting grieving children, youth and adults
Weaver of Light Grief Support, with Penny Brown, Bereavement Companion~ pennybrown@shaw.ca
Lower Mainland Grief Recovery Society
Vancouver Hospice Society
Delta Hospice Society
Vancouver Coastal Health
Centre for Loss & Life Transition with Dr. Alan Wolfelt
Palliative Support Centre
Bereavement Walking Program, Vancouver Hospice Society
Refuge in Grief: grief support that doesn’t suck

ADVOCACY

BOOKS

“Anam Cara” by John O’Donohue
“Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande
“Final Gifts” by Maggie Callahan and Patricia Kelley
“It’s OK That You’re Not OK” by Megan Devine
“The Heart Does Break: Canadian Writers on Grief and Mourning” by Jean Baird and George Bowering
“The Letters from Motherless Daughters” by Hope Edelman
“The Mourners Dance: What We Do When People Die” by Katherine Ashenburg
“The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

“Cry Heart, But Never Break” by Glenn Ringtved
“Why Did Grandpa Die?” by Barbara Shook Hazen
“Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss” by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
“The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life For All Ages” by Leo Buscaglia
“Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children” by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen
“Saying Goodbye to Lulu by Corrine Demas
“Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories” by Audrey Penn
“The Heart and the Bottle” by Oliver Jeffers
“Missing Mummy” by Rebecca Cobb

EXPRESSIONS OF GRIEF

Grief Landscapes

LIFE CELEBRANTS

MINDFUL PLANNING

Stephen Garrett – stephen@embraceyourdeath.com
WILLOW: End of Life Planning & Personal Development
Go Wish Card Game – Promoting advanced discussions for end-of-life care
End-of-Life-Doula Certificate: Douglas College Faculty of Health Sciences

POETRY

“The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing” by Kevin Young
“Poems of Mourning” Everyman’s Library
Emily Dickinson, “I Measure Every Grief I Meet”, “After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes”, “I Can Wade Grief” (to name but a few)

PROVINCIAL ASSISTANCE

Ministry of Social Development & Social Innovation

If someone dies without any financial means to pay for funeral costs (i.e.: cremation or burial services), a request to the Ministry can be made for full payment.
Funeral Costs

Public Guardian & Trustee Office (PGT)

If someone dies and there is no one able or willing to administer the estate and take care of funeral-related expenses, assistance can be requested through the PGT office. Executors, intestate successors and beneficiaries wanting to refer an estate to PGT Estate and Personal Trust Services are encouraged to contact our office and speak with an Estate and Personal Trust Services Duty Officer prior to submitting a referral.
Estate Services

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