Every person, and every community, has experienced some type of loss since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Grief is a natural human experience that we may be feeling. This toolkit is to help us think, act, and change through our grief stories, making them meaningful to us and our communities.
This toolkit was proudly developed collaboratively with a common vision to help our communities with resources and activities to move through our collective grief, and continue to be rooted in deep connection. We hope the following will be shared far and wide, and used to whatever extent feels right. Thank you for taking the time to learn, reflect, and grow!
If you do put into practice any of the activities recommended, we want to hear (and share) all about it! Tag us on social media @CDLICalgary, or send us an e-mail so we can share it below as a blog post!
‘A Toolkit for Grief’ was developed by the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good, Community Development Learning Initiative, and Community Health Promotion Services.
We welcome you to connect with any feedback or questions:
Amanda Palmer: cdli@caryacalgary.ca
Jodi Lammiman: info@refugiaretreats.com
Paulina Gornicki: Community Health Promotion Services
Thank you and make sure to check out our blog posts below that dig deeper into the concepts you learn and showcase the amazing work being done in communities just like yours!
If you explored Bowmont Park before Easter, you may have spied the Bowness Weeping Tree. This past year has been a difficult one for many people, and it was felt that there would be great value in hosting a sacred space to acknowledge, grieve and pray for the pain and loss of Bownesians and those we love.
Read MoreAs you engage with the Grief Toolkit, we wanted to share some more resources you can explore to deepen your knowledge and understanding.
Read MoreThe ethos of my suburban neighbourhood is not one that is eager to face dark things. But one of the hard gifts of this year of pandemic has been its bringing of the universality of loss squarely into our collective awareness, in defiance of the aspirational sheen of a comfortable life that can act as a veil over pain and anxiety.
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