Grief Resources

Recomend a Resource

On this page you will find resources and information our client families have found helpful.

If you would like to recomend a resource to add please contact us with your suggestion at info@northernlightsfs.ca.

Dealing With Grief:

There are many excellent local, regional, national and inter-national grief resources available. They can provide a supportive environment to help you through the phases of the grieving process.

Bereavement Self Help - http://bereavement.ca/index.html
Canada's Grief Resource Centre - http://www.robertspress.ca
Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths - http://www.sidscanada.org/
Children Grieving - http://www.grievingchildren.com%20
Collecting Loss - http://www.collectingloss.com/
Facing Bereavement - http://www.facingbereavement.co.uk
Fathers Grieving Infant Loss - http://www.fathersgrievinginfantloss.blogspot.com/
Genesis - http://www.genesis-resources.com/forTheBereaved.htm
Grief and Renewal - http://www.griefandrenewal.com/
Griefwalker The Film - http://films.nfb.ca/griefwalker
Grief Support Services - http://www.griefsupportservices.org/
Grieving Children - http://www.grievingchildren.com
Guiding Kids Thru Life's Storms - http://www.rainbows.ca/resources.aspx
Helping Those Who Have Lost a Spouse - http://www.newhope-grief.org
Infant Loss - http://www.babysteps.com%20
Internet grief community http://griefnet.org
Internet Grief is Good Blog - http://grief-is-good.blogspot.com
Kids and Grief http://www.kidsaid.com
MomDiaries/Children's Grief - http://www.tvo.org/themummydiaries
Support for Widows and Widowers - http://www.newhope-grief.org
The Compassionate Friends of Canada - http://www.tcfcanada.net
The Mummy Diaries/Children's Grief - http://www.tvo.org/themummydiaries
Web Healing - http://www.webhealing.com
Youth Site - http://www.soul2soul.ca

Hospice & Palliative Care:

Canadian Palliative Care Association - http://sen.parl.gc.ca/scarstairs/carstairs/%20
Care Guide - http://www.thecareguide.com/PalliativeCare/Default.aspx%20
Childrens Hospital - http://www.childrenshospital.ab.ca/site/PageServer
Edmonton Palliative Care - http://www.palliative.org/
Edmonton Hospice - http://www.pilgrimshospice.ca/
Hospice - http://www.hospicenet.org/

Government:

Alberta Blue Cross - https://www.ab.bluecross.ca/index.html
Alberta Consumer Protection - http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/988.cfm
Alberta Trustee - http://justice.alberta.ca/programs_services/public_trustee/Pages/DeceasedPersons.aspx
Canada Pension Plan - http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/cpp/cpptoc.shtml
Consumer Protection - http://www.bpcpa.ca
Last Post Fund - http://www.lastpostfund.ca/%20
Veterans Affairs - http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/clients/sub.cfm?source=bereavement/gravevac

Other Resources:

Alberta Funeral Service Association - http://www.afsa.ab.ca/
Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board - http://www.afsrb.ab.ca/
Canadian Funeral Service Association - http://www.fsac.ca/
Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime - http://www.crcvc.ca/en%20
Edmonton Support Network - http://www.thesupportnetwork.com/
Executors Toolkit - http://www.theexecutorstoolkit.com
Virtual Hospice - http://www.virtualhospice.ca
Widows and Widowers - http://www.widownet.org/

Pet Loss:

10 Tips On Coping With Pet Loss - http://www.pet-loss.net/index.shtml
Canadian Centre For Pet Loss Bereavement - http://www.petlosssupport.ca
Canada West Veterinary Care - http://www.accg.com/page159.htm
Help Guide - http://www.helpguide.org/mental/grieving_pets.htm
Healthy Pet - http://www.healthypet.com
How To Cope With Losing A Pet - http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-Losing-a-Pet
I Loved My Pet - http://ilovedmypet.com/shirijoshua.asp
Jean Brown's Pet Loss Recovery Guide - http://petlossguide.com/
Pet Education - http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=0+1278+1494&aid=635
Pet Loss And Bereavement - http://www.aplb.org/