We have been supporting grieving children, teens, and families since 1991. Our team of educators help build the capacity of our communities through education, consultation, and resources. Download our brochure here.
Collaboration & Consultation
We work with community professionals such as victims services, teachers, health and mental health care professionals as part of a care team for individuals or families.
You can access this support through consult@childrensgriefcentre.ca.
Workshops & Seminars
We offer keynote speakers and customized seminars for school staff, student mental health days, community-based agencies, and other groups. We also provide accredited continuing education programs for teachers, health and mental health care professionals, and other helping professionals.
For current information on our educational opportunities visit: childrensgriefcentre.ca/education.
To learn more about how you can book a speaker, email: info@childrensgriefcentre.ca.
Search our Resources:
For Grieving Children
Supporting Grieving Children
- Canadian Alliance for Grieving Children and Youth
- Children's Grief Centre Brochure
- Child & Teen Grief after a Suicide
- How Children Grieve and Ways We Can Help
- Informing a Child of a Death
- Preparing Emotionally for Disasters or Emergencies
- Psychological First Aid After a Disaster
- Recovery after a Disaster or Emergency
- Responding to a Disaster or Emergency
- Sleep Disturbances
- Talking To Children about Life-Threatening Illness
- When Bad Things Happen
- When Grief Goes to School
- When the Holidays Hurt
- Lost for Words - Advice for Children About How to Cope with Grief
Suggested Books for Grieving Children
- Ida, Always by Caron Levis
- In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek
- Life is Like the Wild by Shona Innes
- Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss by Pat Schwiebert, Chuck DeKlyen
- The Invisible String by Patricia Karst
- The Next Place by Warren Hanson
- Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman
For Grieving Teens
Supporting Grieving Teens
- Canadian Alliance for Grieving Children and Youth
- Children's Grief Centre Brochure
- Child & Teen Grief after a Suicide
- How Teens Grieve and Ways We Can Help
- Informing a Child of a Death
- Preparing Emotionally for Disasters or Emergencies
- Psychological First Aid After a Disaster
- Recovery after a Disaster or Emergency
- Responding to a Disaster or Emergency
- Sleep Disturbances
- Talking To Teens about Life-Threatening Illness
- When Bad Things Happen
- When Grief Goes to School
- When the Holidays Hurt
Suggested Books for Grieving Teens
- Someone I Loved Died by Suicide by Doreen T. Cammarata
- The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and their Friends by Helen Fitzgerald
- The Invisible String by Patricia Karst
- The Next Place by Warren Hanson
- When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens about Grieving and Healing by Marilyn Grootman
- Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman
For Grieving Families
- Canadian Alliance for Grieving Children and Youth
- Children's Grief Centre Brochure
- Child & Teen Grief after a Suicide
- Family Conversations about MAID
- Helping Your Child or Teen Recover from a Disaster or Emergency
- How Children Grieve and Ways We Can Help
- How Teens Grieve and Ways We Can Help
- Informing a Child of a Death
- MyGrief.ca
- Preparing Emotionally for Disasters or Emergencies
- Psychological First Aid After a Disaster
- Recovery after a Disaster or Emergency
- Responding to a Disaster or Emergency
- Should My Child Attend the Funeral?
- Sleep Disturbances
- Talking To Children about Life-Threatening Illness
- Talking to Teens about Life-Threatening Illness
- When Bad Things Happen
- When Grief Goes to School
- When the Holidays Hurt
- Video: Each member of a family grieves differently (French)
Special Event & Holidays
- Help for the Holidays
- The Year I Ran Away From Christmas
- When Bad Things Happen
- When Grief Goes to School
- When the Holidays Hurt
Suggested Books for Grieving Families
- Healing A Teen's Heart: 100 Practical Ideas For Families, Friends and Caregivers by Alan Wolfelt
- Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope when Someone Special Dies by Janis Silverman
- Helping Children Grieve by Theresa Huntley
- I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas
- Never Too Young To Know: Death in Children's Lives by Phyllis Silverman
- Waterbugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Children by Doris Stickney
- When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief by Marge Eaton Heegaard
View the full bibliography
For Grieving Adults
- MyGrief.ca
- Preparing Emotionally for Disasters or Emergencies
- Psychological First Aid After a Disaster
- Recovery after a Disaster or Emergency
- Responding to a Disaster or Emergency
- Sleep Disturbances
Special Event & Holidays
- Help for the Holidays
- The Year I Ran Away From Christmas
- When Bad Things Happen
- When the Holidays Hurt
Suggested Books for Grieving Adults
- Catching Your Breath in Grief by Thomas Attig
- Healing Your Grieving Soul by Alan Wolfelt
- How We Grieve: Relearning the World by Thomas Attig
- Living a Life that Matters by Harold S. Kushner
- Option B: Finding Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg
- The Heart of Grief: Death and the Search for Lasting Love by Thomas Attig
View the full bibliography
For those Living with Advanced Illness & their Families
- Alberta Cancer Exercise Brochure
- Canadian Virtual Hospice
- Child Grief & Life-Threatening Illness in the Family
- Chinese Patients With Cancer at the End of Life
- Family Conversations about MAID
- Grief in the Workplace
- I Did it My Way: Aging Well To The End
- Life's Last Chapter
- Living with Advanced Illness Brochure
- Living with Cancer Program
- Should My Child Attend the Funeral?
- Talking To Children about Life-Threatening Illness
- Teen Grief & Life-Threatening Illness in the Family
- The Grieving Colleague: 10 Do's and Don't's
- Palliative Care Resources
- When Grief Goes to School
- When the Holidays Hurt
Suggested Books
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul GawaBrocnde
- The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs
- The Grace in Dying: A Message of Hope, Comfort and Spiritual Transformation by Kathleen Dowling Singh
- Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying by Ram Dass, Bush Mirabai
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
View the full bibliography
For Professionals & Volunteers Working with Grieving Children, Teens and Families
- Canadian Virtual Hospice
- Children's Grief Centre Brochure
- Informing a Child of a Death
- Living with Advanced Illness Brochure
- KidsGrief.ca
- MyGrief.ca
Suggested References
- Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of Grief by Dennis Klass
- Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives by Phyllis Rolfe Silverman
- Predictors and Parameters of Resilience to Loss: Toward an Individual Differences Model by A. D. Mancini, G. A. Bonanno
- The Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement by M. Stroebe, H. Schut
- The Grieving Person's Bill of Rights by Alan Wolfelt
