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NSHPCA Conference 2025
What a delight to be an exhibitor at the NSHPCA Conference. Its theme was The cultural implications of death, dying, and grief. As an exhibitor, I didn’t get to many sessions, but Dr. Amit Arya‘s opening keynote Equity at the Heart of Care challenged the audience to look carefully for forms of racism. In Arya’s…
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Healing Pathways Grant, NSHPCA
The Valley Hospice Foundation has a Grief & Bereavement Committee which meets to discuss the activities and initiatives our community could benefit from, including the Grief Library. During a meeting on April 7, Board Chair Gerry Morey called to inform us we had been awarded a grant from NSHPCA Healing Pathways Our application was successful!…
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Todd Veinotte Show 95.7
Thanks to Todd Veinotte for a great conversation on Halifax City News 95.7. The Library piece appears at 1:40:03. We talked about The Grief Library, grief in general, and how rewarding this project is. We appreciate the interest in our work!
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Thank you CORAH
It was such a pleasure to present at the CORAH (Centre On Rural Aging and Health) at NSCC Middleton on February 26th. We were joined by CORAH sites at NSCC Shelburne and Strait Area Campuses, as well as partner sited in Cornwallis and Gaspereau. In total, 32 people got to hear the story of how…
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From a borrower’s perspective
Thanks to Janet for talking about how the Grief Library may help others in similar situations. It’s personal storytelling that is the most powerful measure of what we do, and why we do it. With much love and appreciation!
