BVP welcomes you to an evening of conversation about the transformational power of grief.

This webinar will explore sorrow as a quintessential human experience, the navigation of which takes courage, resilience, and support. We will look at expressions of grief, metaphors for understanding our sorrow, and ways to be of support to those who are grieving. This 90-minute virtual presentation will include time for Q&A. A recording of the webinar will be available on Bow Valley Palliative’s YouTube channel.

Facilitator: Bill Harder – BVP Hospice Program Coordinator

Learning objectives:
1. Explore grief as a deeply human part of life
2. Understand the diversity and complexity of the grief experience and grief’s many expressions
3. Understand our role in supporting people who are grieving
4. Understand sorrow and grief as transformational

At the end of this module, you will be able to:
• Understand examples of the human experience that may evoke a grief response
• Describe some of the losses that people might experience when diagnosed with a life-limiting illness, during the process of dying, and after a death or non-death loss and how they may react and cope
• Identify personal, social and cultural factors that affect how people grieve
• Discuss what helps or hinders a grieving person
• Have an increased awareness of your own expressions of grief and how grief changes us