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Journey through Grief Conference

Healthy Coping Strategies In Your Journey Through Grief

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE IS NOW CLOSED

Full Day Conference with keynote speaker C. Elizabeth Dougherty

November 14, 2023 | 8:30am - 4pm
Goods & Co. Market Art Gallery
251 Red River Rd, Thunder Bay, ON

  • Registration Fee $60/person

Registration includes all sessions, a registration gift, coffee/tea service in the morning, and lunch.

A full day grief conference allowing participants to gain healthy coping strategies from local experts in the field.

Workshop Sessions include:

  • Keynote by C. Elizabeth Dougherty -  Demystifying Grief & Honouring Loss: Exploring Healing While Caring For Others And Ourselves
  • Facilitated sessions by local experts - scroll down for details

Local practitioners in alternative therapies will be available in our vendors market.

Registration is required.

Photo of leaf on a branch with holes chewed in it by Suzanne Fiorito
Photo by Suzanne Fiorito - Personal Lens on Grief 2022

This conference would not be possible without the generous support of:

Workshop Sessions

Headshot of Elizabeth Dougherty, keynote speaker

Keynote Speaker: C. Elizabeth Dougherty

Joining us virtually is keynote speaker Elizabeth Dougherty talking about Demystifying Grief & Honouring Loss: Exploring Healing While Caring For Others And Ourselves.

Elizabeth is a social worker in Burlington ON with extensive experience supporting children, youth and adults facing complex illness, uncertainty and grief.

Concurrent Morning Sessions

Attendees will have the choice of attending one of these morning sessions. The session will be 90 minutes in length.

Diana Prairie - Workshop Facilitator
Diana Prairie

Traumatic Loss

Kathy Kortes-Miller - Workshop Facilitiator
Kathy Kortes-Miller

Navigating Grief

Beatrice Twance-Hynes - Workshop Facilitiator
Beatrice Twance-Hynes

Cultural Perspectives on Grief

Concurrent Afternoon Sessions

Attendees will have the choice of attending two of these afternoon sessions. Each session will be approximately 1 hour.

Claudia Otto - Workshop Facilitator
Claudia Otto

Healing through Storytelling

Monique Mercier - Workshop Facilitator
Monique Mercier

Self Compassion & Mindfulness

Helen Young-Brizard - Workshop Facilitator
Helen Young-Brizard

Art Based Therapy - Mushkiki Boxes

A wooden walking can with a craved eagle head resting against a wall | Photo by Diana Prairie

Agenda

  • 8:30 - 9:00 - Registration, coffee, vendors
  • 9:00 - 10:15 - Opening Remarks & Ceremony
    Keynote Speaker Elizabeth Doughtery
  • 10:30 - 11:00 - Break with Vendors
  • 11:00 - 12:30 - Concurrent Sessions (choose one)
    • Traumatic Loss with Diana Prairie
    • Navigating Grief with Kathy Kortes-Miller
    • Cultural Perspectives on Grief with Beatrice Twance-Hynes
  • 12:30 - 1:30 - Lunch / Visit the Vendors / View Personal Lens on Grief Exhibition
  • 1:30 - 2:30 - Tools in the Grief Toolkit Concurrent Sessions (choose one)
    • Healing through Storytelling with Claudia Otto
    • Self Compassion & Mindfulness with Monique Mercier
    • Art Bared Therapy - Mushkiki Boxes with Helen Young-Brizard
  • 2:30 - 3:30 - Tools in the Grief Toolkit Concurrent Sessions (choose one)
    • Healing through Storytelling with Claudia Otto
    • Self Compassion & Mindfulness with Monique Mercier
    • Art Bared Therapy - Mushkiki Boxes with Helen Young-Brizard
  • 3:30 - 4:00 - Culminating Activity
    Meditation and Closing Remarks

Personal Lens on Grief Art Exhibition

November 10 - 30, 2023
In conjunction with the Journey Through Grief Conference, an art exhibition will be held during the month of November. A Personal Lens on Grief is an innovative way to reflect and share your grief journey through using pictures. By sharing our grief experiences and feelings through pictures, we can encourage discussion, collaborate for change and build a community of support.

Alternative Therapy Vendors

We are looking for local practitioners in the following areas to be part of our vendors market:

  • Reiki
  • Relflexology
  • Massage therapy
  • Art therapy
  • Movement / Dance
  • Yoga
  • Aromatherapy
  • Therapeutic Touch
  • Meditation
  • Naturopathic Medicine
  • Counselling Clinics

Cost of Table: $100, includes lunch for 1 person

Photo of leaf on a branch with holes chewed in it by Suzanne Fiorito
Photo by Suzanne Fiorito - Personal Lens on Grief 2022