The three of us are all guests or members of an incredible resource that none of us has mentioned, which is the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement, and of which there are many proud Canadian members.
Our most recent meeting was in June this past year. I was one of the co-hosts, and it was in London, Ontario, at King's University College. It is an international group of experts in the field, and they, especially the Canadian ones, would jump at the challenge to help craft a definition.