Human Resources committee  Absolutely. What pops into my head is bus shelters and buses. We need to be talking about this at all ages. I think buses and public transportation and of course social media—those two follow one another—are places where we can start a conversation. When people are talking abou

Human Resources committee  As a social worker, I would want to see a micro, meso and macro approach. At a macro level, I would like to see our country sign on to the compassionate cities charter and give cities resources to enact that, because it really helps to start the conversation, and instead of Her

Human Resources committee  It's not specific to parents, but it's specific to grief and this idea of grief literacy. Scotland is making enormous advances in terms of public education and grief literacy. They have festivals. I'm not sure if it was in Scotland or Great Britain where this whole idea of deat

Human Resources committee  Since you've given me a magic wand, I would do a lot of public education that would include workplaces, so that everybody would have more knowledge about both death literacy and grief literacy, and that there would be an element of choice. If I love my workplace and I do find it

Human Resources committee  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 wa

Human Resources committee  Members are from different countries. There are many Canadian members, and they're members from many different disciplines. There are psychologists and social workers and physicians and nurses and bereavement counsellors. There are funeral directors. There are people who practise

Human Resources committee  No, it's not. It's an international organization, and the past president is based in Canada. Our last meeting was in Canada, but the meetings move around. Our next one is in Zimbabwe. Mary Ellen and I knew each other, and we met Karima at the last meeting, yet none of us mention

Human Resources committee  I think the idea of a grief benefit, a bereavement benefit, would go a long way to recognizing that grief exists and that death is a part of life. On the pieces that are lacking in behind some of these issues in terms of the education in professions like mine—in social work—I t

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. First of all, I'd like to say that I am very grateful for the work of this committee and that I'm honoured to be here today to present some of my work. Let me introduce myself. I am a social worker by training. I have a number of years in family practice—in