Contexts of Grief and Bereavement Experiences

This course intends to provide you with the opportunity to…

Demonstrate awareness and appreciation of the Canadian bereavement context and how it impacts individual and collective grief experiences.

Learners who successfully complete the course will have demonstrated the ability to:

• Investigate grief experiences in the Canadian context, including death systems, the funeral industry, bereavement policies, bereavement resources, and social movements.
• Examine various forces (e.g., historical, social, colonial, economic, political, ecological, technological, and ideological) that impact individual and collective experiences of grief and bereavement.
• Analyze conflicts in values and assumptions among different stakeholders that generate ethical dilemmas in end-of-life care and bereavement.
• Cultivate critical self-awareness through reflexive writing.

Introduction to Grief and Bereavement (Mandatory)