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The Lighthouse Beacon podcast.
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In this episode we are joined by an inspirational and transformative 'grief thriver', as he shares how he navigated his life following the death of both his parents by suicide. Through thoughtful reflection and powerful delivery, Joe Lyons-Rising speaks to what it was like to be a young child learning to survive trauma, grief, depression, and anxiety. He speaks about the many challenges that lay before for him as he matured, and what supports helped him survive such trauma. A prominent DJ, an Executive Grief Ambassador and Grief Facilitator with Season's Centre, an international speaker, and the best-selling author of the book 'Pain Remixed, Joe's life journey is one of incredible resiliency, humility, empathy, and Love.
Join us for a raw and engaging episode!
The ancient practices of grief and bereavement support are well documented and storied throughout Jewish history. Throughout Judaism, there are numerous examples of how grief and loss was shared in a communal sense with practices that are considered today 'progressive' and yet have been conducted for generations.
In this podcast we are joined by an incredible advocate and knowledgeable champion of Judaism, Hospice Palliative Care, and supports for Holocaust Survivors. Lisa Kronenberg, is the Executive Director of Neshama Hospice, a 12-bed Jewish-founded hospice residence in North York, Ontario, Canada, which just broke ground this late fall!
Join us as this incredible individual articulates with heartfelt compassion, and deep wisdom the impact of The Holocaust on children's grief, the far-reaching impact of intergenerational trauma, and the wonderful history of Judaism within communal grief and bereavement support!
How we children and youth in their grief can have a lasting impact on their mental, emotional, even physical health. Joining us on this podcast is an individual who draws on her knowledge and experiences as an educator, a clinician in private practice, and a mother, in sharing how to hold what she calls, 'exquisite presence,' when supporting children and youth who are grieving. Her approach, garnered through decades of in the field work within numerous settings, highlights practical and informative insights into the disenfranchisement of grief amongst children, and how promoting safe spaces can help children process their experiences of loss.
Join us for an exceptional informative and educational podcast!
The diversity of demographics of peoples accessing children's grief support is ever expanding. As the awareness of the importance of supporting children and youth who are grieving grows so does the need for appropriate and person-centred grief support.
Joining us on this podcast is Corrie Sirota who shares her personal and professional knowledge and experience within grief support. She speaks to what is called 'Cultural Conscientiousness', and how to be truly present with the person we are supporting.
Join us to learn more of this progressive approach to children's grief support!
Stemming from her thesis, ‘Black Bereavement: An Exploration to Black Grief and Grief Support Organization’, Delaney Jordana Holness joins us on this podcast to share her research which speaks to the intersections of social services and Black grief. Delaney’s life experiences and education help to frame her deep insights and knowledge into that gaps and barriers that hinder access to children’s grief support by the Black community.
Delaney currently serves as the Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator with Lighthouse for Grieving Children.
Join us for an exceptionally enlightening podcast!
Immigration, refugee status, multigenerational homes, are experiences facing many newcomers to Canada. Often accompanying these circumstances is loss, and the resultant feelings of grief.
On this podcast we are excited to host members of the family services team from the progressive organization of Indus Community Services. They generously share their knowledge and expertise in serving the very diverse demographics of peoples within the Greater Toronto Area. We delve into the intersection of death and non-death related losses and how we can best serve to support such experiences given the diversity within our region.
Join us for an eye opening and informative podcast!
Lighthouse gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Catherine & Maxwell Meighan Foundation that make these podcasts possible.
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On April 24th we commemorate a time of unspeakable horror, trauma, and grief, the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Joining us on this podcast is an individual with deep wisdom and insight into the multigenerational impact of such historical trauma and grief. Deacon Yervant shares his comprehensive knowledge and experience of Armenian traditions and customs, as relates to today's demographics of children, youth, and teens, within multigenerational family systems.
Join us for a wonderfully introspective podcast!
Within the field of children's grief, the subject of diversity asks to be inclusive of the measures with which children, teens, youth, and their families are supported. One of those measures is the vast domain of 'Grief Dreams', or dreams of the deceased. Joining us on this podcast is a progressive and exceptionally knowledgeable academic who brings his doctoral research, as well as a deeply personal experience, to exploring how dreams of the deceased can help support the journey through the experience of grief.
Join us for this fascinating and transformative subject!
The resource gaps within the sector of grief and bereavement support are extensive, and are typically dependent on geography, i.e. postal codes of service recipients. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the support of people living with intellectual and development disabilities (IDD). Individuals living with such exceptionalities often fall through the cracks of supports, especially when it involves loss, including those that are death related.
In this podcast we are joined by an exceptionally experienced, passionate, and knowledgeable team of clinicians,Tracey Human, Adrienne Carmichael, and Cara Grosset. Collectively the form the 'Intellectual and Developmental Disability Palliative Care Committee' in creating a great awareness surrounding the needs of such individuals, as well as the resources available. They also speak to the challenges of inappropriate referrals to children's grief supports due to an infantilization and marginalization of people living with IDD.
This podcast is dedicated to Claire Staniforth, who suddenly and tragically died a few days before she was to join us to share her thoughts and insights. Her work within the IDD sector, and on the palliative care committee, was invaluable in its contribution.
Join us to hear from these champions and leaders of their respective fields of service!
It goes without saying that the death of a child is one of the most traumatizing, challenging, and painful experiences imaginable. The ensuing grief and suffering often serves to break families apart and leave an indelible absence within a community.
Joining us on this episode of the Lighthouse Beacon podcast is an African Canadian immigrated from Sierra Leone, a businessman, a community leader, and a bereaved father and husband. Edward intimately shares his, and his family's journey through the death and grief of their young daughter. With a depth of vulnerability, explains how culture and immigration impacted their story of hope, and healing, and what transpired after they attended the Lighthouse Peer Supported Children's Grief Support programming.
Join us for a deeply intimate podcast with an individual who can speak as a service recipient, and an invaluable member of our organization!
The marginalization experienced by children living in poverty is immeasurable. Coupled with a death related loss, this double vulnerability often leads to a loss of hope, and coping mechanisms that further alienates and isolates such children.
In this episode we are joined by the inimitable Asante Haughton as he shares his life story out of poverty and discrimination. His deep wisdom reflects on the power of love, presence, and truly listening to children, youth, and teens growing up in poverty while experiencing grief due to a death related loss.
Join us for a deeply reflective and inspiring podcast!
People with Down Syndrome are valued members of our communities. However, they are often marginalized in accessibility to supportive social services. In this episode Nancy Howson, Community Relations Director for the Down Syndrome Society of York Region, joins us to share her insights and experiences on how to break down barriers for people living with Down Syndrome. We discuss the inequitable access to grief support for children, youth and teens living with Down Syndrome, and how more inclusive and informed models could be implemented. Nancy also graciously shares her knowledge on how people with Down Syndrome may grieve or express their state of bereavement, and how grief support can be individualized and tailored to meet their unique needs.
Join us for an engaging and educational session!
The COVID-19 pandemic has served to highlight and exacerbate the lack of accessibility to Children’s Grief Support. COVID-19 has also disproportionality affected marginalized and racialized communities. In this episode we have the privilege of hearing from a very well-respected professional in the field of children’s grief, Andrea Warnick, as she graciously shares her extensive knowledge and counsel. Andrea speaks to the creative measures she utilizes to support children, youth, and teens through their experiences of loss and grieving. In addition, she brings a greater awareness and understanding to the application of a Culturally Humble approach in the provision of grief support to the diverse populations hosted within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario.
Join us for an exceptional episode!
In this episode we are joined by Andrew Blake, Director of Program Development at the Sarana Institute, who shares his own firsthand experiences with a death related loss in his childhood. As an ordained Buddhist Chaplain, as well as a counselling psychotherapist, and educator on mindfulness meditation, Andrew speaks when he was a young child how the death of his father influenced and shaped his journey into his present-day life and work. Andrews brings a unique perspective on the importance of diversifying the supports available to children and youth who are grieving, as well as educating those professionals who are providing the support.
Join us for an enlightening and intimate discussion with Andrew!
With the COVID-19 pandemic still upon us and schools closed with children engaging in online learning, it is assumed that this is an accessible way to continue the learning. Unfortunately this model does not take into account the accessibility challenges with ‘online learning’ for many children and families within the Greater Toronto Area. These issues with accessibility extend to children’s grief support programs that have also resorted to online formats. This has further challenged those demographics of peoples seeking support who do not have the space, technology, privacy, or cultural appropriateness to align with this medium of support.
Joining us in this episode is Tory Hagerman of Gilda’s Club of Greater Toronto, who speaks to such challenges within a large urban centre such as Toronto, as well as possible solutions in an effort to adapt and be more accessible to the diversity of peoples within its catchments.
Join us for an informative and enlightening episode!
A tragic element of the history of Canada is the systemic neglect of Indigenous, Metis, First Nation, and Inuit peoples. This traumatic truth has been painfully exemplified with the uncovering of thousands of Indigenous children at Canadian Residential Schools.
Joining us on this podcast is the Award-Winning Actor, Media Personality, and Public Educator of Mi'kmaw First Nation Bear clan with Canadian Decent, Nadia Thunder Woman George. In this episode she speaks to the systemic neglect of Indigenous peoples in Canada as she eloquently articulates how to dismantle harmful narrative, especially as they relate to children's grief support. She generously shares her passion, experiences, and insightful wisdom in graciously creating space for First Nation, Metis, and Inuit voices while championing advocacy against environmental racism through her partnership with the WATER FIRST organization.
Joining us for an incredibly powerful and barrier breaking episode!
The domains of diversity are extensive within children's grief support. However, they are not always inclusive or exhaustive. One aspect of children's grief that is often overlooked and underrepresented is that of children with complex care needs. Joining us on this podcast is Amanda Maragos, the Director of Client Services & Volunteer Programs for Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care & Emily's House Children's Hospice. In this episode she shares with us her experiences, wisdom, stories regarding anticipatory loss, and post death grief support of children with complex care needs, and their families.
Join us for a very enlightening podcast!
Southern Ontario has become one of the most multiculturally diverse regions in the world, due in part to populations of immigrants and refugees choosing to make this geographical area their home. In this episode we are honoured to be joined by Ms. Margarita Cardona, who is the Community Settlement Program Coordinator for the Halton Multicultural Council as she shares with us her knowledge and insights into some of the challenges such demographics of people face when navigating a loss while trying to settle in this great land.
Join us to hear Ms. Cardona’s wisdom and wealth of experience!
The Islamic communities of Southern Ontario are amongst the largest and fastest growing demographics. With rich heritages that span across 72 sects, Muslims are exceptionally diverse within their own communities. Joining us on this podcast is Asif Khan, a very involved leader within his Ahmadiyya Muslim community, who shares his experiences and wisdom beginning as a bereaved child of 6 years old, and later in life, as a bereaved father with three children. Asif speaks to how children’s grief is supported within Muslim communities, as well as what further support can be fostered within the intergenerational component of broader Islamic communities.
Join us for an enlightening podcast and informative podcast!
Southern Ontario is thought to host the most diverse demographic of peoples in the world. However, within this geography culturally humble grief services, especially for children and youth, are sparse, and in most cases not aligned with the personal culture of those seeking support. In this podcast we are joined by Danielle Francesca Lobo, who is the founder of The Healing Boat Inc., and is currently the Youth Bereavement Coordinator with Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities. In this episode she gracefully shares her insights, thoughts, and wisdom regarding youth grief within multicultural communities. She also speaks about the youth bereavement program she began and facilitates with SCHC that utilizes a multicultural and multi-faith approach to death and grief. Danielle also sheds light on grief as it relates to intergenerational trauma, the legacy of ancestry, and what she calls ‘death by racism’.
Join us for an inspiring and deeply insightful episode!
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