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Getting the message out
Through its media campaign the CGA has raised awareness with the media and the public about grief: the impacts of the pandemic on grief; the need for investment to improve access to specialized grief services; and the misconception that investments in mental health flow through to grief services and programs.
The CGA has achieved hundreds of media stories referencing the CGA with a combined reach of over 40 million. Here are some highlights:
January 2024
- Where grief fits into Canada’s healthcare system, The Decibel Podcast, (Jan. 3, 2024)
November 2023
- News Release: Groundbreaking funding to improve support for grieving Canadians, (Nov. 16, 2023)
- Groundbreaking funding for grief literacy, launch of national consultation, and more in this issue, CGA Newsletter, (Nov. 16, 2023)
- New health care program aims to tackle a commonly ignored side effect of disease: grief. The Globe and Mail, (Nov. 28, 2023)
- Nova Scotians urged to participate in national survey to help better understand grief. Halifax Examiner, (Nov. 29, 2023)
- Canada will soon have a "National Grief Strategy". CBC Vancouver Radio – Stephen Quinn Early Edition, (Nov. 20, 2023)
- Canadian Grief Alliance to combat pandemic effects with $1M in government funding. Global News, (Nov. 29, 2023)
- Funding to improve support for grieving Canadians. CTV News, (Nov. 29, 2023)
April 2021
- The pandemic has changed the grieving process. CTV News.
- Canadian Grief Alliance calling for immediate federal injection needed for grief services. Global News, (Apr. 13, 2021)
- Advocate calls for funding for grieving Canadians. CTV News.
- Group asks for more funding for grief counselling: "Canadians have been robbed of goodbyes". Halifax Examiner, (Apr. 16, 2023)
March 2021
- Ontario's pandemic of grief. TV Ontario, (Mar. 17, 2021)
- Expert reflects on loss and grief during the pandemic. CBC.
- Andrea Warnick joins Matt Gurney. CanadaTalks, (Jan. 11, 2021)
- Pandemic restrictions create barriers for grieving families, expects say. Global News. (Dec. 18, 2020)
- There is no vaccine for grief. iPolitics, (Dec. 22, 2020) - Also published in: Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, Regina Leader Post, Hill Times
- National grief strategy needed to help Canadians cope with loss due to COVID-19, group says. CBC News Toronto, (Nov. 23, 2020)
- Don't put COVID-19 grief 'on the back burner,' says therapist calling for national strategy on mourning. Interview with Matt Galloway. CBC Radio: The Current, (Nov. 25, 2020)
- Few outlets for grief as COVID-19 death toll supasses 10,000 in Canada. Interview with Avis Favaro. CTV News, (Oct. 27, 2020)
- Interview with Shelly Cory. CTV News, (Oct. 27, 2020)
- The pandemic has disrupted death and mourning in ways we don’t yet understand. Maclean’s, (Jul. 15, 2020)
- A pandemic of grief. Hospital News, (Jul. 23, 2020)
June 2020:
- Grief supports advocates take their case to Ottawa. Winnipeg Free Press, (Jun. 3, 2020)
- Canadian Grief Alliance seeking help from Ottawa. CityNews, (May 12, 2020)
- 'Complicated' grief during pandemic has group calling for federal funding. CTV News, (May 15, 2020) - Also published in: The National Post, Winnipeg Free Press, Toronto Star and Global News
- 'Pandemic of grief': Advocates call for national strategy for dealing with grief amid COVID-19 pandemic. CTV News Atlantic, (May 15, 2020)
- COVID-19 is depriving people of the opportunity to grieve. Policy Options, (May 18, 2020)
- Interview with Paul Adams. CTV News Montreal, (May 21, 2020)
- National strategy needed to address grieving process 'distorted' by pandemic, coalition says. Interview with Marianne Klowack. CBC News, (May 24, 2020)