Grief Matters is a Canadian charitable organization working to help all of us - from individuals to all of society - to better understand and make room for grief, through creative, community-based activities. All grief is welcome here. Come learn with us!

Upcoming Grief Matters Events

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    Grief Matters presents: Picturing Grief Cartoon Exhibit

    Picturing Grief is an exhibition of comics and visual storytelling by Grief Matters Co-Cartoonists-in-Residence, Susan MacLeod and Savannah Tries.

    📅 October 11 - November 21
    📍Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax

    Learn More
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    Grief Matters Community Drop-In Meeting (Zoom)

    Please join us for a Grief Matters Informal Drop-In Grief Literacy Meeting where we’ll discuss community events, plans, requests, and anything else on your mind.

    📅 Tuesday, November 17, 2026
    🕰️ 2pm-3pm Eastern, 3pm-4pm Atlantic
    📍Virtual

    Register
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    Let’s Talk about Grief, Loss, and Palliative Care

    Join Circles of Grief and Grief Matters
    for a (free) day of learning and conversation about grief. Everyone is welcome.

    📅 Friday, November 27, 2026
    🕰️ 9am-4pm Atlantic
    📍 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

    REGISTER

We’re thrilled to announce that Grief Matters now has charitable status!

If you’d like to support us in increasing grief literacy in our communities, please consider making a donation.

DONATE TO GRIEF MATTERS

About Us

Grief Matters started in 2023 from a passion project. Our team has grown to include multiple identities, geographies, skills, and experiences. We are: community members, academics, artists, social media experts, Nova Scotians, Ontarians, family members, caregivers, and grievers. We bring together a unique balance of perspectives to think passionately and critically about what grief is and how grief should be integrated into our many communities. We want to keep learning through everything Grief Matters does.

ABOUT OUR TEAM
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View fullsize Grief is a universal experience, yet deeply personal to each individual. It cannot be confined to a timeline or defined by a set of stages. This is why grief literacy is so important. By building the language and tools to talk about grief, we can bet

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