MY RECENT WORKSHOPS & LECTURES

> Grief and Loss Information Workshop (in person) - The Teapot 50+ Centre, Lachine, QC - August 2023.


> Grief and Loss Counselling (via Zoom) - Premier Brands of America, White Plains, NY - June 2023.

> Ontario Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) - On May 24, 2023, I was the Keynote Speaker for the OASFAA Spring 2023 Conference. The title of my presentation was Normalizing Grief.

> Centre Greene, Westmount, QC - On April 27, 2023, I gave a lecture on grief and loss issues.

> Centre Greene, Westmount, QC - From December 2022 until March 2023, I conducted weekly grief and loss support groups.

> I have been a guest three times on Understandink - the popular speaker series dedicated to knowledge, well-being, and journalling for women (click or tap on each image for full view):

> Centre of Dreams and Hopes / Centre de Rêves & Espoir, Montreal, QC (via Zoom) - I conducted two workshops during March, 2022:

Workshop for educators/teachers of students with special needs 
 >Grief in the classroom:    
 >General distinctions between loss, grief, and bereavement – how    these are connected and different   
 >Process of grief, assumptions people make about grief and dos/don'ts of attending to someone who is grieving 
 
Workshop for clinicians  
 >Therapeutic process for exploring complicated grief and guiding   someone who is grieving   Healing & complicated grief: working through grief and loss    
 >Specific therapeutic techniques and tools for navigating grief    
 
> Beacon Unitarian Church's Grief and Loss Support Group (via Zoom) - Beacon Unitarian Church, New Westminster, BC - November/December, 2021.

> Grief and Loss Counselling (via Zoom) - Premier Brands of America, White Plains, NY - September/October, 2021.

> SENIOR WELLNESS WORKSHOP | OVERCOMING GRIEF (via Zoom) - The Teapot 50+ Centre, Lachine, QC - September 23, 2021.
"Through an animated discussion, exercises, and a Q&A period,
participants of this interactive, workshop will learn about the grief
process, be able to clarify personal thoughts, feelings and beliefs
about grief; as well as explore personal attitudes about grief. In
addition, members will learn how about interventions that is helpful to
a griever and be able to identify risk factors for complicated grieving.Through an animated discussion, exercises, and a Q&A period,
participants of this interactive, workshop will learn about the grief
process, be able to clarify personal thoughts, feelings and beliefs
about grief; as well as explore personal attitudes about grief. In
addition, members will learn how about interventions that is helpful to
a griever and be able to identify risk factors for complicated grieving."

> Grief and Loss Workshop (via Zoom) - York Railroad Construction Inc., Mississauga, ON - June 11, 2021.

> Good Grief Central Support Groups - Co-Facilitator - Ongoing - conducted via Zoom.

> Life After Loss - Family and Wellness Center, Kahnawake, QC - 3 successive  six-week programs to help participants manage their grief - Programs began in January 2020, and continued on Zoom until July 2020.

> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - November 15, 2019.

> Workshop for Professionals on Grief and Loss - Mackay and Philip E. Layton Schools, Montreal - November 15, 2019.

> Workshop on Pet Loss - Montreal West Children's Library - October 19, 2019.

> Good Grief Central Support Groups - Co-Facilitator - Summer 2019

> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - April 27, 2019.

> Workshop for Professionals on Grief and Loss - Rosemere High School, Rosemere, QC - March 29, 2019.

> Workshop for Professionals on Grief and Loss - Kahnawake, QC - November 29, 2018.

> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - November 24, 2018.

> Lecture on Grief - Concordia University, Loyola Campus - November 1, 2018.

> Workshop on Grief and Healing - Kahnawake, QC - October 26, 2018.

> Presentation on Grief and Loss entitled, I Remember Me - Kirkland Municipal Library, Kirkland, QC - October 4, 2018.

> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - April 28, 2018.

> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - November 18, 2017.

> Adam's PACE - Champlain College - May 10, 2017.
Grief Workshop for students and parents conducted by Natalie Segall & Jillian Lucht.

> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - April 29, 2017.

> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - December 3, 2016.
Jillian Lucht and I coordinate this biannual event, which is sponsored by Mount Royal Commemorative Services, and held at Selwyn House School.

> Youth Fusion - First Nations and Inuit Communities - Strathcona Building, McGill University - August 30, 2016.
I conducted a workshop on grief and loss for coordinators in the Youth Fusion Program. The coordinators were very eager to learn concrete ways to react with youth in various situations related to grief and loss; for example, if a suicide has occurred in the community.
   Youth Fusion is an award-winning non-profit organization that aims to empower youth, create an engaging school environment, reduce absenteeism and increase academic success. The Organization sends university students and graduates to work as project coordinators in designated schools, 30 hours per week, from September to June. In order to lower dropout rates and create closer links between training and employment, Youth Fusion focuses on experiential learning by implementing innovative pedagogical projects in various fields, including robotics, video game creation, movie creation, leadership and healthy living or science and outdoor activities. There were 33 project coordinators attending the training.

> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - April 30, 2016.
Jillian Lucht and I coordinate this biannual event, which is sponsored by Mount Royal Commemorative Services, and held at Selwyn House School.

> Hôpital Juif De Réadaptation - Laval, QC - March 18, 2016.
All-Day Workshop On Loss, Death, And Grief For Professionals.

> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - December 5, 2015.
I coordinate this biannual event, which is sponsored by Mount Royal Commemorative Services, and held at Selwyn House School.

> Lester B. Pearson Schoolboard - Head Office - Dorval, QC, November 27, 2015.
Professional Educator Workshop on Grief
This all-day, interactive and experiential workshop was designed so that participants would:
Learn about the process of grief.
Clarify personal thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about grief.
Explore personal attitudes.
Identify interventions that are helpful to the griever.
Identify risk factors for complicated grief.  


> Concordia University - May 8, 2015.
De la perte à la reconstruction : l’expérience du deuil chez les aînés
I conducted a workshop which dealt with the following topics: "Losses associated with Aging (Stroke, Alzheimer’s Disease)" and "Honoring the Losses associated with Aging (Stroke, Alzheimer’s Disease)." The participants were made up of healthcare professionals, representing various fields of expertise.


> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - April 25, 2015.
I coordinate this biannual event, which is sponsored by Mount Royal Commemorative Services, and held at Selwyn House School.


> Grief Consulting and education for educators at Les P'tits Profs, a CPE for Concordia University Faculty, Staff and Students - April 7, 2015.


> LaSalle College, Montreal - February 18, 2015
The opportunity to address first year special care counselling students at LaSalle College was truly inspiring! The professor of this course encourages her students to hear firsthand about what it is truly like to work with different types of clientele, and these students had expressed a great deal of interest in meeting someone working in the field of bereavement and loss. Following my talk, these marvelous and extremely motivated students had an abundance of questions about working with patients who may be dying, or with the families of those who have died. The entire 3-hour workshop was very stimulating and thought-provoking, and seemingly passed in no time! Furthermore, three of the students decided to take the training I provide for Good Grief volunteers, and became part of the wonderful volunteer team at the last Good Grief Workshop for Children and Adolescents, held held at Selwyn House School on Saturday, April 25, 2015.


> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - December 2014.
I coordinate this biannual event, which is sponsored by Mount Royal Commemorative Services, and held at Selwyn House School.


> Grief Consulting and Education for educators, parents, and students at Selwyn House School – March 2014. 


> Grief Consulting and Education for educators and parents at Big Step Day Care – March 2014. 


> Montreal Children's Hospital - April/May 2014
Caring for the Caregiver - Pediatric Surgical Nursing Workshops
Gave several workshops to participants made up of Pediatric Surgical Nursing Professionals. 


> Good Grief Workshop for Children and Teens - Selwyn House School - May 2014.
I coordinate this biannual event, which is sponsored by Mount Royal Commemorative Services, and held at Selwyn House School.


> Lymphormation, Lymphoma Canada, Rialto Hall, Montreal, 2013.
Presented an experiential workshop on loss and grief. (Title of workshop: "Finding Meaning: Connecting to Emotions without Words")


> Annual Conference, Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN), Seattle, WA, 2013.
Invited to make presentation (Title: "I am There for You: Reflections and observations of a cancer patient education coordinator on the varying nature of her role during the journey from diagnosis to death.")

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