Bereaved Families of Ontario — Ottawa

Lending Library

The Bereaved families Lending Library is housed at the BFO-Ottawa regional office (211 Bronson Avenue, Suite 308, Ottawa). Please contact Deborah Krogan at (613) 567-4278 for a full list of titles and resources.

Voices of Youth

A resource on grief for youth by youth

• Voices of Youth: Stories and Poems on Grief
• What is Grief
• Coping with Grief
• Supporting a Grieving Friend
• Grief Websites for Youth
• Grief Books for Teens and Kids

Support and Share Night Speeches

• No You Cannot Go Home by Heinrich Teworte
• The Importance of Our Story by Joyce Jensen
• Grief Survival Tools by Marie Tilk
• Me by Heinrich Teworte
• The Real Key by Bill Drake

Articles

• How To Help Ourselves Through The Holidays
• Candles Cast A Healing Glow
• How Do We Tell The Children? What Children Think About Death
• Suggestions For Helping Yourself Through Grief
• The Butterfly: A Symbol of Hope, A Symbol Of New Life
• What To Do When Someone In - Or Close To - Your Class Dies
• Symptoms Of Grief

These and other articles are also available, free of charge, at each Support & Share Night.

Websites

• My Spouse Is Dead — Grief Recovery Tools, suggestions, and tips for recovering from the death of your spouse.
• Winston’s Wish
• Hello Grief
• Sesame Street “When Families Grieve”