The Lighthouse Beacon Podcast

The Lighthouse Beacon Podcast episodes:

• 05.14.2024

  Episode #21: Holding Exquisite Presence When Supporting Children and Their Families Who are Grieving

  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...

  
• 03.15.2024

  Episode #20 Applying a Culturally Conscientious Approach to Children's Grief Support

  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...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Episode #19: An Exploration Into Black Grief and Bereavement

  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...

  
• 07.17.2023

  Episode #18: Indus Community Services Family Services Team on Providing Culturally Appropriate Grief Support

  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...

  
• 04.24.2023

  Episode #17: A Multigenerational Perspective on the Impact of Genocide, Trauma, and Grief Within Armenia Peoples

  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...

  
• 03.24.2023

  Episode #16: Grief Dreams and Children’s Grief Support

  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...

  
• 01.13.2023

  Episode #15: Children’s Grief Support for Individuals Living with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Clinical Perspective

  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...

  
• 11.11.2022

  Episode #14: Applying a Harm Reduction Paradigm to Children’s Grief Processes

  In this episode we are joined by an individual who intimately shares their personal and professional experience of the death of a parent from suicide. Juno Zavitz's profound story through unimaginable grief and trauma. while engaging in drug use to...

  
• 09.12.2022

  Episode #13: A Family From Africa - A Journey of Profound Child Loss, Hope, and Healing

  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...

  
• 09.09.2022

  Episode #13: A Family From Africa - A Journey of Profound Child Loss, Hope, and Healing

  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...

  
• 06.24.2022

  Episode #12: Children, Youth, and Teens’ Grief Through the Lens of Poverty

  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...

  
• 05.13.2022

  Episode #11: Inequitable Access to Grief Support for Children/Youth/Teens with Down Syndrome

  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...

  
• 04.08.2022

  Episode #10: Exploring Inequitable Access to Children’s Grief Support During COVID-19

  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...

  
• 02.10.2022

  Episode #9: Supporting Children’s Grief Through Mindfulness, Compassionate Care, and Buddhist Philosophy

  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...

  
• 01.14.2022

  Episode #8: Barriers to Children’s Grief Within Large Urban Centres

  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...

  
• 12.16.2021

  Episode #7: Children‘s Grief and the Systemic Neglect of Indigenous Peoples in Canada

  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...

  
• 11.05.2021

  Episode #6: Diverse Expressions of Grief in Children with Complex Care at Emily‘s House

  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...

  
• 10.07.2021

  Episode #5: Supporting Children‘s Grief Within Immigrant and Refugee Populations of Southern Ontario

  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...

  
• 09.09.2021

  Episode #4: Children‘s Grief From an Islamic and Intergenerational Perspective

  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...

  
• 07.09.2021

  Episode #3: Youth Grief in Multicultural Communities

  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...

  
• 06.22.2021

  Episode #2: Children's Grief in 2SLGBTQ+ Communities

  Equitable access to children's grief is an imperative across all domains of diversity. However there is still much apprehension, discrimination, and lack of appropriate services within grief support for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. In this episode we are joined by Ian...

  
• 06.03.2021

  Episode #1: Welcome to Lighthouse!

  Welcome to the Lighthouse Beacon Podcast. In this our very first episode, our Executive Director, Deirdre Thomas, speaks to Lighthouse's programs and services, the peer support model it utilizes, and the outreach it has conducted into our Multicultural communities within...