Grief & Spiritual Care

03/03/2026

Ashley is one our Canadian Trainers from out west ...... One of my local colleagues certified by her at Toronto course.

03/02/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fm3p3Ufhy/
Ashley based in Alberta trained one of my team members here in northern Ontario ... and shares here about The Grief Recovery Method

Ashley shares how attending this training changed the trajectory of her life after the death of her dad by su***de. She wasn't sure exactly how to best help ...

02/03/2026

About LifeLab closure in Sudbury: Letter to Health Minister is attached. 40 jobs.

In response to the revelation that Lifelabs is closing its Sudbury laboratory, the Ontario Health Coalition called on the province to restore outpatient lab testing in the local public hospitals. The Coalition noted that Lifelabs is a profitable company and was bought last year by Quest Diagnostics, which projected 2025 year end net revenues of almost $11 billion. This is the latest in the consolidation of the for-profit “market” for community laboratory work in Ontario. Community laboratory work means specimens ordered by family doctors and other community health care professionals. Inpatient laboratory work is done in public hospitals.

"Community medical laboratory work used to be done in the public, non-profit hospital system," noted Ross Sutherland, chairperson of the Ontario Health Coalition and an expert on the history of community laboratories in Canada. “Over the decades successive provincial governments have privatized that work to for-profit laboratories. Now almost all Ontario's community medical laboratory work is done by two subsidiaries of American multinational corporations. Following the purchase of Lifelabs by multi billion- dollar company Quest Diagnostics, the new owners have started to cut services in Ontario threatening quality patient care and laying off 40 skilled laboratory technicians in Sudbury."

Mr. Sutherland, a retired nurse and author of “False Positive: Private Profit in Canada’s Medical Laboratories” noted that the private lab companies are paid by the provincial government based on a fee-for-service per test. They are paid from our public taxes regardless of whether or not they close local laboratories.

“Essentially, the public is paying for the testing, whether or not they close down local laboratory sites,” reported Mr. Sutherland. “This is one of the many flaws in the deal that successive provincial governments have forged.”

"Lifelabs has failed in its responsibility to provide good healthcare in the near North", added Natalie Mehra, Executive Director of the Ontario Health Coalition. "The province must step in, remove Lifelabs from collecting and analyzing community laboratory work in the Near North and integrate that work with the local and provincial hospital system.”

Mr. Sutherland pointed out that "Community Medical laboratories are the sole responsibility of the provincial government. The province has a transfer agreement with Lifelabs that, if it follows the template, contains a clause for "termination without cause". Transferring the community laboratory work to local hospitals will also provide a more integrated service, strengthen community hospitals and improve quality.

Ontario Health Coalition, PO Box 113 North York ON M3C 2R6 | T: 416-441-2502 |

https://www.OntarioHealthCoalition.ca/

01/07/2026

Closed Jan 6: free The Grief Recovery Handbook Audiobook!

Please see below for additional resource and services we offer here at The Grief Recovery Institute. www.The Grief Recovery Method

To access our Free Online Course with Cole James, the President of the Grief Recovery Institute

If you would like one-on-one support working through your grief, click here to view our directory of Certified Grief Recovery Method Specialists. Website includes me:
text and voicemail (705) 493-9784 and email: jeff.archambeault165@gmail.com

To view information or talk with someone about going through our Grief Certification Training program: The Grief Recovery Method

To order a copy of The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Grief Recovery Method

From Our Hearts to Yours,

The Grief Recovery Institute











Copyright © 2026 The Grief Recovery Institute, All rights reserved.

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can unsubscribe from this list.

10/27/2025

10/27/2025

Rencontrez Chris ! Dr Chris Salstrom est intervenante en soins spirituels dans un hôpital de Winnipeg, au Manitoba. Chris partage deux belles histoires sur l'impact des soins spirituels sur ses patients.

👉 Consultez les histoires de Chris ici : https://www.spiritualcare.ca/stories-of-impact_chris.html

👉 Pour d'autres histoires d'impact, visitez : https://www.spiritualcare.ca/stories-of-impact.html

10/27/2025

Meet Chris! Dr. Chris Salstrom is a Spiritual Care Practitioner in a hospital in Winnipeg Manitoba. Chris shares two beautiful stories about the impact of spiritual care on her patients.

👉 Check out Chris's stories here: https://www.spiritualcare.ca/stories-of-impact_chris.html

👉 For more stories of impact visit: https://www.spiritualcare.ca/stories-of-impact.html

10/23/2025

Meet Dr. Amira Ayad! Amira is a Certified Spiritual Care Practitioner and member of CASC/ACSS. She tells us what spiritual care is about:
"It is not about doctrine or creed. It is about meaning. It is about standing beside someone as they ask "who am I?" It is about recognizing our shared humanity and helping each person uncover their unique thread of truth within it." - Dr. Amira Ayad 🙏

👉 Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TxiOPP70aw

09/19/2025

Enjoyed my first DEATH CAFE participation at Serenity Hospice in North Bay last Thursday of August. (Next one last Thursday in October). Comfortable setting and emotionally safe space. Easy parking or close to public transit. Enjoyable stories and people. And, if you have never visited the Hospice.... it is a special place at all times. Lovely refreshments. Experienced facilitators. Have been aware of Death Cafe movement for a decade, finally experienced one. I am open to trying new things. Serenity Hospice also runs now 2 evening sessions a month for grief support, at Canadore's THE VILLAGE. Easy parking or public transit access. Call Nipissing Serenity Hospice for information: Nipissing Serenity Hospice and connect with Lillian.

nipissingserenityhospice.ca
799 John St, North Bay ON P1B 8T2
Open 24 hours
(705) 995-3377

08/15/2025

I remain available to assist with
Celebrations of Life,
Memorial events.
We are working on a celebration and disbursal of ashes over next few weeks for one buddy from one circle of care.
We have not begun a new Grief Recovery The Grief Recovery Method group yet.

I am also a Marriage Officiant.
Ideally, best to text me and slight ID of self (so many scammers) on 705 493 9784

06/09/2025

Current grief recovery group doing Session Six of the Eight this week. ( FULL/CLOSED).

05/19/2025

An author to consider for your grieving heart s resource library ...

By