The mandates may be lifted, but COVID-19 continues to shape how families across Canada mourn. Funeral directors say the COVID-19 pandemic has so altered what it means to mourn that it might be a while before there is any community consensus of how and when to have a funeral. While many families feel the time is right to finally mourn, others feel like too much time has passed, and they no longer plan to hold a service. (CBC News)

Classified as: McGill experts, Mary Ellen McDonald, faculty of dental medicine and oral health sciences, grief, loss, mourning, covid-19, funerals, grief literacy
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Published on: 22 Jun 2022
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