We are saddened beyond words that you have a reason to search for us.  We hope we can provide a safe place for you to be with your grief, both on your own and in the company of others who understand.

The Grieving Parents Society (GPS) of Edmonton is a:

  • A non-profit Society registered in the Province of Alberta that has been providing continuous voluntary grief support for over 25 years.
  • A peer support group, which seeks to provide caring, compassion, understanding and friendship.
  • Committed to providing information and referral to other resources in our community in the area of grief support both for parents and surviving family members.

Who We Are

Purpose

The purpose of our Society and this site is to provide bereaved parents in Edmonton and area with resources and most importantly “peer support” to assist in the grieving process.  Our “peer support” comes directly from parents just like you, who have experienced the devastation the death of a child brings.

Our Goal is to provide a safe and meaningful time with other parents who have also experienced the death of a child; parents who wish to share their experience of grief, in silence or in words, with the common aim of finding a new life, worthy of living in joy, with the presence of our child’s life and memory securely part of that future.

Our Belief

We believe that we are meant to survive the death of our child.  We believe that that this can be done by acknowledging that we have been damaged, that a piece of our very being is gone, but that we can continue to love and miss our child even as we carry on with our lives.  We believe that we can be supported in many ways and by many people.  We believe that one of the best ways to truly live again, is to be among other parents who share the same pain and same longing for their lost child, people who understand each other and what the death of a child means, both in silence and in words.

Aims and Objectives

The Grieving Parents Society (Edmonton) intends:

  • To be volunteer based with no paid positions,
  • To act in all matters unobtrusively to members and their families,
  • To respect at all times a grieving parent’s right to privacy and private grief,
  • To be focused upon support at the local level,
  • To be dedicated to the best possible locally delivered support,
  • To encourage the linking of grieving parents with other support avenues, professional and otherwise,
  • To support itself wholly and independently by relying solely upon unsolicited donations, freely given, or accessing public grants.
  • Not to require our members to commit to any volunteer hours in support of the organization.

Meeting Dates and Times

Every 3rd Thursday of every month 7:30 PM

Meeting location:

The Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Building

16214 – 118th Avenue NW
2nd floor Boardroom

[email protected]
www.grievingparents.ca
780.451.5381

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