by Lorna Catrambone | Oct 9, 2018 | Family support, Volunteers
Todd Smith is a passionate advocate for workplace safety and injury prevention. He has experienced first-hand the devastating effects of a workplace tragedy. Todd’s younger brother Sean, an auto mechanic, was working under a limousine which was supported only by a...
by Nicole Lazaruk | Oct 2, 2018 | Family support, Grief and healing, Volunteers
Sibling relationships are complex. With me and my brothers, we were friends, teammates, competitors and sometimes enemies. My childhood memories are those of camping trips, watching their hockey games, playing in our tree fort and ski trips. My adult memories...
by Sarah Wheelan | Sep 18, 2018 | Family support, Volunteers
Julia Unruh (left) with family members at the 2015 family forum. Photo by Tom Buchanan, Tom Buchanan Photographics As with all Threads of Life events, volunteers are at the heart of each family forum weekend — often in quiet and steadfast support for the...
by Glyn Jones | Aug 21, 2018 | Family support, Safety culture
Police, OHS investigators won’t be the only ones with questions When there is a serious or fatal incident at your workplace, there is a lot you will have to do as an occupational health and safety professional. Immediate action is needed. What should you do? Who needs...
by Sarah Wheelan | Aug 14, 2018 | Family support, Grief and healing
Fifteen years ago, the lights went out across the entire eastern seaboard, in what is still known simply as “the blackout”. My brother Lewis died that night – sometime in the early morning hours of August 15, 2003. He was 21 years old. I still get choked up...
by Kate Kennington | Aug 7, 2018 | Family support
(This article was first published in Threads newsletter, Summer 2018) Making a phone call and asking about available services – that sounds easy, right? However when it is a family’s first contact with Threads of Life it may not feel so simple to make that call. It...
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