by Marino Toppan and Paola Breda | Jun 20, 2019 | Day of Mourning, Health and Safety, How We Help
Marino Toppan and Paola Breda are volunteers with the Italian Fall Workers Memorial and authors of the new book Land of Triumph and Tragedy: Voices of the Italian Fallen Workers. The Italian Fallen Workers’ Memorial Wall Project started with one man’s dream; a...
by adminThreadsofLife | Apr 25, 2019 | Day of Mourning, Health and Safety
Every April 28, Canadians mark the National Day of Mourning. Ceremonies will take place coast to coast, remembering lives needlessly lost or changed irrevocably. Each of our family members experiences Day of Mourning differently. Some may not be able to attend a...
by Shirley Hickman | Apr 18, 2019 | Day of Mourning, Health and Safety
It is time for a vacation. For several years we have discussed going on a cruise with our close friends. We finally made that happen. The decision to take a Panama Canal cruise seemed like a good idea and we investigated options and made our choices. There were...
by Sarah Wheelan | Apr 24, 2018 | Day of Mourning, How We Help
April 28th once again brings us the National Day of Mourning; a day marked to reflect on the lives lost or forever changed by workplace injury and illness, and re-commit to the actions required for prevention. There’s an extra layer of heaviness for those who feel...
by Johanna LeRoux | Apr 25, 2017 | Day of Mourning, Health and Safety, How We Help
I have attended or participated in several National Day of Mourning ceremonies in the years since my son Micheal’s workplace fatality, and been fortunate enough to have been asked to speak at two of them. Ceremonies are held every year across Canada on April 28th, in...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 11, 2017 | Day of Mourning, Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, Health and Safety
I’m not the best at skipping flat stones across water, but I’ve had a few multiples – the stones that ricochet off the water several times before finally sinking into the depths. It’s absorbing to watch the ripples move out from each point where the stone contacted...
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