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Why I tell my story
I chose to become a speaker with Threads of Life so that I may tell of the workplace incident that happened with our son Luke, May 19, 2010. I do not want any other family to have to go through the heartache and destruction that our family has had to endure.
Bravery, Strength and Hope
Family Forums are one of the important programs Threads of Life offers to support people affected by workplace fatalities, life-altering injuries and occupational disease. The Atlantic Family Forum takes place in June, with the Central, Prairie and Western Forums in...
Unveiling the Ontario Italian Fallen Workers Memorial
On April 28th, the National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured in the Workplace, organizers unveiled the Ontario Italian Fallen Workers Memorial at Columbus Centre in Toronto. A project more than six years in the making, the one-of-a-kind memorial is in...
Reluctant fundraisers, now is your time!
Join in the final push to support Steps for Life – Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy Are you deadline-driven? Work best when the pressure is on? Well, then your timing is perfect! Steps for Life walks happen in communities across Canada over the next two weeks...
Day of Mourning: A Day of Remembrance and Reaffirmation
I was a university student when I attended my first Day of Mourning ceremony. On the morning of April 28, 2002, I stood at the local Day of Mourning ceremony unsure of what to expect. My younger brother had spent the previous 11 months in hospital after suffering...
Capture the magic of your Steps for Life walk!
It's a flurry of activity leading up to the Steps for Life walk, and we were wondering if we could ask for your help with something? Each year, we ask volunteers and participants to send us their best photos from the walk. We do this for two reasons. First, we’re not...
Why you should stop at the liquor store this April
Threads of Life donation boxes in LCBO this spring (Posted on March 29, 2016) Yes, that’s us encouraging you to go to one of Ontario’s Liquor Control Board (LCBO) outlets. No, that doesn’t sound like the usual Threads of Life message. But from April 1 to 23, LCBO...
When grief feels like living on an iceberg
Imagine living on an iceberg. I for one could not truly imagine that I would chose to live on an iceberg, nor can I imagine that there would be so many others living on their personal iceberg. Not one of the individuals I have had the opportunity to meet these past years, actually chose their iceberg.
Volunteer Profile: Lynda Kolly
For Lynda Kolly, being involved in Threads of Life is all about connecting with others. The organization didn’t yet exist when her son Burton died on his first day working on a commercial fishing boat on Lake Winnipeg. Later, when she was asked to join the board of...
Researching my ancestors: How genealogy research helped me in the path of grief
“Why would anyone try to find their long lost relatives?” as my son Rick loves to point out. My story begins as a six-year-old immigrant child who came to Canada in 1948 (I am giving away my age!) with my parents and younger brother. My sixth birthday was celebrated...
The impact of traumatic loss to the intimacy in our lives
As family members, we all have a calendar of very personal dates that impact us, sometimes with dread, anxious anticipation or tainted with melancholy. They trigger us, these dates of injury or death, birthdays and anniversaries, the first of something or the very...
3 reason why we share our personal stories of workplace tragedy
It's a great honour to hear someone share their story of loss -- to be invited to bear witness to such love and deep pain, and to be trusted with its weight.Each year our Threads of Life speaker volunteers present their stories dozens of times in venues and events...
