October 19, 2021 Meeting

“Funeral professionals live their lives to say yes. To be accommodating. To move heaven and earth to meet the needs of every family. So, the difficulty of having to look at a family and tell them that they cannot have the service that they planned and want is devastating. To be the bearer of the bad news that a grieving family cannot invite friends and family to join together as we always have, to hug, to hold hands, to cry together… It’s hard.”Glenda Stansbury facilitates Tuesday’s Funeral Professionals Peer Support for open discussion on challenges funeral professionals face on the job, and also at home. So, for anyone who works for a funeral home, cemetery, or crematory serving the public or supporting those who do, including students, apprentices, and interns – join us Tuesday, October 19, 8pm ET / 7pm CT / 5pm PT: https://www.cremationassociation.org/event/peersupport

Topic: Peer Support Group, from FPPS & CANA 
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM Central Time (see what time that is for you)

Access the Professional Peer Support Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84160505357?pwd=SVFwTk9WM2hGcXh1aGd2ZFQrbnR4QT09

Meeting Credentials 
Meeting ID: 841 6050 5357   
Passcode: FPPS  

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Meeting ID: 841 6050 5357   
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The Mourning After: Mine, Yours & Ours

Funeral Professionals Peer Support is hosting an October webinar series, sponsored by Guaranteed Funeral Deposits and facilitated by Serena Lewis, MSW, RSW from Nova Scotia.

Three sessions in the series will be offered via Zoom from 2:00pm -3:30pm AST, on consecutive Thursdays – October 14, 21 and 28, 2021.

Each session is approved for CE credit for NS licensees.
Register to join one or all sessions!

https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYrc-GqqT8vH9a98lWkXROBnYah…

Fall Peer Support Meetings

We’re invited to join colleagues in the US at 9:00pm on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, in lieu of our regularly scheduled meeting this week (Thursday, September 16, 2021). 
The Nova Scotia Chapter meetings will continue as scheduled on the third Thursday of each month in October, November and December and we’re also welcome to join with colleagues in the US for Peer Supporting meetings on the third Tuesday of each month.
To access the Peer Support Zoom meeting on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, please click on the following link:  

Updated Meeting Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82854441642?pwd=Y3p6UU4zVno1YmtsYXNlSG80dmlGdz09


For more information about the meeting, click on the link below
https://www.cremationassociation.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1545167

To join the Nova Scotia Chapter Peer Support Meeting scheduled meetings in October, November, and December, click on the link below
Topic: Funeral Professionals Peer Support Meeting Every month on the Third Thursday, until Dec. , 2021, 3 occurrence(s)

Oct 21, 2021 08:00 PM
Nov 18, 2021 08:00 PM
Dec. 16, 2021 08:00 PM

Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: 

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Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83481387004?pwd=cVpScnFPUENNYU1oMkM0S3ZqcTBSdz09

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August 17, 2021 Peer Support Meeting

You’re invited to join colleagues for the August Zoom meeting scheduled at 9:00pm AT, 8:00pm ET on Tuesday, August 17, 2021.
Click on the following link to access the Zoom link to join the meeting:  goCANA.org/peersupport

Thank you to CANA and Funeral Professionals Peer Support for organizing, facilitating, and holding space for community, connection, and care.

Access the Professional Peer Support Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85902969222?pwd=bTRzT25SUEZ4TGdraURyWis5NXVydz09

Meeting Credentials 
Meeting ID: 859 0296 9222 
Passcode: 350425

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Meeting ID: 859 0296 9222 

Staying the Course: Finding Our Buoyancy in the Storm

Thursday June 17th, 2021 8:00 PM AT

Meeting topic: Staying the Course: Finding Our Buoyancy in the Storm 

  1. Recognizing our professional contribution to essential services 
  2. Our grief saturation 
  3. Providing a care for the caregiver space to explore our own personal and collective well-being 

Guest speaker/facilitator: Serena Lewis, MSW, RSW.  

Serena is the Bereavement, Grief and Wellness Coordinator for the Nova Scotia Health Authority, Northern Region. 

Approved for one CE credit – Nova Scotia 

Register in advance for this meeting: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsdOCgrj0qHtenkmTU_LXSZL__nR3gw7qR

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

Thank you to our meeting sponsor, the Funeral Service Association of Nova Scotia.

Thriving in Chaos:

Helping Strategies for Funeral Professionals.

The webinar series sponsored by GFD and hosted by FPPS in partnership with OFSA. 

  1. Webinar #1: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 (12:00pm – 2:00pm ET, 1:00pm-3:00pm AT) 
    Compassion Fatigue: When the Crematorium Burns Down. 
    Pre-Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZAqdeuuqzMqHNAfvyWSC7ezHD0BY… 
  1. Webinar #2: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 (12:00pm – 3:00pm ET, 1:00pm-3:00pm AT) 
    Resiliency in the Workplace: Thriving in Chaos 
    Pre-Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcpcuurrzwrGdEXVh1egq6B4CA12…
  • Register early to secure your spot, and please only register if you know you will be attending. If you have registered and can’t make it, please email info@canadianfps.com.
  • Each webinar is approved for 2 CE credits that may be applied to either funeral director or embalmer license renewal.
  • The speaker for both webinars is Roy Ellis, MDiv CSCP

Roy Ellis is the Bereavement Coordinator for the Nova Scotia Health Authority in Halifax. He has spent the last thirty years working in environments where loss and trauma are everyday occurrences. As a private consultant, Roy has worked with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Dalhousie University School of Medicine, Nova Scotia Health, Halifax Regional Centre for Education, Canadian Virtual Hospice, Atlantic School of Theology, Nova Scotia Community College, Canadian Department of Defense, Halifax Regional Police, Nova Scotia Department of Justice Victim Services, Threads of Life Canada, Newfoundland Labrador Construction Safety Association, Native Alcohol Drug Abuse Counselling Association of Nova Scotia. Roy is co-developer of Camp Kedooopse –https://brigadoonvillage.org/camp/kedooopse/. Roy is presently writing a book on grief. Learn more at https://royfellis.com

April 15, 2021 8:00 PM

Funeral Professionals Peer Support Zoom meeting scheduled 7:00pm ET, 8:00pm AT on Thursday, April 15, 2021, hosted by the Nova Scotia and Hamilton Funeral Professionals Peer Support Chapters. Meeting facilitator is Derrick McEachern, Registered Counselling Therapist.

As funeral professionals, your call to service is a 24-hour, 365-day responsibility that includes crisis management and grief support, funeral arranging and directing, care for the deceased, multi-tasking and often service above self.

You are empathetic, understanding, courageous, and strong. You have provided service to client family members who exhibit a range of grief responses – anger, fear, entitlement, heartbreak, and some who appear to be uncaring.

You have been touched by a family’s loss experience. You often wish that you could do more. You have learned to stay calm and composed in the face of adversity.

How do you continue to do it all, yet stay physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy?

Public health restrictions have limited numbers and prevented us from doing what we normally do to support families. What are your challenges and rewards? How can we create and foster new ways of providing care and funerals to our families we serve?

Would you like to learn from others about their experiences and share strategies to support families and each other?

We’ll discuss these topics and more during the Peer Support Zoom meeting scheduled 7:00pm ET, 8:00pm AT on Thursday, April 15, 2021, facilitated by Derrick McEachern, Registered Counselling Therapist.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4893308451…

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