Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day
Sat, Oct 15
|Online Event
Each year thousands of families across Canada mourn the death of their babies. Parents get isolated in their grief and the stigma around the death of children prevents society from speaking about the devastating effects on parents and their families.
Time & Location
Oct 15, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Online Event
About the event
The October 15th campaign raises awareness for a variety of issues that are the direct result of the death of a child, either before birth (during pregnancy) or after birth.
Goals:
Get society to acknowledge the significance of the life of each baby and to understand the devastation for families following the death of a baby.
Ask society to honour and remember the babies who died with their families and realize that these babies are still part of the families – no matter how much time has passed since their death.
Educate society to be mindful of the uniqueness of each death. These are complex issues that cannot be addressed with simple checklists or generic recommendations. Although the common element is the death of a child and grieving the child, each tragedy occurs in individual situations and might lead to unique challenges. The same applies to the time when the…