About the Workshop: This one-hour workshop will cover the presenter's experience with grief and disability. She will discuss the multilayered challenges these two experiences bring up together. She will facilitate a discussion among participants to share. Lastly, she will cover ways how to support individuals living with both.

About the Facilitator: Irish Dhindsa (She/Her) has lived with a progressive disability since childhood. Her challenges grew even more vital when she experienced the loss of her partner and then her father by the age of 31. In her pursuit of purpose, she found her biggest passion for providing therapy, counselling, coaching & peer support. She is motivated by her desire to develop meaningful connections and have deep conversations. Irish is a WellCoaches Certified Well-being Coach, a Peer Support Canada Certified Peer Supporter, and is currently doing her Masters in Counselly Psychology. She also works at the Centre for Grief & Healing (BFO-HP) as the Volunteer Manager.