Tyndale Centre for Grief and Loss

Tyndale Centre for

Grief and Loss

Our Commitment

To accompany those who mourn as well as to be a resource for the church, professionals and the general public.

Serve the Community

  • Accompany the broken-hearted
  • Assist mourners
  • Affirm and validate unique grief journey
  • Actively engage with their grief

Support Groups and Events

Network and Train

  • Grief support group resources for churches
  • Facilitator training with support and resources
  • A variety of venues, educational workshops and seminars
  • A network with Tyndale's Open Learning Centres and the Thanatology Program

Death, Dying and Grief Certificate

This certificate will facilitate your understanding of the grief process, giving you resources and developing tech quests that will enable a positive approach to engaging with those in the grieving process. 

Dr. L. Keith Taylor

Dr. L. Keith Taylor

Consultant, Tyndale Centre for Grief and Loss

Formerly Keith was a Chaplain Palliative Care, Southlake Regional Health Centre. He also worked as a Trauma Clinician, Trauma Management Group, Ottawa and was a Trainer for the Toronto North Command Firefighters for Critical Stress Incidents. Previously he was also the Director, Genesis Bereavement Resource Centre in Newmarket.

Keith retired following over 30 years of pastoral ministry at the Newmarket Church of the Nazarene.  Keith teaches multiple thanatology courses at Tyndale Seminary focusing on disenfranchised grief and complicated grief. He is a Member of the Association for Death Education and Counselling. Keith is a grief educator and seminar speaker. Founder/Director: Handle with Care. Bereavement Counselling Services and author of Well-Intentioned People Say Dumb Things: Practical advice for comforting those who are grieving.

Let’s stay in touch…

Our commitment is to accompany those who mourn as well as to be a resource for the church, professionals and the general public.

Email: grief-loss@tyndale.ca
Phone: 289-319-1071

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Upcoming Events

Sep
20

Aren’t You Over This Yet: Bereavement, Recovery and Expectations of Others

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Online - Zoom  Tyndale Centre for Grief and Loss Seminars

Sep
23

Grief Support Group

Online - Zoom

Oct
18

Introduction to Death and Dying (Module 1)

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Online - Zoom  Death, Dying & Grief Certificate (TCGL)

Oct
25

Contemporary Understandings of Grief: an Update on the Latest Thinking About Loss

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Online - Zoom  Tyndale Centre for Grief and Loss Seminars

Nov
1

Making Sense of the Senseless: Spiritual Care in an Uncertain World

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Online - Zoom  Tyndale Centre for Grief and Loss Seminars

Nov
15

Cultural & Gender Approaches to Grief (Module 2)

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Online - Zoom  Death, Dying & Grief Certificate (TCGL)