Healing Pathways
Community collaboration in grief, bereavement, and emotional wellness for all Nova Scotians.
Healing Pathways is a program designed to support grief, bereavement, and emotional wellness across Nova Scotia. The program includes two complementary components: Healing Pathways Community Funding Grants, which provide financial support to community-based organizations delivering grief and emotional wellness initiatives, and Healing Pathways-Grieving Well™ which focuses on building shared understanding, resources, and education to strengthen grief support across the province.
This work responds directly to the Mass Casualty Commission’s call for sustained community-based grief supports following the April 2020 event.
Funding Committed to Date:
$940,153.49
Healing Pathways Community Funding Grants
Launched in 2024, Healing Pathways Community Funding Grants has invested in dozens of community-led initiatives supporting grief, bereavement, and emotional wellness across Nova Scotia. The program has distributed $940,153.49 to 41 projects, supporting approaches ranging from peer support and cultural healing to workshops and arts-based therapies.
The Healing Pathways Community Funding Grant Program provides up to $50,000 per project to support community-led initiatives focused on grief, bereavement, and emotional wellness. Applications are accepted once annually through a single call for proposals.
Grant applications will open Soon. Sign up here for updates and announcement
Healing Pathways Acknowledgement Guidelines
Support for this project must be acknowledged through the inclusion of the Healing Pathways logo in all electronic and print communications material, i.e. brochures and advertising. Download a standard version of the Healing Pathways Community Funding Grants logo for use in communications recognizing funding assistance.
Grieving Well™
Online Directory
Healing Pathways-Grieving Well™ is an online directory designed to support Nova Scotians as they navigate grief and emotional wellness.
Whether experiencing personal loss or supporting someone who is grieving, this directory provides accessible information, practical tools, and community-based supports to help individuals at every stage of their journey.
Developed by the Nova Scotia Hospice Palliative Care Association, Healing Pathways – Grieving Well connects users to trusted resources, including grief education, support services, and peer communities. While the directory will expand province-wide in 2025, its initial focus is on resources available in Cumberland, Colchester, and East Hants.
Grief is a deeply personal experience, but no one has to navigate it alone. Healing Pathways – Grieving Well helps individuals find the support they need, when they need it.
Provincial Grant Recipients
Advocate & District Development Association
The Advocate District & Development Association spearheaded a project providing new cooking equipment to a community group, significantly impacting their ability to host events and provide services.
Truro & Colchester Chamber of Commerce
Launched a project aimed at providing wellness resources, and workshops for businesses. Topics have included topics related to mental health, stress management, and workers’ compensation processes for workers with PTSD, and Mental Health First Aid
The Local Council of Women Halifax
The Circle of Sisterhood project will offer twelve group sessions designed to create a space for migrant women to share and learn from each other about their experiences with integration into their new community.
Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia
The Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia (ASNS) has launched a 6-week virtual grief support program designed to provide a compassionate and structured environment for caregivers and family members.
Samuel R Balcom Centre Association
Wellness Park, Bereavement Training, and Facilitated Workshops-The Wellness Park will be developed on a cleared, level site previously used as a school ball diamond, and will feature a gazebo, therapeutic flower beds, pathways, and memory benches.
The Deanery Project Non-Profit Cooperative Ltd
The Deanery Project is launching "Healing Through Nature & Arts," a holistic grief, bereavement, and emotional wellness support initiative designed to help individuals process grief and loss in meaningful and sustainable ways.