Patrick Vernon

Highlights from the Equity in Grief Festival 2026

Grief isn’t something you “move on” from,it’s something you carry.

At the Equity in Grief Festival 2026, that idea was at the center of every conversation. The festival created space to honour loss not as a private burden, but as a shared, collective experience rooted in compassion, inclusion, and honesty.

One of the most powerful reminders: grief is not one-size-fits-all. It lives in our bodies—in the way we laugh like someone we’ve lost, or catch glimpses of them in ourselves years later. It lingers, resurfaces, and evolves.

But more importantly, the festival challenged a deeper truth—grief is not equal. Some people grieve with support, while others do so while navigating injustice, silence, or systems that fail them.

That’s why spaces like this matter. They allow us to ask:

• Why do we hide grief?
• What are we getting wrong about it?
• And how can we hold it better—together?

Because grief is not a personal failure.

When shared in community, it becomes something else entirely—
a form of love that endures beyond time and loss.

Watch the Highlights video: Here