Susan Cadell, University of Waterloo

Research

Grief

Latest papers

Public Health Palliative Care: A commitment to dying, death, and grief in Canada.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Interventions for raising public awareness on end-of-life, death, and grief: A scoping review.
Death studies · 2026
"The living need care": Experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment.
Death studies · 2026

All 23 publications

Latest funding

Grief and grief support needs in Canada
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$191,251
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer stories of death-related grief: A narrative inquiry
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$38,325
(Re)Marked: Holocaust Commemorative Tattoos in a Time of Renewed Antisemitism
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$44,865

All 5 grants and awards

23 publications.

01

Public Health Palliative Care: A commitment to dying, death, and grief in Canada.

Macdonald ME, Cadell S, Grassau P, Stadjuhar K

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01243-5 PMID: 42645744

02

Interventions for raising public awareness on end-of-life, death, and grief: A scoping review.

Anthoine-Milhomme-Baumgartner A, Laguna-Munoz MI, Côté I, Cadell S, Bergeron-Leclerc C, Cherblanc J

Death studies2026

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2026.2626554 PMID: 41689515

03

"The living need care": Experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment.

Joy K, Cadell S, Peter E, Kontos P

Death studies2026

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454505 PMID: 39841579

04

Grief and grief support needs in Canada: A mixed methods protocol.

Cadell S, Wright DK, Dosani N, Cherblanc J, Breen L, Aoun S, Sequeira L, Kortes-Miller K, Arya A, Anthony K, Boudreau C, Prince H, Thompson M, Macdonald ME

Palliative care and social practice2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/26323524251334180 PMID: 40352584

05

Are Mediators of Grief Reactions Better Predictors Than Risk Factors? A Study Testing the Role of Satisfaction With Rituals, Perceived Social Support, and Coping Strategies.

Cherblanc J, Zech E, Cadell S, Côté I, Boever C, Fernández-Alcántara M, Bergeron-Leclerc C, Maltais D, Gauthier G, Verdon C, Grenier J, Simard C

Illness, crises, and loss2025

DOI: 10.1177/10541373231191316 PMID: 39493967

06

Factors Associated with Complicated Grief Following a Railway Tragedy.

Maltais D, Cherblanc J, Cadell S, Bergeron-Leclerc C, Pouliot E, Fortin G, Généreux M, Roy M

Illness, crises, and loss2023

DOI: 10.1177/10541373221088393 PMID: 37323654

07

French-Canadian validation of the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report (TGI-SR).

Cherblanc J, Gagnon C, Côté I, Bergeron-Leclerc C, Cadell S, Gauthier G, Boelen PA

Death studies2023

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2022.2085347 PMID: 35686539

08

Sociographie des ritualités funéraires en temps de pandémie: des rites empêchés aux rites appropriés.

Cherblanc J, Zech E, Gauthier G, Verdon C, Simard C, Bergeron-Leclerc C, Grenier J, Maltais D, Cadell S, Sani L, Bacqué MF

Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie2022

DOI: 10.1111/cars.12390 PMID: 35713006

09

COVID-19 and social work in health care in Canada: What are the impacts?

Cadell S, Ashcroft R, Furtado J, Adamson K, McConnell SM, Teichman S

Social work in health care2022First author

DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2022.2104985 PMID: 35924348

10

Grief literacy: A call to action for compassionate communities.

Breen LJ, Kawashima D, Joy K, Cadell S, Roth D, Chow A, Macdonald ME

Death studies2022

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1739780 PMID: 32189580

Grief and grief support needs in Canada

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cadell, Susan Anne; Macdonald, Mary E; Wright, David

Keywords: Grief

$191,251

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer stories of death-related grief: A narrative inquiry

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wright, David

Keywords: Grief; Bereavement; Death and Dying; LGBQ; Queer; Narrative Inquiry; Qualitative Research; Grief Literacy; Grief Denial; Thanatology

$38,325

(Re)Marked: Holocaust Commemorative Tattoos in a Time of Renewed Antisemitism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Klein, Reisa

Keywords: (1) tattoos; (2) digital media; (3) Holocaust; (4) public memory; (5) Jewish identity; (6) Antisemetism; (7) intergenerational trauma

$44,865

Healing Tattoos

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cadell, Susan

Keywords: tattoos; post-traumatic growth; embodiment

$88,858

Memorial Tattoos: Inking the Bond

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cadell, Susan

Keywords: (1) Tattoos; (2) Grief and loss; (3) Meaning-making

$71,093

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Pediatrics
Sciences humaines appliquées
Public Health
Ecole de réadaptation
Travail social et des sciences sociales
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Rehabilitation Science
Other

Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Jacques Cherblanc

Sciences humaines appliquées

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Christiane Bergeron-Leclerc

Sciences humaines appliquées

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Oscar Labra

Travail social et des sciences sociales

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Cynthia Gagnon

Ecole de réadaptation

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Sandra Moll

Rehabilitation Science

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Pia Kontos

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Kimberley Widger

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Grief Dear Professor Cadell, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Public Health Palliative Care: A commitment to dying, death, and grief in Canada." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Grief and grief support needs in Canada" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Susan Cadell

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Public Health Palliative Care: A commitment to dying, death, and grief in Canada.

Interventions for raising public awareness on end-of-life, death, and grief: A scoping review.

"The living need care": Experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment.

Grief and grief support needs in Canada: A mixed methods protocol.

Are Mediators of Grief Reactions Better Predictors Than Risk Factors? A Study Testing the Role of Satisfaction With Rituals, Perceived Social Support, and Coping Strategies.

Factors Associated with Complicated Grief Following a Railway Tragedy.

French-Canadian validation of the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report (TGI-SR).

Sociographie des ritualités funéraires en temps de pandémie: des rites empêchés aux rites appropriés.

COVID-19 and social work in health care in Canada: What are the impacts?

Grief literacy: A call to action for compassionate communities.

Grief and grief support needs in Canada

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer stories of death-related grief: A narrative inquiry

(Re)Marked: Holocaust Commemorative Tattoos in a Time of Renewed Antisemitism

Healing Tattoos

Memorial Tattoos: Inking the Bond

Frequent collaborators

Jacques Cherblanc

Christiane Bergeron-Leclerc

Harold Siden

Danielle Maltais

Cynthia Gagnon

Frank Sirotich

Pamela Grassau

Oscar Labra

Cynthia Gagnon

Deepy Sur

Eve Pouliot

Sandra Moll

Elizabeth Peter

Ceilidh Eaton-Russell

Pia Kontos

Kimberley Widger

Susan Cadell

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Public Health Palliative Care: A commitment to dying, death, and grief in Canada.

Interventions for raising public awareness on end-of-life, death, and grief: A scoping review.

"The living need care": Experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment.

Grief and grief support needs in Canada: A mixed methods protocol.

Are Mediators of Grief Reactions Better Predictors Than Risk Factors? A Study Testing the Role of Satisfaction With Rituals, Perceived Social Support, and Coping Strategies.

Factors Associated with Complicated Grief Following a Railway Tragedy.

French-Canadian validation of the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report (TGI-SR).

Sociographie des ritualit&#xe9;s fun&#xe9;raires en temps de pand&#xe9;mie: des rites emp&#xea;ch&#xe9;s aux rites appropri&#xe9;s.

COVID-19 and social work in health care in Canada: What are the impacts?

Grief literacy: A call to action for compassionate communities.

Grief and grief support needs in Canada

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer stories of death-related grief: A narrative inquiry

(Re)Marked: Holocaust Commemorative Tattoos in a Time of Renewed Antisemitism

Healing Tattoos

Memorial Tattoos: Inking the Bond

Frequent collaborators

Jacques Cherblanc

Christiane Bergeron-Leclerc

Harold Siden

Danielle Maltais

Cynthia Gagnon

Frank Sirotich

Pamela Grassau

Oscar Labra

Cynthia Gagnon

Deepy Sur

Eve Pouliot

Sandra Moll

Elizabeth Peter

Ceilidh Eaton-Russell

Pia Kontos

Kimberley Widger

Sociographie des ritualités funéraires en temps de pandémie: des rites empêchés aux rites appropriés.