Begin the Conversation Before It Becomes Urgent
Talking about what should happen to our ashes can feel uncomfortable. For many people, it means confronting questions about death, loss and how we want to be remembered. However, the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Canadian Forces Artists Program Group 10 exhibition opens at the National Military Cemetery
Four civilian artists offer new perspectives on military service, operations and remembrance through works developed after immersive Canadian Armed Forces deployments. OTTAWA, Ontario — September 21, 2026 — The Department…
Speaking the Unspeakable
Grief often arrives without language. People know what they feel, yet struggle to articulate it in a way that feels accurate or acceptable. Words seem either too small or too…
After Cremation: Knowing What Comes Next
Cremation answers one important question, but it does not answer every question. After the funeral is over and family members return to their daily lives, the urn remains. It may…
Twenty-Five Years Later: Remembering 9/11 and Canada’s Sacrifice
On September 11, 2001, the world witnessed an act of terrorism that changed the course of history. Nearly 3,000 people were killed when four commercial aircraft were hijacked. Two struck…
No. 1 Provost Company (RCMP): Policing the Road to Victory
On November 8, 2020, a commemorative plaque was unveiled along the Major-General George R. Pearkes, VC, Pathway in the RCMP National Memorial Cemetery at Beechwood. The plaque honours the members…
Memento Mori: The Forgotten Language of Mortality
Walk through an older section of almost any historic cemetery and you will quickly notice something unusual carved into the stones. A skull with wings. An hourglass with sand running…
James Dyson Slater: Building Canada’s Canal Connections
James Dyson Slater Section 48, Lot 1 (E) James Dyson Slater was born in Manchester, England, on September 10, 1813. He immigrated to Upper Canada with his parents in 1830…
Building Canada by Water: Discover A Beechwood History of Canals
Canada’s canals are often described through measurements: kilometres of waterway, numbers of locks and tonnes of goods transported. But behind every canal are people—engineers, stonemasons, surveyors, labourers, public servants and…
At Beaver Dams: Captain William Brown Bradley and the Defence of Upper Canada
William Brown Bradley – Section 25, Lot 52N (Mil) On June 24, 1813, an American force advanced from Fort George toward a British outpost at Beaver Dams on the Niagara…