Collective Trauma After Festival Attack Could Ripple for Months, Experts Say

Collective Trauma After Festival Attack Could Ripple for Months, Experts Say
A card is placed at a memorial for the Lapu Lapu Day block party tragedy in Vancouver, on April 27, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people last weekend will likely persist for months, mental health experts in British Columbia warn.

“Traumatic events, grief, is not something that is resolved in a week or two weeks, or a couple of months,” said Heather Mohan, a clinical counsellor and executive director of the charity Lumara Grief and Bereavement Care Society.