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Weekly News Roundup March 11 – 17, 2019
Hello Friends, Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Calgary Herald Christmas Fund 2018 campaign raises close to $750,000 – Calgary Herald March 15, ...
Thank you to the Calgary Herald Christmas Fund
The Centre for Suicide Prevention was honoured by the Calgary Herald this year by being one of the twelve non-profit organizations chosen as a recipient of their 2018 Christmas Fund. This year, the fund totaled $746,465 with an additional $15,516 ...
Weekly News Roundup Mar 4 – 10, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Officer down – CBCMarch 10, 2019This is an investigative piece by the CBC accompanying a Fifth ...
Weekly News Roundup Feb 24 – Mar 3, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: How many people are affected by one suicide? – Centre for Suicide PreventionFebruary 28, 2019It has ...
How many people are affected by one suicide?
For decades researchers asserted that six people are greatly affected by each suicide death. This statistic can be traced back to the pioneering suicidologist Edwin Shneidman. In the early 1970s, he based this figure on the average size of an ...
Weekly News Roundup Feb 18 – 24, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Researchers to shed light on high Prairie suicide rates – Winnipeg Free PressFebruary 23, 2019A team ...
Weekly News Roundup Feb 11 – 18, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Facebook’s suicide prevention tool sparks concern – GlobalFebruary 11, 2019Facebook’s suicide prevention algorithm reads user’s posts ...
Canada Needs a National Suicide Prevention Plan
This is a response to MP Ron Liepert’s speech in the House of Commons on Monday, February 4, 2019. Mara Grunau and Robert Olson, Centre for Suicide Prevention Our deepest condolences to MP Ron Liepert for the loss of his daughter Kylee, by suicide. There ...
Weekly News Roundup Feb 4 – 10, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Corbella: Liepert’s House speech on his daughter’s suicide an emotional punch – Calgary HeraldFebruary 5, 2019Calgary ...