What is Run for Life? Join us on a journey from darkness into light to remember loved ones lost to suicide and raise awareness for suicide prevention. This is a virtual event – participate anywhere, anytime, and in any way: by running, walking, or doing any other physical activity. When is it? This year’s event […]

This is a summary of the latest Canadian (🇨🇦) and international suicide research we collected in the past month: Abbott-Smith, S. et al. (2023). Suicide prevention: What does the evidence show for the effectiveness of safety planning for children and young people? A systematic scoping review. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12928 The […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Why suicide rates are dropping around the world – Wired UKMay 12, 2023 **Method warning**Between 1990 and 2016 suicide rates dropped greatly in the two most populous countries in the world, China and India. A lot of this reduction can be attributed to less access to pesticides, the […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! ‘This is horrifying’: How a pro-suicide forum encourages… use (of lethal substance) in Canada, U.K. – CTV NewsMay 5, 2023**Method warning** Recently, a man in Ontario was charged with selling lethal substances online. Users of a pro-suicide website forum were encouraging people thinking about suicide […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! After daughter’s suicide, this mom wants caregivers notified when loved ones get psychotropic meds – CBCApril 27, 2023Louise Carter lost daughter Madisyn Solomon, 27, to suicide, following the increase in dosage of a psychotropic drug and now Carter is calling for a formal policy that […]

Thank you to Shaw Birdies for Kids presented by AltaLink, who will match, up to 50%, registration fees and donations for Run for Life 2023!  Shaw Birdies for Kids presented by AltaLink is a non-profit program under the Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation. This program is designed to help raise new funds for local charities, engage […]

  Centre for Suicide Prevention is a 2023 charity partner for the Calgary Corporate Challenge.   Calgary Corporate Challenge is a non-profit organization focused on community. Their mission is to provide Calgary and surrounding companies with professionally-managed team-building events.  The Calgary Corporate Challenge “build(s) cultures and… nurture(s) teams, with an impact that outlives any single event.”  On […]

Thank you to Fraternal Order of Eagles Calgary for their generous donation of $2000! 

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Hopelessness about the future is a key reason some Black young adults consider suicide, new study finds – The ConversationApril 20, 2023New research has found that feeling hopeless about the future is one of the primary reasons that a Black young person considers suicide. A recent […]

This is a summary of the latest Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month: Featured: 🇨🇦 Smith, J. et al. (2023). A commentary on suicide prevention training: The process of implementing an ASIST pilot in postsecondary nursing education. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2023.02.011   This is a commentary on […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:New suicide prevention program launching in Grande Prairie – My Grande Prairie NowApril 11, 2023The Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention, located in Grande Prairie, in partnership with Centre for Suicide Prevention, has launched the Skills for Safer Living Program – a 4-week support group offering […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Families mourn ‘devastating’ suicide rates among Nepal’s migrant workers – The GuardianApril 6, 2023Of the 1,000 migrant workers from Nepal who die abroad, 12% of these deaths are recorded as suicides. Separation from family, debt, abusive working conditions, loneliness, lack of social support services and loneliness […]

We’ve just added a new resource type to our website – the briefing note. These resources provide very brief introductions to specific suicide topics, and are often accompanied by extensive research lists.  Click on the ‘Briefing notes’ category on our resources page to check them out, or click on the links in our listing of current […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:Suicide and anorexia promotion sites must be addressed in online safety bill, parents and child-protection experts say – Globe and MailMarch 29, 2023**Content warning – potentially upsetting content** It’s anticipated that Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez will table a bill calling for the federal government to […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Drummond: It’s time to talk about dementia, firearms and suicide – Ottawa CitizenMarch 20, 2023**Method warning** This opinion piece by Dr. Alan Drummond discusses the association between dementia, gun ownership, and suicide. In the US, firearms are the most common method of suicide for people […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Inquest jury ‘nailed’ recommendations, says mom of woman who died by suicide in psych unit – CBCMarch 15, 2023**Content and method warning: graphic description and discussion of means** Hillary Hooper, 27, died by suicide while she was a patient at a psychiatric hospital in New […]

This is a summary of the latest Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month: 🇨🇦 Ansloos, J. & Cooper, A. (2023). Is suicide a water justice issue? Investigating long-term drinking water advisories and suicide in First Nations in Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 4045. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054045   […]

As an office of Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Centre for Suicide Prevention endorses CMHA’s position and statement on the expansion of Canada’s medical assistance in dying legislation to include people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness. Since the release of this statement, the federal government has extended this expansion to March 2024. Here’s […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:Youth suicide attempts, ideation rose globally during pandemic, new Calgary study finds – CBCMarch 10, 2023A global study led by the University of Calgary has found that emergency room visits for suicide attempts by children and adolescents increased significantly during the pandemic. From the beginning […]

Skills for Safer Living (SfSL) is a four-week group program for youth who have suicide ideation and their caregivers. This project is being funded by the Government of Alberta. The group meets once a week for a 90-minute session for four weeks. In the sessions, youth learn to build skills and capacity to help keep […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! ‘Losing my son to suicide – my experience as a mental health nurse’ – Nursing TimesMarch 2, 2023In this article Heather Wenban, a mental health nurse, talks about the experience of losing her son Marc, 36, to suicide. Wenban says she considered suicide herself […]

We encourage you to raise awareness for Run for Life 2023 on social using #RunforLife2023. Create your own posts, use your own photos, or use the sample posts we’ve created for you below! Share on social Copy and paste any of the posts below to share on your social media, or come up with your […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Kitikmeot tour a success for men’s suicide-prevention program – Nunatsiaq NewsFebruary 24, 2023Atii Angutiit is a men’s suicide prevention program in Nunavut. The program recently toured communities in the territory, and are already being asked to come back, Sam Tutanuak, senior adviser with Nunavut’s […]