World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 By Canadian Mental Health Association and Centre for Suicide Prevention September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide continues to be crisis in our society, and it is experiencing unprecedented attention in our community. The facts are stark, but suicide is preventable. People who think about and attempt suicide don’t […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Montreal blue-collar union says worker’s suicide came after harassment – CTV NewsSeptember 1, 2023Marie-Hélène Henry, 47, a worker at Montreal’s Botanical Gardens, died by suicide in August. According to Henry’s friends, she was dealing with bullying at work. Friend Marie-Claude Piguet says, “Marie-Hélène’s father was […]

Featured:Promoting Mental Health and Understanding Suicide – Conversations on Wellbeing at WorkAugust 22, 2023Executive Director Mara Grunau was featured on the Wellbeing at Work podcast, discussing suicide prevention and life promotion in the workplace. Grunau says, “People bring their whole selves to work. So we’ve had an era of, you know, you leave your personal […]

Sincere thanks to AltaLink for supporting Centre for Suicide Prevention with their Carnival and BBQ fundraiser! And thanks to Calgary Corporate Challenge head office team for coming to also show their support!    

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Men’s groups are embracing an alternative conception of American masculinity – Washington Post August 14, 2023Suicide rates in the US continue to increase and in 2021, men in the US died by suicide four times more often than women. Isolation is one factor in men’s suicide, […]

This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month. Subscribe to receive the research roundup straight to your inbox! Booth, M. et al. (2023). Re-thinking spatial design in homes to include means and access restrictions with material impacts as passive suicide prevention methods: A […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Suicide deaths reached a record high in the US in 2022, provisional data shows – CNNAugust 10, 2023The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data recently indicating the highest suicide numbers on record in the US. The suicide rate in the US […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! New Jersey school district reaches $9.1 million settlement with family of teen who died by suicide – CNNJuly 31, 202312-year old Mallory Grossman died by suicide in 2017, after being repeatedly bullied and cyberbullied by classmates. Here parents, Diane and Seth Grossman,sued Rockaway Township School […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:Prince George man awarded for bringing mental health program to work – Prince George CitizenJuly 23, 2023Mark Wilson brought the Buddy Up Campaign to his workplace, Finning Canada, in early 2022. Buddy Up is a men’s suicide prevention campaign. Wilson says, “It was Christmas 2021 […]

The Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology released a report on June 8, 2023, of recommendations regarding the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention and its evaluation, entitled Doing What Works.   Read the Senate report The Senate report calls on the Government of Canada to update the Framework and prioritize, among other […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Uruguay suicide rate reaches new record in 2022, cementing position as outlier in region – Toronto StarJuly 21, 2023Uruguay’s suicide rate has reached 23.3 per 100,000. In other countries in the Americas, the average suicide rate is only 9 per 100,000. “Suicide rates have been […]

Centre for Suicide Prevention (CSP) Board President and Chair Carmelle Hunka and Canadian Mental Health Association – Alberta Division (CMHA-AB Division) Board Chair Brent Korte are pleased to announce that Mara Grunau has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Mental Health Association – Alberta Division (CMHA-Alberta) on an interim basis, effective June 19, […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Online, ‘unalive’ means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things – Associated PressJuly 13, 2023This article explores the term ‘unalive’ as a synonym for ‘suicide.’ The word is one of many that people on social media use to avoid being […]

Thank you to Calgary’s Parrot Head Club for raising $5060 for the Centre for Suicide Prevention’s #BuddyUp campaign in their largest fundraiser to date! Pictured left to right: Dustan Byrnes, Freshia Corpus, Greg Axani, Steve Mallany, Jeff Allison, Glenda Barr, Seth McVeity.

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured: Let’s talk about men’s suicide prevention – Penticton HeraldJuly 5, 2023Buddy Up Month was June 2023, and people were invited to participate in the June Challenge, taking part in activities that promote mental well being and connection. The Buddy Up Campaign, started in 2020, […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:Buddy Up – QR Calgary (interview starts at 15:35)June 19, 2023Akash Asif, Centre for Suicide Prevention’s Strategy and Operations Director, spoke with QR Calgary about the Buddy Up men’s suicide prevention campaign and Buddy Up Month, which runs throughout June, Men’s Health Month. “There are […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:Buddy Up Skills Training – Centre for Suicide PreventionJune 20, 2023Centre for Suicide Prevention has partnered with CSV Midstream Solutions Corp. to implement a new suicide prevention program for on-site workers involved in the construction of CSV’s Albright Gas Processing Plant. Buddy Up Skills Training […]

Centre for Suicide Prevention has partnered with CSV Midstream Solutions Corp. to implement a new suicide prevention program for on-site workers involved in the construction of CSV’s Albright Gas Processing Plant. Buddy Up Skills Training equips workers to skillfully respond to co-workers who are struggling with their mental health or may be considering suicide. Read […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:Support your friends this Buddy Up Month – ABP DailyJune 13, 2023Buddy Up Champion organization Alberta Beef Producers is encouraging people to participate in Buddy Up Month, happening throughout June. “Clay is the agriculture persona for Buddy Up, a men’s suicide prevention communication campaign. Led […]

This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian (🇨🇦) and international suicide research we collected in the past month: 🇨🇦 Barry, R. et al. (2023). The relationship between rurality, travel time to care and death by suicide. BMC Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04805-w    This is an extension of a previous study by the authors looking at the […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Target suicide prevention strategies towards men, Indigenous people: Senate report – Global NewsJune 8, 2023A Senate report released last week provided recommendations to the federal government regarding the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention. The report says suicide in Canada can be better addressed if all […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! No One Knows How Many L.G.B.T.Q. Americans Die by Suicide – New York TimesJune 1, 2023In the US, most death investigators do not collect data on sexuality or gender identity, which leads to a significant lack of data about how many members of these groups […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Social stress, problem-solving deficits contribute to suicide risk for teen girls – American Psychological AssociationMay 25, 2023According to a new study, adolescent girls who experience interpersonal problems often and have greater difficulty than peers solving these interpersonal problems are at greater risk for suicidal behaviour. “Importantly, […]