May your holiday season be filled with light and hope. From your friends at the Centre for Suicide Prevention

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: Editorial: Does Canada need a national suicide prevention strategy?– Centre for Suicide Prevention Dec. 5, 2016 This editorial outlines the importance of a national strategy for suicide prevention, how it […]

Our latest resource is an infoExchange editorial that outlines the importance of a national strategy for suicide prevention, how it could be implemented, and why a framework is not enough. This editorial is available now on our website or as a direct PDF download.

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: Pay it forward this holiday season – Airdrie City View Dec. 1, 2016 Although Christmastime is thought to be a “wonderful time of year” for many, this is not the […]

Thank you for your continuing support of our organization, whether that be through sharing our resources, donating, or simply educating yourself in suicide prevention through our free online resources or through our workshops. Today is #GivingTuesday. Please consider continuing your support; this can be done in a number of ways: Donating online Taking a workshop […]

We now have 24 more Trainers,  13 in Alberta and 11 out-of-province, able to facilitate the ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training workshop! Last week, Nov. 21-25, we held our annual ASIST Training for Trainers (T4T) session. Welcome to our new Trainers, who have become part of a Training Network of more than 150 people across Alberta, […]

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: Working together to prevent suicide in Canada: the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention – Government of Canada Nov. 24, 2016 Last week, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) released […]

Yesterday the Federal Government released their Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention, Working Together to Prevent Suicide in Canada. We would like to commend the Government for this framework, which serves as guidance in suicide prevention for the Federal Government. The Framework was developed after much consultation, out of it comes six legislated elements for action: Provide guidelines […]

Centre for Suicide Prevention would like to congratulate the Western Hockey League (WHL) on becoming suicide prevention champions with the Talk Today program, an initiative of Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Ontario, and now CMHA BC and Alberta. The Talk Today program trains every WHL player and some team staff members such as coaches in suicide […]

This past Tuesday we attended Raising the Bar: Evaluation Collective Conference 2016, hosted by Propellus. This was a great conference where we learned much about how to improve our evaluation methods – which is especially important but also especially difficult in suicide prevention. Currently, we evaluate the effectiveness of our suicide prevention workshops by evaluating […]

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: Suicide becomes Movember topic as more middle-aged men die in ‘disturbing trend’ – CBC Nov. 20, 2016 This Movember focus is on men’s suicide – more middle-aged men die by suicide […]

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: Investigation: Tortured Mind – Global Nov. 13, 2016 Centre for Suicide Prevention’s Karin Lavoie was interviewed as part of this piece on the failings of schools in Ontario to properly […]

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: After a suicide attempt, the risk of another try – New York Times Nov. 7, 2016 This article busts the myth that those who attempt suicide are not likely to attempt […]

Last week, Centre for Suicide Prevention’s Mara Grunau and Robert Olson attended the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) Conference in Iqaluit, Nunavut. The focus of the conference was Hope, Help and Healing, and we were privileged to present on the work we do in making suicide research accessible to the general public. We had […]

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: Talking suicide prevention in a land of deep wounds and shattered hearts – Nunatsiaq Online Oct. 28, 2016 This past week CSP was privileged to attend and present at the Canadian […]

Our latest resource is a toolkit about self-harm and suicide. This toolkit explains the differences and similarities between self-harm and suicidal behaviour. Self-harm is not suicide – but it can lead to suicide. This toolkit is available now on our website or as a direct PDF download.

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: WalMart ‘Suicide Scar Wound’ costume provokes outrage – Snopes Oct. 22, 2016 WalMart has removed ‘suicide scar wound’ Halloween costume latex make-up from its shelves, following public outrage started by the post […]

We are sad to say goodbye to Bryan Goehringer, our Fund Development Coordinator. Bryan has been an energizing addition to our staff team and our events; his enthusiasm will be missed! We wish him well as he takes a role with Trinity Western University and we look forward to having him return to the CSP […]

This past Wednesday, October 19 we went to the ConocoPhillips Health Fair in Calgary. We presented on suicide awareness and also hosted an informational booth with resources for people to take with them. Thank you ConocoPhillips for hosting this health fair for your employees, and for recognizing the importance of suicide prevention!  

Last Friday we attended the 4th annual Music 4 Life Concert Series Fundraiser, this year at Flames Central in Calgary. The musicians were great; Daniel Wesley, SAVK, Lunar Wilde, and Scratch Buffalo played to an engaged, enthusiastic crowd, while video messages encouraging people to talk openly about mental health and suicide were featured in between […]

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: How Guyana is trying to combat its high suicide rate – BBC Oct. 16, 2016 Guyana has the highest suicide rate in the world, with 44.2 Guyanese people out of 100,000 […]

For the 4th year in a row, Centre for Suicide Prevention is honoured to be one of the recipient organizations of proceeds from Music 4 Life, a concert series hosted by I Will Survive Association, taking place this Friday, October 14, 2016 in Calgary, Alberta. I Will Survive Association aims to reduce the stigma surrounding suicide, […]

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: Children under 12 more at suicide risk than you think – Medicine Hat News Oct. 7, 2016 Medicine Hat, Alberta, is hosting two child suicide prevention workshops next month, thanks […]