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All the latest suicide prevention news, and what we've been up to at the Centre for Suicide Prevention.
CSP had more fun today when we announced the winners of our colouring contest! Thanks to Jackie Stafford for the lovely illustration!
CSP had another great potluck today with a picnic theme! It was great to get everyone together and have an indoor picnic on a rainy day!
CSP would like to give a big thank you to Kaila Hagley, our SAIT intern student! Kaila came to us from the Administrative Information Managment program. Thanks for all your hard work, Kaila! We’ll miss you!
Last Friday CSP’s Aboriginal Liaison Ed Yuen had an information booth at the Siksika Health Fair! Thanks to everyone who came, we had a great experience.
Mental Health Week Recap
Last week was Mental Health Week! There was tons of great stuff going on, including several informative twitter chats and news stories. Below we’ve compiled a list of what we found useful; let us know if we’re missing something! Global News “Young Minds” Youth Mental Health Series CMHA Calgary Twitter Chat
This week the Centre for Suicide Prevention is in Edmonton, Alberta to Train our Trainers in the new edition of ASIST!
Thank you, Cenovus!
CSP would like to thank Cenovus for donating their office furniture to us! It looks great! BEFORE DURING AFTER
NEW RESOURCE: Suicide Contagion and Suicide Clusters article Click here to read it and leave your comment!
CSP Staff attends Tattered Teddies Workshop
Today our staff got together to take/re-take our Tattered Teddies: Preventing Suicide in Children Workshop with Trainer Kevin Hodgson! Click here for more information on the workshop
“Breakdown” – CBC Series on Children’s Mental Health
This week, CBC Calgary is running a broadcast series focusing on Children’s Mental Health. This is a great topic of focus as we know that early prevention of suicidal risk factors in youth and childhood can greatly minimize the chance of risks carrying on into adulthood. We’ll compile a list of story links as they […]
CSP Welcomes New Staff Members and Associates
The Centre for Suicide Prevention is happy to announce some new additions to our team! We would like to welcome Andrea Ingstrup, who is working with us on an exciting new project, as well as Research Assistant Karin Lavoie and Hilary Sirman,Trainer Liaison.
NEW RESOURCE ALERT! We’ve just released a new resource toolkit dealing with children and suicide. Click here to check it out!
Thank you to SAIT Student Stefan Andersen (Left) for choosing the Centre for Suicide Prevention as the subject of a Public Service Announcement project!
February 26, 2013
Yesterday CSP had the pleasure of meeting a great group of Colonel Macleod Junior High School students who are doing a project for the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative and chose us as their charity of choice! Thank you so much and good luck!
Congrats to CSP’s Workshop Coordinator Charleen McPhail for obtaining her diploma in Professional Studies; Non-Profit Studies!
December 17, 2012
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone here at the Centre for Suicide Prevention! Click here to view our Christmas Card
October 26, 2012
CSP attending Mental Health Awareness Week CSP is excited to be a part of the University of Calgary’s Mental Health Awareness Week. This week is being hosted by the University Wellness Centre, and is meant to bring awareness of mental health to students across campus. CSP will have a booth in the Services Fair and will be […]
October 18, 2012
CSP attends CASP Conference 2012 – Highlights CSP had a great time at the CASP Conference this year in Niagara Falls, ON! We sent our Executive Director, Diane Yackel and Education Director, Mara Grunau. Curriculum Developer Suzanne McLeod and Librarian Robert Olson presented on Cyberbullying and Suicide. CSP Trainer’s Andrea Carlucci and Joan Roy also […]
October 1, 2012
CSP attending CASP Conference 2012 We’re very excited to announce that the Centre will be presenting twice at the upcoming Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) Conference October 15-17, 2012 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Tuesday, October 16 CSP Staff Members Suzanne McLeod, Curriculum Developer and Robert Olson, Librarian will be presenting on the topic, “Cyberbullying […]
September 25, 2012
CSP receives donation from Silent Auction This past Sunday, September 23, the Centre for Suicide Prevention’s Education Director Mara Grunau was honoured to receive the proceeds of a silent auction at the book launch for "Swallow" by Theanna Bischoff. The book is about two sisters, one of whom dies by suicide at 19. Thank you to Theanna […]
August 27, 2012
World Suicide Prevention Day 2012 The Centre for Suicide Prevention is looking forward to participating in World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10, 2012! CSP will be hosting an Open House to inform guests about suicide prevention and about what we do here at the Centre. This year, we’re offering 3 FREE suicide prevention workshops to […]
July 16, 2012
Question for AFN Candidate Chiefs Due to the upcoming Assembly of First Nations (AFN) elections, the Centre for Suicide Prevention posed a question to Candidate Chiefs- “How do you see a very real effort (for suicide prevention) being made for your people, our people?” Here’s the full message: Greetings,The Centre for Suicide Prevention would like to […]