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. If […]

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, […]

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 […]