A study shows that LivingWorks’ ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) program is making a difference for persons at risk of suicide. Please click on this link to see the full article: LivingWorks Report.

Centre for Suicide Prevention is participating in the 2013 Annual Conference hosted by the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention on October 1 & 2 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This year’s conference theme is “Creating New Pathways – Trauma Informed Approaches to Suicide Prevention”  In the photo is speaker, Dr. Ed Connors, Chair, Native Mental Health Association of […]

This week we will be attending the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention Annual Conference in Winnipeg. This year’s theme is Trauma Informed Care, which is the topic of our latest infoExchange article.Click here to check it out.

Do you work with children? Our Tattered Teddies Handbook is now on sale, two for the price of one. Click here to order

We’ve just released a new infoExchange article about Suicide and Stigma.  What do you think about the stigmatization of suicide? Click here to check out this great article and leave your comment

In honour of World Suicide Prevention Day, the Centre for Suicide Prevention, based in Calgary, Alberta, will be hosting three FREE suicide prevention workshops, including our own Straight Talk: Youth Suicide Prevention,  Tattered Teddies: Preventing Suicide in Children workshop along with the safeTALK: suicide awareness workshop. In addition to attending our free workshops, you can […]

In August 2013, CSP’s Aboriginal Services Liaison Ed Yuen attended the Honouring Our Children event at Mount Royal University. The event was hosted by Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Calgary.  Captions from top, left to right: A tipi was raised, each pole of the tipi has a significant meaning; Entrance to the tipi with sage; Honour […]

CSP was happy to attend Siksika’s Youth Forum! Our Aboriginal Services Liaison Ed Yuen attended on August 6, 2013, and will be making a presentation at the forum on August 8.  Captions from top to bottom: Flag raising and opening ceremonies, Drummers, Siksika Chief makes opening remarks, Council Member speaking, Guest speaker, Theo Fleury speaks. 

Here at CSP we’re always adding new materials to our exclusively suicide-related library! This summer we’ve added two free online resources about aboriginal suicide prevention. We’ve also acquired books on teen suicide risk, student distress and cognitive behavioural prevention of suicide. Two DVDs were added including one on athletes and depression and teen suicide bereavement. […]

CSP’s office’s are in Calgary, Alberta and right now the Calgary Stampede is going on! We were happy to attend the Kahanoff Centre’s “Klassy Kowboy Korral”! Yeehaw! Thanks to Charleen McPhail for the great pictures of our staff! From the top – First image from left: Charleen McPhail and Ed Yuen; Third Image from Left: […]

All week, CSP has been attending Aboriginal Awareness Week Calgary events.  Today, Diane Yackel, Executive Director and Mara Grunau, Education Director listened to Aboriginal Relations Minister Robin Campbell as he addressed the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.

CSP was happy to attend the Aboriginal Awareness Week Opening Ceremony at Olympic Plaza June 17.  The ceremony honoured Mother Earth, with speakers including the Honourable Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Chief Roy Whitney, Elder Victoria Aberdeen Crowchild and Keynote Elder Dave Courchene. We also enjoyed entertainment from Throat Boxer Nelson Tagoona. CSP’s Aboriginal Liaison Ed Yuen will be […]

CSP is pleased to announce a new resource just in time for Aboriginal Awareness Week!  Click here to check it out

Aboriginal Awareness Week is June 17-21! To celebrate, CSP is releasing our Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Toolkit on June 17. Here’s a list of our existing Aboriginal Resources: Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Resource Toolkit River of Life: Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Online Course Aboriginal Youth Cyberbullying Special Feature Aboriginal Awareness Week Calgary Website UPDATE: Click here to see […]

Yesterday CSP released our 2012-2013 Annual Report detailing our activities in the past year. Click here to check it out

CSP is happy to announce a Training for Trainers session happening in Newfoundland from June 17-21! CMHA Newfoundland will be hosting the T4T which will train new Trainers in CSP’s Straight Talk: Youth Suicide Prevention Workshop and Tattered Teddies: A Workshop about Suicide in Children.

The Centre for Suicide Prevention would like to commend David Gray and the CBC for their willingness to directly but sensitively address the issue of suicide in their interviews. This past Friday, May 31, David Gray interviewed Ex-NHL goalie Clint Malarchuk on the Calgary Eyeopener. He asked Malarchuk about his suicide attempt and ideation, having […]

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.

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 

CSP Staffers enjoyed a lovely potluck lunch today!