Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Inquest jury ‘nailed’ recommendations, says mom of woman who died by suicide in psych unit – CBCMarch 15, 2023**Content and method warning: graphic description and discussion of means** Hillary Hooper, 27, died by suicide while she was a patient at a psychiatric hospital in New […]

This is a summary of the latest Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month: 🇨🇦 Ansloos, J. & Cooper, A. (2023). Is suicide a water justice issue? Investigating long-term drinking water advisories and suicide in First Nations in Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 4045. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054045   […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:Youth suicide attempts, ideation rose globally during pandemic, new Calgary study finds – CBCMarch 10, 2023A global study led by the University of Calgary has found that emergency room visits for suicide attempts by children and adolescents increased significantly during the pandemic. From the beginning […]

Click here to register for Skills for Safer Living and learn more! Skills for Safer Living (SfSL) is a four-week group program for youth ages 12-24 who have suicide ideation and their caregivers. This project is being funded by the Government of Alberta. The group meets once a week for a 90-minute session for four […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! ‘Losing my son to suicide – my experience as a mental health nurse’ – Nursing TimesMarch 2, 2023In this article Heather Wenban, a mental health nurse, talks about the experience of losing her son Marc, 36, to suicide. Wenban says she considered suicide herself […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Kitikmeot tour a success for men’s suicide-prevention program – Nunatsiaq NewsFebruary 24, 2023Atii Angutiit is a men’s suicide prevention program in Nunavut. The program recently toured communities in the territory, and are already being asked to come back, Sam Tutanuak, senior adviser with Nunavut’s […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Finding Comfort and Meaning After a Child’s Suicide – WedMDFebruary 16, 2023In this article, Janet Shedd and other parents who have lost children to suicide talk about their experiences. Shedd lost son, Tom, 18, to suicide seven years ago. Shedd says the loss was […]

This is a summary of the latest Canadian (🇨🇦) and international suicide research we collected in the past month: 🇨🇦 Benny, C. et al. (2023). Investigating the association between income inequality in youth and deaths of despair in Canada: A population-based cohort study from 2006 to 2019. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77, 26–33. […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! How Do You Serve a Friend in Despair? – New York TimesFebruary 9, 2023In this opinion piece, author David Brooks talks about the life of his friend Peter Marks who died by suicide in 2019 and what, in Brooks’ words, “I learned from those […]

Doing good has a much larger impact than people realize” (Jung et al., 2020). Lift Up: Acts of Kindness, the third quarterly mini campaign of the expanded, year-round Buddy Up Campaign, runs from February 13 – 19, 2023. Learn more about how to participate and become a Champion for Buddy Up. Download the PDF What […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Federal government moves to delay MAID for people suffering solely from mental illness – CBC NewsFebruary 3, 2023Legislation has been introduced by the Liberal government to delay the expansion of the MAID law, which concerns those suffering solely from a mental illness. The delay […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured: Mental health check-in: crisis calls increase as suicide rates trend downward – CTV NewsJanuary 25, 2023Robyn Romano, CEO of Distress Centre Calgary, says that 1 in 4 calls and 1 in 2 texts or chats received by Distress Centre are suicide-related. For Bell […]

Thank you to the Calgary Foundation for generously supporting our Strategic Systems Integration project with their Community Grant; we acknowledge the Calgary Foundation’s Education & Lifelong Learning Advisory Committee for their ongoing support of suicide prevention!

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Cancer diagnosis raises suicide risk by 26 percent: research – The HillJanuary 20, 2023A new study has found that people in the US who were diagnosed with cancer between 2000 and 2016 had a 26% higher suicide rate compared to the general population. Timely […]

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new annual fundraising campaign – Together. The campaign is running from November 15, 2022 to January 15, 2023. Approximately 4,500 people in Canada die by suicide each year. That’s 12 people per day. Since the pandemic, Canadians are self-reporting greater levels of mental unwellness.  Caring conversations matter.  Let’s […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Social media’s effects on teen mental health comes into focus – AxiosJanuary 11, 2023Social media continues to be recognized for its link to poor mental health in children. In October 2022, a British authority found that Instagram contributed to the suicide of Molly Russell, […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:New strategy aims to tackle high suicide rates among Métis youth – CBCDecember 15, 2022The Métis Nation of Alberta has released a Life Promotion Guide: Weaving Together Métis Knowledge and Practice, which focuses on supporting the development, implementation, and evaluation of programming connecting young people […]

This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month: 🇨🇦 Cote, L. & Mishara, B. (2022). Effect of helping suicidal people using text messaging: An evaluation of effects and best practices of the Canadian suicide prevention service’s text helpline. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12908  […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Many first responders struggle with PTSD. Limited research suggests psychedelics may help – CBCDecember 9, 2022The Newly Institute is a mental health services clinic in Calgary, offering a four-week outpatient program involving the combination of ketamine treatments with therapy. Jas Kainth, who works with […]

Last Friday, CSP Executive Director Mara Grunau received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for outstanding advocacy work in suicide prevention in Alberta and significant contributions to the development and implementation of the provincial action plan for youth suicide prevention. Mara was nominated by Alberta Children’s Services. (Pictured: Mara Grunau with Children’s Services Minister […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Canadian throat singer Shina Novalinga opens up about suicide attempt: ‘Mental illness is real’ – Yahoo! StyleDecember 2, 2022Inuk throat singer and activist Shina Novalinga, who has 2 million followers on Instagram, opened up about her recent suicide attempt in a post. “On November […]

Build Up: work on a project, the second quarterly mini campaign of the year-round Buddy Up Campaign, runs from December 4 to 10, 2023. Learn more about how to participate and become a Champion for Buddy Up. Download the PDF Men don’t talk face to face, they talk shoulder to shoulder” – John Evoy, Irish […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Suicide of Vancouver police officer to be examined at coroner’s inquest – CBCNovember 24, 2022It has been confirmed that an inquest will be held into the death of Nicole Chan, 30, a Vancouver police officer who died by suicide. Following her death, Chan’s family […]