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Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Seizing the Chance to Stop a Suicide – Harvard Medical SchoolSeptember 21, 2023The Center for Suicide Research and Prevention at Harvard and MGH in the US launched in August after being given a $17 million grant from the American National Institute of Mental Health. “The […]

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 6th annual Run for Life to raise awareness for suicide prevention and remember those we’ve lost. Run for Life 2023 was our biggest year yet with over 800 supporters representing every province in Canada, and countries around the world – many of you participated in community and […]

This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month. Subscribe to receive the research roundup straight to your inbox! Parrott, S. (2023). Media framing of student-athlete suicide: An examination of problems, causes, moral evaluations, and treatment recommendations. Communication and Sport. https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795231187155 This American study […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! ‘Stubbornly high’ Nova Scotia suicide rate prompts calls for prevention strategy – CTV NewsSeptember 14, 2023Nova Scotia’s suicide rate has been elevated since 2012 and Dr. Simon Sherry, Halifax-based clinical psychologist and faculty member of the psychology and neuroscience at Dalhousie University, is calling for […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 – Centre for Suicide PreventionSeptember 6, 2023Sunday, September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. This day is an opportunity to remember the lives of people we’ve lost to suicide and raise awareness for suicide prevention. To honour the day, we’ve […]

Sunday, September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. This day is an opportunity to remember the lives of people we’ve lost to suicide and raise awareness for suicide prevention. To honour the day, we’ve released a statement with the Canadian Mental Health Association – National and updated our toolkit about suicide prevention. We will also […]

World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 By Canadian Mental Health Association and Centre for Suicide Prevention September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide continues to be crisis in our society, and it is experiencing unprecedented attention in our community. The facts are stark, but suicide is preventable. People who think about and attempt suicide don’t […]

Power Up: Strengthen your body and mind is happening now, Monday Sept. 18 through to Sunday Sept. 24. See below for ways to get involved. Whichever aspect of your health you’re choosing to strengthen – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual – take this week to focus on that. Learn more Introducing the Buddy Up Guide The Buddy […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Montreal blue-collar union says worker’s suicide came after harassment – CTV NewsSeptember 1, 2023Marie-Hélène Henry, 47, a worker at Montreal’s Botanical Gardens, died by suicide in August. According to Henry’s friends, she was dealing with bullying at work. Friend Marie-Claude Piguet says, “Marie-Hélène’s father was […]

Featured:Promoting Mental Health and Understanding Suicide – Conversations on Wellbeing at WorkAugust 22, 2023Executive Director Mara Grunau was featured on the Wellbeing at Work podcast, discussing suicide prevention and life promotion in the workplace. Grunau says, “People bring their whole selves to work. So we’ve had an era of, you know, you leave your personal […]

Sincere thanks to AltaLink for supporting Centre for Suicide Prevention with their Carnival and BBQ fundraiser! And thanks to Calgary Corporate Challenge head office team for coming to also show their support!    

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Men’s groups are embracing an alternative conception of American masculinity – Washington Post August 14, 2023Suicide rates in the US continue to increase and in 2021, men in the US died by suicide four times more often than women. Isolation is one factor in men’s suicide, […]

This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month. Subscribe to receive the research roundup straight to your inbox! Booth, M. et al. (2023). Re-thinking spatial design in homes to include means and access restrictions with material impacts as passive suicide prevention methods: A […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Suicide deaths reached a record high in the US in 2022, provisional data shows – CNNAugust 10, 2023The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data recently indicating the highest suicide numbers on record in the US. The suicide rate in the US […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! New Jersey school district reaches $9.1 million settlement with family of teen who died by suicide – CNNJuly 31, 202312-year old Mallory Grossman died by suicide in 2017, after being repeatedly bullied and cyberbullied by classmates. Here parents, Diane and Seth Grossman,sued Rockaway Township School […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Featured:Prince George man awarded for bringing mental health program to work – Prince George CitizenJuly 23, 2023Mark Wilson brought the Buddy Up Campaign to his workplace, Finning Canada, in early 2022. Buddy Up is a men’s suicide prevention campaign. Wilson says, “It was Christmas 2021 […]

The Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology released a report on June 8, 2023, of recommendations regarding the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention and its evaluation, entitled Doing What Works.   Read the Senate report The Senate report calls on the Government of Canada to update the Framework and prioritize, among other […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Uruguay suicide rate reaches new record in 2022, cementing position as outlier in region – Toronto StarJuly 21, 2023Uruguay’s suicide rate has reached 23.3 per 100,000. In other countries in the Americas, the average suicide rate is only 9 per 100,000. “Suicide rates have been […]

Centre for Suicide Prevention (CSP) Board President and Chair Carmelle Hunka and Canadian Mental Health Association – Alberta Division (CMHA-AB Division) Board Chair Brent Korte are pleased to announce that Mara Grunau has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Mental Health Association – Alberta Division (CMHA-Alberta) on an interim basis, effective June 19, […]

Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! Online, ‘unalive’ means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things – Associated PressJuly 13, 2023This article explores the term ‘unalive’ as a synonym for ‘suicide.’ The word is one of many that people on social media use to avoid being […]

Thank you to Calgary’s Parrot Head Club for raising $5060 for the Centre for Suicide Prevention’s #BuddyUp campaign in their largest fundraiser to date! Pictured left to right: Dustan Byrnes, Freshia Corpus, Greg Axani, Steve Mallany, Jeff Allison, Glenda Barr, Seth McVeity.

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 […]