Resource Focus: After a suicide

This guide presents promising strategies and best practices for facilitating safe and effective suicide bereavement support groups. It is intended for organizations and/or group facilitators that are currently operating or interested in starting a suicide bereavement support group. This is a joint initiative of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention and Centre for Suicide Prevention. […]

What is unique about suicide loss? The grief experienced by people who have lost someone to suicide can be more complicated than the grief that follows other types of death. Suicide can be ambiguous – unlike other forms of death which are seen as “beyond control” of the person who died and their loved ones, […]

A suicide in a school community is devastating to staff, students, and families. Some individuals may be unable to cope and the community as a whole may struggle with how to respond. In a state of shock, school administrators may be uncertain of what steps to take. This toolkit provides practical information to schools for […]

This webinar will walk teachers through what to do after a student in the school community has died by suicide. PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Further Reading DVDs B.C. Council for Families. (2011). When you are left to live: A documentary. [DVD]. [Vancouver, BC]: B.C. Council for Families. Also can be accessed here: http://www.bccf.ca/professionals/Left-2-Live Through interview and discussion, […]