Resource Tag: CANADA. NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

This article describes the challenges to Canadian psychology found in the Northwest Territories (NWT) where suicide rates are among the hightest in the world. The author travelled to Yellowknife, Iqaluit, Pangnirtung, & Rankin Inlet; spoke with taxi drivers, teenagers, elders, elected officials & crisis centre volunteers. Although the problems & apparent pain were overwhelming & […]

The Baffin Consultation Service of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry has provided psychiatric consultation services to the Eastern Canadian Artic since 1971. This article describes background, history, development, & evolution of the service & focuses on aspects of the consultation visits, project educational activities, & development of a mental health network. This service is considered […]

Demographics and clinical data, based on interviews & questionnaire items from 581 initial psychiatric referrals, are described. The majority of referrals were single, unemployed females referred for depression, suicidal ideation/attempts & family problems. The implications of these findings & the development of community-based intervention programs are discussed.

Report describes mental health issues affecting Inuit women seen in psychiatric consultation. Recent public & governmental attention has focused on the emotional & behavioural sequelae of rapid cultural change, spousal assault, & sexual violence. The need for innovative, community-based treatment strategies in this population is emphasized.

This edition of the Help Directory has over 800 entries identifying a variety of helping agencies in communities across the Northwest Territories.

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This report is based largely on statistics kept by RCMP & facts given to the Task Force on Custodial Suicides, 1989. The author includes research that he has done on the increasing rate of criminal prosecutions for the Baffin region. The report also includes a hypothetical theory for cause of suicide in the north, that […]

A presentation on the Baffin Kamatsiaktut crisis line serving the Baffin and Kleewatin districts and northern Quebec. Developed by northern caregivers and staffed by volunteers the project met with success. Tips for creating a crisis line are provided. It is stressed that training must be specific to communities – a local perspective is essential.

This report outlines the results of a community forum on suicide prevention held at Coppermine, N.W.T. in January 1991. At this forum, participants discussed how to better understand the conditions & circumstances contributing both to suicide, & its increasing incidence in the N.W.T. The resources available to communities & the resources needed to implement effective […]

This report begins by briefly outlining the rationale, guiding principles & goals behind the development & implementation of a suicide prevention strategy in the Northwest Territories. Essential components & essential services of the strategy are presented in further detail in the latter part of the report.

This is the final report of a forum convened to discuss the conditions that have contributed to the rising suicide rate in the Northwest Terrorities. The workshop participants agreed that a principal cause of the increase was the rapid social change in the north, & traditional social supports being weakened. Also discussed is how high […]

This manuscript is divided into 6 parts. Part 1 examines suicide among the Inuit in both traditional & modern times. The 2nd part examines suicide in general & the 3rd section attempts to explain suicide specifically among Inuit youth. Parts 4 & 5 explore the roles of acculturation & internal colonialism in Inuit suicide. The […]

This article reports that the Inuit rate of suicide in the Northwest Territories is 4 times the Canadian national average. Half of the suicide victims were from 15 to 24 years old & the vast majority were male. A parish priest is quoted as attributing the high rates to rapid changes in culture, & a […]

This article provides rates of suicide for the Northwest Territories (NWT) for 1970-80, & compares them to general Canadian rates. Data on consumption of alcohol, other violent deaths, ethnic origin, sex, education, marital status, & method are also outlined. The author describes the average NWT suicide victim as a single Inuit male, employed & with […]

Statistics have shown that between the years 1975-86, there were 145 suicides reported in the Northwest Territories. This paper illustrates various aspects of suicides in the NWT. It includes total numbers & breakdowns by region & community, as well as age group & sex distribution most affected by suicide. It also compares the suicide rates […]

The NWT has one of the world’s highest per capita rates of suicidal behavior & it is underreported. A loss of control over destiny, devaluation of traditions & role models, inadequate education, cultural conditioning to think of suicide as “a most honorable” death & poor social interaction contribute to the high rate of suicidal behavior […]

Suicide rates for the Northest Territories from 1978-88 are provided. The rates are broken down according to community, ethnicity, sex, age, & by month.

This transcript of Hansard for a session of the Yellowknife, NWT Legislature presents an address about suicide prevention by the provincial suicidologist of Alberta. Responses of the members are included as are the motions passed relative to suicide prevention policy & strategies.

Presents a manual for use in the NWT to stimulate participants to think about & discuss drug & alcohol issues among native women. Background notes are included to increase the awareness of the workshop facilitator but the emphasis is on the feelings & perceptions of participants.

This audio tape of a suicide prevention radio program aired in the NWT has Northern Native people telling their stories of 1) attempting suicide; 2) being a survivor of suicide within the family; & 3) being a trainer of Native communities in the area of suicide prevention. The stories are used as a way of […]

In an examination of suicide amongst Inuit in the Baffin Zone of the Canadian Arctic, the authors report on the apparent demise of some forms of traditional suicides, and on the emergence of an anomic form of personal suicide. (19 refs)

A study of suicides in the Yukon and Northwest Territories over the period 1959-64 has disclosed the fact that the suicide rates in both Territories are higher than the average Canadian rate and that the incidence among Eskimos is no higher than that in the white population although, during the first half of this cnetury, […]