Resources

Youth and suicide prevention

Cliquez ici pour la version française Click here to view all our fact sheets on suicide. These fact sheets are a collaboration between the Centre for Suicide Prevention and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Introduction Young people face significant internal and external stressors, including social, physiological, and neurological change. Being an adolescent can involve […]

Together to Live website

We’re excited to announce the (re)launch of Together to Live, your step by step guide to creating a community suicide prevention plan. Together to Live includes: a planning guide that will walk you through developing, implementing, and evaluating a community suicide prevention plan real stories of communities who have taken action to prevent suicide that […]

Indigenous people, trauma, and suicide prevention

This toolkit is one of a suite of three focused on trauma. The full suite includes: Trauma and suicide, Trauma and suicide in children and Trauma and suicide in Indigenous people.  Expert reviewer: Ed Connors Ph.D., C.Psych. Dr. Connors is of Mohawk ancestry from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. Introduction First Nations, Inuit and Métis are collectively referred […]

The accuracy and reliability of suicide statistics: Why it matters

infoExchange is an original resource that examines topics relating to suicide in a way that encourages conversation, written in an editorial style. This article is also available in a condensed blog version. Suicide has been a hidden and unspoken action for centuries. Religious proscriptions and, later, legal penalties kept it underground and secret. In western […]

How do I talk to someone thinking about suicide?

In this video, executive director Mara Grunau talks about how to recognize someone who may be struggling with thoughts of suicide and how to have a conversation and connect them to help. Video topics include: Warning signs for suicide How to have a conversation with someone How to connect them to help If you or […]

Guidelines for sharing experiences with suicide

This guide will provide suggestions and considerations for those impacted by suicide who would like to publicly share their experiences. People who have been impacted by suicide, either through a suicide loss or a suicide attempt, may derive a lot of strength and growth by sharing their experience. They can be passionate advocates for suicide […]

Buddy Up campaign

Outils pour la prévention du suicide chez les hommes

Comment parler avec une personne qui vous inquiète Les hommes et le suicide Statistiques Signaux d’alerte Facteurs de risque et de protection Le paradoxe du sexe Masculinité et suicide Comment prévenir le suicide chez les hommes? Lecture recommandée Références Be a Champion for Buddy Up (en anglais seulement) Comment parler avec une personne qui vous […]

Children and Suicide

This toolkit is also available in Portuguese with Brazilian statistics. Statistics show that there are very few suicides of children. While this is positive, child suicide deaths are often officially reported as accidents or unintentional deaths so they are likely under-reported (Gray et al., 2014). Although child suicide deaths are statistically rare, some children do […]

Preventing suicide in men

How to talk to someone you’re worried about Why are men at risk of suicide? Statistics Warning signs Risk and protective factors The gender paradox Masculinity and suicide How can suicide in men be prevented? Recommended reading References Be a Champion for Buddy Up How to talk to someone you’re worried about 1. Pay attention […]

Community-led life promotion plans for Indigenous youth and communities

This guide is an invitation to bring together youth, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and those who work with young people to plan and implement life promotion strategies and actions that support the community. This guide will lead readers through a process of developing a life promotion plan for youth, based on a framework: life, people, strengths, […]

Safety plans to prevent suicide

Cliquez ici pour la version française Expert Reviewer: Dr. Yvonne Bergmans PhD, RSW While some people who consider suicide do so fleetingly or only once in their lives, others experience these thoughts ongoing or off and on over time. Suicidal thoughts can burden people and hold them hostage. Experiencing these thoughts is to experience “absolute […]

Older adults and suicide

Cliquez ici pour la version française. Click here to view all our fact sheets on suicide. These fact sheets are a collaboration between the Centre for Suicide Prevention and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. People 65 years and older, especially men, have a high risk of suicide. As Canada’s largest population group, the baby boomers, approach the […]

Sexual minorities and suicide

Cliquez ici pour la version française Click here to view all our fact sheets on suicide. We also have a toolkit on sexual minorities and suicide.  These fact sheets are a collaboration between the Centre for Suicide Prevention and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. LGB people face stressors that are unique, including the experience of discrimination and […]

Transgender people and suicide

Cliquez ici pour la version française Click here to view all our fact sheets on suicide. These fact sheets are a collaboration between the Centre for Suicide Prevention and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Transgender (trans) people face unique stressors, including the stress some trans people experience when their gender identity is not affirmed. Trans people also […]

After a student suicide

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 […]

Transgender people and suicide

Related resources: Transgender people and suicide fact sheet Sexual minorities and suicide toolkit Sexual minorities and suicide fact sheet Transgender (trans) people face unique stressors, including the stress some trans people experience when their gender identity is not affirmed. Trans people also experience higher rates of discrimination and harassment than their cisgender counterparts and, as […]

Physician-Assisted Death/MAID and Suicide

References Bill C-14: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying). (2016). Assented to June 17, 2016, 42nd Parliament, 1st session. Retrieved from the Justice Laws website: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/2016_3.pdf Brody, H. (1995). Physician-assisted suicide: Family issues. Michigan Family Review, 1(1), 19-28. de Groot, M., de […]

A Caring Conversation: What Suicide Prevention Can Look Like

infoExchange is an original resource that examines topics relating to suicide in a way that encourages conversation, written in an editorial style. “I was officially diagnosed bipolar when I was thirty years old. It was at that breakdown, when I was thirty and ended up in the hospital that I truly felt so disconnected and […]

You can help someone who is thinking about suicide

Cliquez ici pour la version française Haga clic aquí para ver la versión en español Today is September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day. This is the one day a year focused solely on awareness around the issue of suicide and its prevention and this year, we’re spreading the message that suicide can affect anyone and […]

Sexual minorities and suicide prevention

Related resources: Transgender people and suicide fact sheet Transgender people and suicide toolkit Sexual minorities and suicide fact sheet Because sexual orientation is not usually included in a cause of death report or on a death certificate, there is little data connecting sexual minorities and suicide. However, we know from survey data, as well as […]

Suicide myths and facts

In this video, we debunk some common myths about suicide in an effort to educate and reduce stigma! Video created by: Aaron Bischoff; Ethan Ror; Sarah Ensz

Suicide prevention in the workplace

Learn some myths and facts about suicide, and more about suicide prevention in the workplace in this webinar was hosted by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), presented by the Centre for Suicide Prevention on November 29, 2017. View this webinar on the MHCC website This webinar was based on content provided in our […]