Weekly News Roundup Nov. 27 – Dec 3

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: ‘We’re sick of being in pain’: Suicide still devastating Nunavut – CTV NewsDecember 2, 2021Joseph Ashoona and Deion Pearce, two young people living in Iqaluit, are founding members of Nunavut […]

Weekly News Roundup Sept. 7-12, 2021

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:World Suicide Prevention Day – Centre for Suicide PreventionWorld Suicide Prevention Day is a day to remember those we’ve lost to suicide and raise awareness for how suicide can be […]

Weekly News Roundup March 22-28, 2021

Hello Friends, Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:CSP Response to OCYA Mar 2021 Report – Centre for Suicide PreventionMarch 26, 2021Last week the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate of Alberta (OCYA) released their […]

Weekly News Roundup March 8 – 14, 2021

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Preliminary data shows Alberta’s suicide rates declined in 2020 – RD News NowMarch 9, 2021Preliminary data for suicide rates in Alberta in 2020 show a decline in suicide deaths. So […]

Weekly News Roundup Mar. 1-7, 2021

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Alberta’s suicide rate seems to have declined in 2020 – Red Deer AdvocateMarch 3, 2021Preliminary data is showing a decline in the suicide rate in Alberta, however, there is typically […]

Weekly News Roundup Feb. 8-15, 2021

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Preliminary data shows Alberta’s suicide rates declined in 2020 – EverythingGPFebruary 15, 2021Preliminary data from the Medical Examiner’s office in Alberta shows a decline in the suicide rate for 2020. […]

Weekly News Roundup Feb. 1-7, 2021

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Many assumed suicides would spike in 2020. So far, the data tells a different story – CBCFebruary 8, 2021Preliminary data from medical examiner’s and coroner’s in some provinces have found […]

Weekly News Roundup Jan. 4 – 10, 2021

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:When kids are in crisis, how can we help them? – Broadview MagazineJanuary 5, 2021*Content and method warning* This article discusses suicide in children, which is rare but likely also […]

Weekly News Roundup Dec. 6 – 13, 2020

Hello Friends, Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. This week’s news roundup will be our last for 2020! Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Suicides up sharply on Toronto subway during pandemic – Globe and MailDecember 7, 2020Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has […]

Weekly News Roundup Nov. 9 – 15, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:U of C introduces new suicide prevention framework to support students – Calgary HeraldNovember 12, 2020*Terminology warning – use of commit*   The University of Calgary has launched their Suicide […]

Weekly News Roundup Oct. 26 – Nov. 1, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: UCP gives $220K for local suicide prevention effort  – Medicine Hat NewsOctober 29, 2020The provincial government has announced they will be giving $200,000, earmarked for suicide prevention efforts, to CMHA-Medicine Hat. […]

Weekly News Roundup Sept. 28 – Oct. 4, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Medicine Hat’s suicide numbers are on pace to double last year’s – Medicine Hat NewsOctober 3, 2020Medicine Hat, Alberta, had 5 suicides in 2019: 3 male, 2 female. So far […]

Weekly News Roundup September 8 – 14, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Life, death and being a man in Medicine Hat – CBC NewsSeptember 10, 2020Brandon Niwa, 37, is one of the first of several men that Medicine Hat has lost to suicide […]

Weekly News Roundup August 25 – 31, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Buddy Up for the month of September – Centre for Suicide PreventionAugust 31, 2020Throughout the month of September, Centre for Suicide Prevention is promoting the Buddy Up campaign with the […]

Weekly News Roundup July 20 – 26, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Opinion: We need a compassionate recovery to address the hidden hurt – Calgary HeraldJuly 21, 2020Sue Tomney, CEO of YW Calgary and Sandip Lalli, president and CEO of the Calgary Chamber […]

Weekly News Roundup April 20-26, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:‘Heartbreaking’: Suicide rates expected to rise as COVID-19 grinds on – Calgary HeraldApril 25, 2020The psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as unprecedented levels of unemployment, may worsen existing mental […]

Weekly News Roundup April 14 – 19, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Suicide-related distress calls increasing in Calgary – 660 City NewsApril 19, 2020In April, Distress Centre Calgary received 20% more distress calls than it did in January. “The worries are that this […]

Weekly News Roundup April 6 – 13, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Fear and Isolation May Not Actually Bring a Rise in Suicides – SlateApril 13, 2020In this article, written in response to US President Trump’s assertion that suicide rates will increase as […]

Weekly News Roundup March 22 – 29, 2020

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Discussing Mental Health in Agriculture – Ag Thoughts with EmmettMarch 24, 2020Centre for Suicide Prevention’s Robert Olson spoke with Emmett Sawyer, a youth advocate for agriculture, about farmer suicide and how […]

Weekly News Roundup December 2-8, 2019

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Death at Alberta legislature reignites conversation about provincial suicide rate – Edmonton StarDecember 3, 2019Following the suicide death last Monday on the steps of the Alberta Legislature, more conversation is being […]

Weekly News Roundup November 25 – December 1, 2019

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week:‘I Wanted to Die:’ Northern Ireland Confronts a Suicide Crisis – New York TimesDecember 1, 2019*Method warning* In 2017, Northern Ireland had a suicide rate of 18.6 per 100,000 (Canada has a […]

Weekly News Roundup November 18-24, 2019

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Alberta documentary sheds light on men in the oilpatch and suicides – Global CalgaryNovember 19, 2019A new documentary, Digging in the Dirt, addresses the issue of men working in the oilpatch […]

Weekly News Roundup Oct. 7 – 14, 2019

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Suicide attempts by black teens are increasing, study says – CNNOctober 14, 2019From 1991 to 2017, the suicide rate for African American teenagers rose as the rate for teenagers in other […]