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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:Run for Life 2021 – Centre for Suicide PreventionApril 6, 2021Centre for Suicide Prevention is hosting the 4th annual Run for Life! Participate by doing any physical activity, anywhere, anytime […]

This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month: Picardo, J., et al. (2020). Suicide and self-harm content on Instagram: A systematic scoping review. PLOS One, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238603 Social media platforms are increasingly used as sites for expressions of suicidal and self-harming behaviours. This […]

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: Facebook’s effort to stop suicides reveals a worrisome gap between Silicon Valley tech companies and healthcare experts – Business InsiderMay 5, 2019After people began live-streaming their suicides on social network Facebook, […]

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: Corbella: Liepert’s House speech on his daughter’s suicide an emotional punch – Calgary HeraldFebruary 5, 2019Calgary Signal Hill MP Ron Liepert delivered a moving House of Commons speech last week to […]