Research Roundup – October 2021

This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month: Berona, J., Whitton, S., Newcomb, M. Mustanski, B. & Gibbons, R. (2021). Predicting the transition from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt among sexual and gender minority youths. Psychiatric Services, 72(11), 1261-1267. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000497 This is […]

Weekly News Roundup July 6 – 12, 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: Suicide of Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi exposes the ‘freedom and violence’ of LGBTQ Muslims in exile – Conversation UKJuly 10, 2020Sarah Hegazi, 30, an LGBTQ activitist from Egypt, died by suicide […]

New online training available: Start

We’re excited to announce the addition of the Start online suicide prevention program to our offering of workshops! Start is a one to two hour online course that trains people to recognize when someone has thoughts of suicide and take action to connect them to help. Participants will learn: Ways to become more comfortable talking […]