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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: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. […]

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 […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found in these past few weeks: History of suicide attempt linked to shorter life expectancy – Medscape  December 28, 2017 Researchers in Sweden analyzed a database that spanned 40 years of information of 195,000 […]

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: Reducing the incidence of suicide on transit rail systems – Urban Mobility Forum Summer Edition This feature talks about our partnership with Calgary Transit, Distress Centre Calgary and LivingWorks Education […]

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: Oilpatch workers susceptible due to nature of job – Red Deer Advocate May 25, 2017 Men as a group tend to be more at-risk of suicide than women, and especially […]