No one has the corner on truth, but together we have knowledge.
David Masecar, M.A. C. Psychological Associate

Contributing towards a shared knowledge about suicide and community-driven strategies.

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Throughout history there are stories of oppression, dehumanization, tragedy and hardship.
Attempts at such destruction of the human spirit that one wonders how anyone could have survived.

Equally, there are stories of people that fought and survived, who overcame their circumstances to create a better life for themselves, their families and their communities. One only has to take a look around to understand that life in fact, is the stronger force.

 It is time to tell your story.

 
 

Funded by First Nations Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada and developed through a one-time contribution agreement with Kamatsiaqtut Help-Line, Iqaluit, Nunavut.

This project (print publication and web site) is concerned with telling the story of your community. The story about how suicide impacted the community, those situations and events that contributed to suicidal behavior, and how the community recovered, is recovering, or will recover. This story has a past which has to be understood, a present which needs to be recognized, and a future. This is the important part to recognize - that this story isn’t finished. Decisions have to be made as to how it will continue and who will tell it. By telling and sharing stories, we can better understand what is working, and hopeful in reducing suicide and its impact.

In developing this project six meetings were held across Canada with representatives from a number of Indigenous communities. These meetings provided an opportunity to share stories and comments about what was working and hopeful in their communities. Some stories and comments were provided through phone conversations and email. If you have a story you would like to contribute, please click here for instruction on how to do so.

The print publication is in production and will be available through this web site within the next month as a PDF file. It will be available in English and French. For now, this site contains:

bullet A list of resources
bullet Stories and comments provided during the meetings, email and phone conversations.