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.

If you, or someone you know is thinking about, or impacted by suicide, click here.

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Brochures

• But I'm Losing hope..... some thoughts for those who are thinking about ending their life.
• Healing - In the aftermath of a suicide.
• What can I do - if I suspect someone I know is thinking about suicide
• After tragedy happens, how can we help?
• In the aftermath of an intentional violent traumatic death (suicide, homicide and homicide/suicide)
• Living with a Suicidal Person: What Families Can Do - PDF Format (Thanks to Dr. Heather Fiske for permission to reprint)

Information about Self-Harm

• Truth Hurts: Report of the National Inquiry into Self Harm Among Youth People (PDF Format)

Publications

• Helping One Another: Report of the February 2004 conference, Kugaaruk, Nunavut (PDF file)

• Our Words Must Come Back to Us: Inungni Sapujjijirt Task Force on Suicide Prevention and Community Healing (PDF file)

• National Inuit Youth Suicide Prevention Framework (PDF file)

• Acting on What We Know: Preventing Youth Suicide in First Nations. The Report on the Advisory Group on Suicide Prevention

• Unikkaartuit: Meanings of Well-Being, Sadness, Suicide and Change in Two Inuit Communities (Principal Investigator - Dr. Michael Kral) Word Document

• Masecard, D, Kant reed or spl gud, dnt wanta liv: Youth Learning Disabilities and Suicide (Word Document)

• Masecar, D, (2004) Beginning With Youth Reprinted from CASP News, v13, #1, March 2004.

• Austen, P. (2003) Community Capacity Building and Mobilization in Youth Mental Health Promotion: The Story of the Community of West Carlton. How the Community Helper Program Evolved from a Community's Experience with Youth Suicide. Health Canada.

Survivor Associations and Resource Materials

• Canadian Survivors Support Directory
• Survivors Advocate Listserve
• Surviving a Suicide Loss: A Resource and Healing Guide (Available through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)

Suicide Prevention Resources

• Centre for Suicide Prevention (formally the Suicide Information and Education Centre) Calgary, Alberta
• Centre for Research in Suicide and Euthenasia (CRISE) (University du Quebec a Montreal)
• Suicide Prevention and Resource Centre (University of British Columbia)
• Suicide Prevention Resource Centre

Suicide Prevention Associations

• American Association for Suicidology
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention / l'association canadienne pour la prévention du suicide
• European Network for Suicidology
• International Association for Suicide Prevention
• Ontario Suicide Prevention Association
• Suicide and Mental Health Association International

Resources for First Nations & Inuit Communities

• Turtle Island Native Network: Healing and Wellness
• Information Centre on Aboriginal Health

• White Earth Suicide Intervention Team - White Earth Chippewa Tribe

• Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Trans-gendered & Two-Spirited Resources 

• Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network
• GLB Suicidality in Australia and New Zealand
• OUTPROUD Be Yourself
• Suicide Among Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual or Transgendered Youth
• The Official Mark A. Roeder Web Site (contains a number of resources).

Suicide Prevention Strategies

• Niagara Regional Suicide Prevention Strategy
• Ottawa Strategy
• Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Strategy
• Canada (National Blueprint developed by the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention)
• United States (With links to strategies by States)
• England
• Australia
• New Zealand
• World Health Organization - SUPRE: Suicide Prevention