Home
Contact Us
Site Map
Suicide Prevention
Reports
Advisory Group on Suicide Prevention. (2002). Acting On What We Know: Preventing Youth Suicide in First Nations. Ottawa: Health Canada.
In July, 2001 a Suicide Prevention Advisory Group was jointly appointed by National Chief Matthew Coon Come of the Assembly of First Nations and former Minister of Health Allan Rock. The purpose of this Advisory Group was to review the existing research and formulate a series of practical, doable recommendations to help stem the tide of youth suicides occurring in First Nations communities across Canada.
The Advisory Group met between July 2001 and June 2002 to collaborate on this task. Through discussion, literature review and preparation of background papers, key issues were identified and recommendations generated. This report provides an examination of these issues, from basic suicide data to specific factors affecting First Nations, and based on this, presents recommendations for action.
To access this report visit Health Canada's "First Nations, Inuit and Aboriginal Health" pages.
Henderson, Ailsa. (2003). Report of the Workshop on Best Practices in Suicide Prevention and the Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Programs in the Arctic. Iqaluit, Nunavut: Dept. of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs. Evaluation and Statistics Division.
The workshop on Best Practices in Suicide Prevention and the Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Programs in the Arctic was held in Iqaluit, Nunavut, March 14 and 15, 2003. This report is a compilation of the edited proceedings from this workshop.
To access this report click here
Kirmayer, L.J., Hayton, B.C., Malus, M., DuFour, R., Jimenez, V., Ternar, Y., Quesney, C., Ferrara, N., Yu, T. Suicide among Canadian Aboriginal Peoples: Emerging Trends in Research and Intervention. Culture and Mental Health Research Unit Report No. 1., prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Montreal, 1993.
This report reviews literature on suicide among Aboriginal peoples in Canada, and identifies emerging trends in research and intervention.
To access this report visit Culture and Mental Health Research Unit's Working Papers page.
Inungni Sapujjijiit Task Force on Suicide Prevention and Community Healing. (2003). Our Words Must Come Back To Us: Report of the Inungni Sapujjijiit Task Force on Suicide Prevention and Community Healing. Nunavut: Department of Health and Social Services.
This report is the result of a meeting of Nunavut̢۪s Legislative Assembly in March 2003 to establish a Task Force on Suicide Prevention and Community Healing. The report is a response to what was voiced from communities in Nunavut regarding suicide, suicide prevention, and the need to address the issue of suicide at the community level.
To access this report click here
Kirmayer, L.J., Boothroyd, L.J., Laliberté, A., & Laronde Simpson, B. Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in Native Communities. Culture and Mental Health Research Unit Report No.9, Montreal, 1999.
To access this report visit Culture and Mental Health Research Unit's Working Papers page.
Malus, M., Kirmayer, L.J. and Boothroyd, L. Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Inuit Youth: A Community Survey. Culture and Mental Health Research Unit Report No. 3, Montreal, 1994.
To access this report visit Culture and Mental Health Research Unit's Working Papers page.
