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SUICIDE PREVENTION

Photo: Jim Bell
(News)

 


GN Mounts plan to help helpers prevent suicide.
2009 March

“We are here today because we know we cannot wait.”

"Today we're helping those people who are depressed, overwhelmed or feeling hopeless," Premier Eva Aariak said during the March 12 announcement in Iqaluit. Read the full story...

(News)

World Suicide Prevention Day
2008 September 10

Susan Aglukark stands with Bruce-Ma-Goose, a mascot for the National Aboriginal Health Organization's Role Model Program, at the Celebrate, Embrace Culture, and Live Life the Inuit Way event for World Suicide Prevention Day on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Sept. 10.

See all the pictures here...

 


(Advice)

My Break-Up
2007 HLN,National Aboriginal Health Organization
Inuktitut

"I was destroyed when my boyfriend left me, but I found my way through the pain.” Read more...


“Sukkulauqtunga piqanaarma qimangmaanga, kisiani uvannik nanisilauqtunga aaniarnikkut.” Read more...

 

 

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Suicide Prevention in Inuit Regions (Fact Sheet)
2007 National Aboriginal Health Organization

Suicide Fact Sheet (Fact Sheet)
2007 National Aboriginal Health Organization
Inuktitut

What can I do, if I suspect someone I know is
thinking about suicide?
(Brochure)
The Nunavut Embrace Life Council
Inuktitut

Coping Tips for Teens (Brochure)
The Nunavut Embrace Life Council
Inuktitut

Wanting to End Your Life (Advice)
2007 National Aboriginal Health Organization

 

RECENT NEWS AND RESEARCH...


Young Inuit men commit suicide at rate 28 times
that of southern peers: report
(News)
2009 April, Canadian Press

Feedback sought on suicide prevention
(News)
2009 April, Northern News Service