World Suicide Prevention Day 2020
World Suicide Prevention Day provides an opportunity for the community to gather, to remember, and to heal. Each year the WRSPC hosts an annual World Suicide Prevention Day event, encouraging anyone in our community to join. While the event is centered around acknowledging those whose lives have been touched by suicide, it is also about […]
World Suicide Prevention Day 2020 – Virtual Wellness Fair
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599653764168{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Welcome to our Virtual Wellness Fair for World Suicide Prevention Day 2020! Here, we share videos from various community agencies and organizations providing mental health and wellness services within Waterloo Region. Please browse these videos and the follow links to agency websites for more information. Thank you to all of these organizations […]
WRSPC commitment to anti-racism within suicide prevention
The WRSPC joins the community in mourning and acknowledges the recent tragic and devastating experiences of anti-Black systemic racism in our world and the impact of racialized violence. Experiences of racism and discrimination reaffirm the importance of grounding our work in hope, help and healing within the following values: We recognize the importance of engaging […]
Beyond the Bio: Elisa Brewer-Singh
Welcome to Beyond the Bio, the series where we get to know our WRSPC staff a little better. Here are the answers to our 5 Beyond the Bio questions from WRSPC Executive Director Elisa Brewer-Singh. Q1: Which Aspect of your work gives you the greatest sense of purpose or meaning? I find the most meaning […]
Beyond the Bio: Jenna Peacock
Welcome to Beyond the Bio, the series where we get to know our WRSPC staff a little better. Here are the answers to our 5 Beyond the Bio questions from WRSPC Administrative Project Coordinator Jenna Peacock. Q1: Which Aspect of your work gives you the greatest sense of purpose or meaning? The connections with all […]
Beyond the Bio: Amanda Demmer
Welcome to Beyond the Bio, the series where we get to know our WRSPC staff a little better. Here are the answers to our 5 Beyond the Bio questions from WRSPC Program Coordinator Amanda Demmer. Q1: Which aspect of your work gives you the greatest sense of purpose or meaning? I find most meaning in […]
Beyond the Bio
Welcome to “Beyond the Bio”! Anyone who has ever attended a WRSPC meeting or event knows we are a social bunch. Whether it is a monthly board meeting or our Annual General Meeting, we typically start meetings with friendly hellos and hugs. In this time of physical distancing during a public health pandemic, we are […]
Updates to the WRSPC Mission, Vision, and Priorities.
This past year the WRSPC board and staff, guided by the wisdom of our advisory committee and community partners, spent time revisiting the organizational mission, vision, and key priorities. We asked ourselves many questions about our purpose, goals, and measures of success, and landed on updated mission and vision statements as well as re-aligned ‘priorities’ […]
Signs of Stress
Stress is an individual and personal response or reaction to a situation. Individuals may have different stress responses, different stress thresholds, and different signs of stress. The stress response may also vary within an individual day by day – what may not cause stress on one day may cause stress on another, dependent on context […]
#GetReal for Suicide Prevention – Mental Health Week 2020
This year, CMHA’s annual mental health week has the theme of Social Connection, and encourages people to #GetReal about how they really feel. Watch this video from WRSPC ED Elisa Brewer-Singh talking about Mental Health Week 2020. At the WRSPC, we know that it is important to have social connection and to #GetReal when it […]