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From Wednesday, May 11 to Friday, May 13, 2022, the WRSPC team attended the “Together for Life” National Conference on Suicide Prevention in Montréal, Quebec. The conference was jointly organized [...]

Mental Health Week 2022: Empathy Series From Monday, May 2nd, 2022 to Friday, May 6th, WRSPC will be joining the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and other organizations across Canada in [...]

The Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council has put together a resource for families during their Winter School Break.  Take your family on an adventure this winter break towards greater [...]

WRSPC is very excited to announce that our interview process was successful, and we have hired a new Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator, Holly Snook! Holly officially joined the team on July [...]

Mourning the children of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation The Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council’s thoughts are with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc community, and all Indigenous [...]

A statement from Amanda Demmer, current Program Coordinator: With mixed emotions, I share the news that I will be stepping down from my position as WRSPC’s Program Coordinator. I am saddened to [...]

In June of 2020, the Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council committed to growth by continuously pursuing opportunities to view suicide prevention efforts from a lens of anti-racism. As part [...]

Developed by Srishti Sharma, WRSPC Volunteer The final form of protective factors in this series is Spiritual Protective Factors. Spirituality can be thought of as a connection to something [...]

This week in our Resilience & Protective Factors series, we are looking at Social Protective Factors. While last week’s psychological factors looked at internal factors, this week we are [...]