Understanding Self-Injury and Suicide
You may have heard of the terms self-harm, self-injury, or non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). But what do these terms mean, and how are they related to suicide? According to Self-Injury Outreach and Support (SiOS), a collaboration between two Ontario universities, “non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), also referred to as self-injury or self-harm, is the deliberate and direct […]
Resource Roundup: Conversation Guides
Throughout January, there are a few different awareness days that focus on mental health and wellbeing, including Bell Let’s Talk Day. To help support caring conversations about mental health and suicide prevention in our community, we’ve compiled some of our favourite conversation guides. BeThere.Org Be There – Mental health support BeThere.Org is a free resource […]
#CompassionConnects: A Compassionate Community is a Resilient Community
Compassion is an emotional response to the struggles of others combined with a real, authentic desire to help lessen their suffering. Compassion is something we can extend to others, and to ourselves. Compassion can also be shared on an individual, group, and community level. Interestingly, a community that promotes, and practices compassion is often a […]
#CompassionConnects: Keeping Safe with Self-Compassion
Compassion is an emotional response to the struggles of others combined with a real, authentic desire to help lessen their suffering. Although compassion is often discussed as a way to help others, we can also show compassion to ourselves, through developing self-compassion. According to researcher and author Kristin Neff, “self-compassion refers to being supportive towards […]
Mental Health Week 2024: #CompassionConnects
Mental Health Week is an annual awareness and advocacy campaign led by the Canadian Mental Health Association, which strives to increase awareness of mental health and advocate for increased mental health supports. This year, Mental Health Week is from May 6th to 12th and the theme is #CompassionConnects. Compassion is an emotional response to […]
Safety Plans and Suicide Prevention
Have you ever heard of the term “safety plan” and wondered what it meant? This blog may help! In this blog, we discuss: What safety planning is and how it can help to keep people safe from suicide How to develop a safety plan Different formats that can help you to make the best use […]
Suicide Prevention Resources & Supports for the 2SLGBTQ+ Community
Across the world, June is recognized as Pride Month, an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the existence, diversity, and accomplishments of the 2sLGBTQ+ community. Pride month also serves as a reminder of the discrimination and challenges faced by 2SLGBTQ+ individuals, and the continued need for allyship and support. June is also recognized as Men’s Mental […]
Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Resources
In Canada, June is the national awareness month for many things, including Pride Month and Men’s Mental Health Month! To show support and encourage help-seeking behaviour, WRSPC has compiled a list of local, provincial, and national resources and supports for both men and the 2SLGBTQ+ community. You can check out the Men’s Mental Health and […]
It’s Random Act of Kindness Day!
Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day, which got us thinking: how are random acts of kindness connected to the work of suicide prevention? Well, random acts of kindness are simple acts of friendliness or generosity towards another person who we may or may not know. These can be things such as saying “good morning” […]