Key Resources for Promoting Life / Preventing Suicide in Indigenous Communities
Talking Stick App
Talking Stick is a safe space where you can connect anonymously with Indigenous peers who understand you. Created by Indigenous People, for Indigenous People. Free to use, always anonymous.
(2024)
WANISKĀHK – Time to Rise Up
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indigenous Nations new website features resources and videos on life promotion and supporting First Nations youth.
(2020)
We Matter Campaign: A place Indigenous youth can turn to for an uplift, for positive support, or for a reminder that you matter.
(2017)
We Matter: Mini Toolkit
(2017)
Assembly of First Nations Youth Council Calls to Action on Life Promotion in First Nations Communities
(2016)
National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy
(2016)
We Belong: Life Promotion to Address Indigenous Suicide Discussion Paper
(2016)
First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework
(2015)
Health Canada: Mental Wellness Teams – Key Learnings from 8 Projects
(2015)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
(2015)
Hope, Health, and Healing: A Planning Toolkit for First Nations and Aboriginal Communities to Prevent and Respond to Suicide
(2015)
National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy
(2013)
Acting on What We Know: Preventing Youth Suicide in First Nations
(2013)
Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
(2009)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(2008)
OCAP: Ownership, Control, Access and Possession
(2007)
Suicide among Aboriginal People in Canada
(2007)
Aboriginal Youth: A Manual of Promising Youth Suicide Prevention Strategies
(2007)
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) Blueprint for a Canadian National Suicide Prevention Strategy
(2004)
Choosing Life: Special Report on Suicide Among Aboriginal Peoples (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
(1995)
Canadian Task Force Report on Suicide
(1987)
Hear more about hope, belonging, meaning, and purpose.