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Annual day of remembrance also raises suicide awareness

August 28th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Annual day of remembrance also raises suicide awareness)

banner pfrThe 10th annual Soles Remembering Souls Walk will be held in Nanaimo on Saturday, September 10, 2016, with music, personal stories of hope, healing and support for survivors of suicide loss

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Web of culture: Building online mental health resources for northern youth in BC

June 20th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Web of culture: Building online mental health resources for northern youth in BC)

picture 696abanner pfrValerie Ward’s research with Indigenous youth living in northern B.C. explores whether existing online mental health resources are age and culturally appropriate

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Suffering, suicides among first responders lead to PTSD support, prevention focus

June 3rd, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Suffering, suicides among first responders lead to PTSD support, prevention focus)

banner pfrLast year, 39 first responders across Canada took their own lives — and one-third of those deaths by suicide occurred in British Columbia, the highest among all provinces

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Activist Michael Redhead Champagne on Indigenous youth, the suicide crisis, and hope

April 17th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Activist Michael Redhead Champagne on Indigenous youth, the suicide crisis, and hope)

banner pfrThe community activist and internationally recognized youth leader says “we can take this crappy word oppression…throw it away…and we can replace it with this idea of opportunity”

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Survivors of suicide loss the focus of international day, local event

November 10th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Survivors of suicide loss the focus of international day, local event)

Desperatepfr banner workingEvery 40 seconds someone in the world dies by suicide. Every 41 seconds someone is left to make sense of it. Vancouver Island Crisis Society offers a workshop November 25, 2015 [image: istockphoto]

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Inclusion B.C. says families supporting children with disabilities need advocates

November 2nd, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Inclusion B.C. says families supporting children with disabilities need advocates)

picture 649pfr banner workingB.C. families who have children with special needs do not have access to information and advocacy to help connect them to vital community support systems [image: istockphoto]

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