The Andrew Miedema Foundation Golf Tournament was about healing, hope and smashing the stigma to prevent suicide. Continue reading
7 Men Talking About Suicide and Raising Awareness
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High School Valedictorian censored in talking about suicide.
Abby Cenerini wanted to acknowledge her friend Michael who died by suicide but she was not allowed to. “School censors valedictorian’s speech to remove reference to student’s death.” By Danielle d’Entremont · CBC News Please click on the above link to hear and … Continue reading
Let’s Really Talk About Suicide Among Middle-aged Men. In Our Language.
It’s time to talk about suicide among middle-aged men. An article was sent to me when Linkin Park’s frontman, Chester Bennington died by suicide. The title of the article in the Independant was “After Chester Bennington’s tragic death, we need to … Continue reading
Norwest Community Health Centres partner with Left Behind By Suicide to offer suicide awareness training.
Today is a big day for the Collateral Damage Project in making Thunder Bay a suicide safer community. Norwest Community Health Centres partner with Left Behind By Suicide to offer suicide awareness training. I am grateful to NorWest Community Health … Continue reading
’13 Reasons Why’… Like it or not, we need to talk about it!
13 Reasons Why … Like it or not, we need to talk about it!
A blog by Scott Chisholm, Founder of the Collateral Damage Project Continue reading
We Need an Early Warning System for Suicide
This morning as I read Jody Porter’s (CBC News) article “First Nations say suicide crisis requires same response as natural disasters’, I felt compelled to respond. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/social-emergencies-summit-1.4038363 Early warning systems are implemented to recognize potential catastrophic events and help minimize/prevent … Continue reading
Starting the conversation
“Welcome and thank you for joining the Youth Suicide Advisory Committee for the Suicide Post-vention Conference. Our hope for this event is to start the conversation by joining together professionals in health care, emergency services, social services and education in … Continue reading
Join the #stopsayingcommit Campaign
Once and for all we are going to stop saying commit or committed suicide. Join us in the #stopsayingcommit campaign. This is a social media campaign and I am asking you to Tweet, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and text #stopsayingcommit Share … Continue reading
Stigma. What is it?
Stigma. We often hear that we need to break or stomp the stigma surrounding suicide and mental illness, but what is stigma? How do we ‘break’ it if we don’t know what it is. And what do we mean by … Continue reading
Ariel Tweto Joins Our Team
For Immediate Release ARIEL TWETO SPEAKS OUT FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION, JOINS ADVOCACY GROUP November 21, 2014, Thunder Bay, ON – The Collateral Damage Project, a Canadian registered charity that works to prevent suicide, hit a high note this week with the … Continue reading
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