Nunavut acts on recommendations for suicide prevention

L Eggertson - 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Nearly 40 years after losing his older brother to suicide, Nunavut's health minister will lead
the territory's suicide prevention efforts. Health Minister Paul Okalik will chair a cabinet …

Nunavut extends implementation of suicide prevention plan

L Eggertson - 2014 - Can Med Assoc
In the wake of a record number of suicides in 2013, Nunavut has agreed to a one-year
extension of an action plan to implement the territory's suicide prevention strategy.“Greater …

Nunavut's new suicide prevention strategy

L Eggertson - 2016 - Can Med Assoc
On Mar. 3, Health Minister Paul Okalik, who was also responsible for suicid e prevention,
resigned because he opposed the government's plan to open a beer and wine store in …

Nunavut suicides a “public health emergency”

L Eggertson - 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Nunavut's government “shall immediately declare suicide a public health emergency,” and
appoint a cabinet minister responsible for suicide prevention, recommended a coroner's jury …

Nunavut youth saturated in the realities of suicide

L Eggertson - 2013 - Can Med Assoc
News the Nunavut Suicide Prevention Strategy and its subsequent Action Plan, along with
Hicks, Steve McVarnock, the former RCMP chief superintendent in Iqaluit, officials with the …

Nunavut calls inquest into record number of suicides

L Eggertson - Canadian Medical Association. Journal, 2014 - search.proquest.com
Nunavut's government is also keen to move forward." We welcome learning anything more
that we can about the causes of suicides in terms of informing how we can move forward in …

[PDF][PDF] Toward more effective, evidence-based suicide prevention in Nunavut

J Hicks - Northern exposure: peoples, powers and prospects in …, 2009 - lakeheadu.ca
The Moon Spirit is one of the great regulating powers of the universe which is not feared.
Knowing the view of the East Greenlanders, who regard the Moon Spirit as the most terrible …

[BOOK][B] The Feasibility and Applicability of the Australian (WASC-Y) Model of Suicide Prevention/Intervention for Use in Nunavut

S Tagalik, M Joyce, J Brackenbury - 2006 - indigenouspsychservices.com.au
Background Within the Centre for Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special
Needs is a Mental Health Task Force sponsored by the Government of Nunavut. The focus …

[PDF][PDF] Best practices in suicide prevention and the evaluation of suicide prevention programs in the arctic

A Henderson, N Iqaluit - Report, Government of Nunavut, Department of …, 2003 - uni.gl
From March 12 to 14, 2003, approximately 40 people from Nunavut, Greenland, Nunavik,
the Northwest Territories and Alaska gathered in Iqaluit to discuss the progress of suicide …

Suicide prevention training saves lives in Nunavut

L Eggertson - 2013 - Can Med Assoc
Alberta Health Services recently used ASIST to train about 650 people to help prevent
suicide in Aboriginal communities across the province. Four staff members have become …