Websites to visit

Children’s Mental Health:
Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention and other
Aboriginal initiatives.
http://www.amhb.ab.ca

Aboriginal Health Association of B.C. Provides information on health issues facing Aboriginal peoples, reports, upcoming events, and Aboriginal Health Handbook. Includes
‘Aboriginal Health Report’ article: Early
Childhood Development: Give Your Child the Best Fight for Life! http://www.ahabc.bc.ca

“Advocacy for Native Adoptees” is an organization
responsive to the needs of First Nations people,
who as children were removed from their community
and adopted or put into foster care in non-Native homes.
http://www.advocacyfornativeadoptees.org/

Reports

“Cultural Continuity as a Hedge Against Suicide in Canada’s First Nations.” Michael Chandler and Christopher Lalond. Correspond with: Dr. Michael Chandler, Dept. of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4. Email chandler@interchange.ubc.ca

Videos

The Youth Suicide Prevention Package: Patrick’s Story (24 min.). Remembering Tom (24 min.).
2-Video set available from the National Film Board of Canada, Order number 193C 9100 121/EC011. Fax your order to (514) 283-7564

One-hour video documentary (1985) events in community since 1985 (critical situation re alcohol abuse)
Alkali Lake Indian Band, Box 4479,
Williams Lake, BC V2G 2V5
Phone: (250) 440-5611
Fax: (250) 440-5721

Books

His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina
By Danielle Steele

This book is written by well-known author of romance fiction, Danielle Steele. In this true story, Ms. Steele takes the reader through the too-short years she spent with her son Nick, who suffered from bipolar disorder before he committed suicide at age 19. One reviewer describes this book as follows: “This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold and a tortured soul. It is the story of an illness, a fight to live and a race against death.”

Available at Amazon.ca and Chapters bookstores
Quote this number when inquiring/ordering: ISBN 0385333463

Manuals
Northern Lifelines: Suicide Information and Resource Manual
This is a manual, produced in 1992, that covers prevention, intervention and ‘postvention’ for caregivers and community workers. It can be purchased for $60 (plus $10 shipping and handling).
For more information:
Algoma Child and Youth Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Phone: (705) 945-5050
Fax: (705) 942-9273

Walking in Balance: A First Nations Suicide Resource Manual
This is a manual, produced in 1993, that is designed to assist those in a helping role. It can be purchased for $25 (including shipping).
For more information:
Union of Ontario Indians, Toronto
Phone/fax: (416) 693-1620

Youth Suicide Awareness Presentation Package
This is an 80-page instructional guide with a set of 32 overhead transparencies, designed for use by trainers and caregivers. Its goal is to examine the suicide issue in a two-hour to half-day workshop with adult groups, but it can also be adapted for an adolescent audience. The package can be purchased for $150 (plus $8 shipping and handling).
For more information:
Suicide Prevention Training Programs (SPTP)
201-1615-10th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T3C 0J7
Phone: (403) 245-3900
Fax: (403) 245-0299
Email: siec@siec.ca
Website: http://www.siec.ca

Pamphlets

How to Listen, Understand and Answer a Cry for Help
This is an information pamphlet on suicide warning signs and what to do for a suicidal person. Written in both Cree and English, it was produced by the Northwest Regional Interagency Suicide Prevention Program, Grande Prairie, Alberta in 1991.
For more information:
Suicide Prevention Program
Phone: (403) 539-6680

You’ve Got a Friend: Suicide Prevention and Intervention
This is a pamphlet, produced in 1992, that contains poetry, art and personal stories from members of a support group. It can be purchased for $7 (including shipping).
For more information:
Kwagiutl Urban Society
#4-3023 Carroll Street, Victoria, BC V9A 1R1

Services

Centre Nutshimiu Atusseun
1035 Brochu Street, Box 182, Sept-Îles, Quebec
G4R 4K5
Phone: (418) 962-1266
A sixteen-week training program (eight-week stay in forest). Goal is to train professional trappers and in so doing, develop Innu identity and self-confidence; for jobless youths (18-24) who have dropped out of school.

Native Training Institute of Quebec
234 St. Louis Street, 1st floor, Loretteville, Quebec
G2B 1L4
Phone: (418) 843-6857
Fax: (418) 843-7339
Offers College level diploma. Program in ‘Social Intervention in Aboriginal Milieu’.

Waseskun House,
1295 Laprairie Street, Montreal, Quebec
H3K 2W1
Phone: (514) 932-1424
Provides services to ex-offenders to make the transition from detention back into society.

Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry,
Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital
4333 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road, Montreal,
Quebec H3T 1E4
Phone: (514) 340-8210
Fax: (514) 340-7507

Native Mental Health Association of Canada,
Box 89, Shannonville, Ontario K0K 3A0
Phone: (613) 966-7619
Fax: (613) 966-0670
Association provides short intensive courses and written materials intended for caregivers.

Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit (Mheccu)
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia
2250 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C. VGT 1W6
Website: www.mheccu.ubc.ca

Mental Health and Family Services Division,
Bag 200, Station 1033, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
(867) 979-7680
or check: www.baffinhealth.com

Helpline Western Arctic,
c/o C.M.H.A. - NWT Division,
P.O. Box 2580,
Yellowknife NWT X1A 2P9
1-800-661-0844, 7 days a week, 7-11 p.m.

British Columbia

Squamish Nation Crisis Centre (604) 904-1257 24 hours

Alberta

Blackfoot Reserve 1-800-667-8089 or crisis line 1-877-303-2642
Blood Reserve 1-800-667-8089 or crisis line 1-877-303-2642
Eden Valley Reserve 1-800-667-8089 or crisis line 1-877-303-2642
Peigan Reserve 1-800-667-8089 or crisis line 1-877-303-2642
Stoney Reserve 1-800-667-8089 or crisis line 1-877-303-2642

Northwest Territories

Kamatsiaqtut Baffin Crisis Line, P.O. Box 419 Iqaluit, N.W.T. X0A 0H0
1-800-265-3333 (9-12 p.m.)
or crisis line (819) 979-3333

Keewatin Crisis Line, General Delivery, Rankin Inlet, NWT X0C 0G0
(819) 645-3333 Mon-Fri 7-10 p.m.
Kugluktuk Awareness Centre, P.O. Box 58, Kugluktuk, NU X0B 0E0
(867) 982-4673