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On World Suicide Prevention Day, Inuit leaders talk about the lack of support
Inuit and non-Inuit alike marked World Suicide Prevention Day on Parliament Hill on Sept. 9 with an urgent message to government to take action against the crisis facing Inuit communities, where the suicide rate is 11 times higher than that in the rest of Canada.
The major message was that a lack of support services in the north is leading to a huge number of Inuit, especially youth, taking their own lives. This marks the 5th year in a row that this day has been marked on the Hill by Inuit looking to draw attention to the decimation taking place in their communities.
The epidemic of soldier and veteran suicides in the U.S.
President Barack Obama just announced a reversal of a long-standing policy that denied presidential condolence letters to the family members of soldiers who commit suicide. Relatives of soldiers killed in action receive letters from the president. Official silence, however, has long stigmatized those who die of self-inflicted wounds. The change marks a long-overdue shift in the recognition of the epidemic of soldier and veteran suicides in this country and the toll of the hidden wounds of war.
Ontario cuts programs for youth with mental illness
Operation Maple's Word on the Street talks to Jackie about her son Caine who has attempted suicide at age 14. Now she fears what will happen when the youth counsellors that help him are laid off.
Not Rex: LGBT youth and the politics of 'it gets better'
When your conception of queer community includes both those most comfortable and those most marginalized, what does it mean to tell queer youth "it gets better"? That's a conversation worth having, says Shawn Syms (@shawnsyms) as Not Rex this week.
Weekly Pulse: Palin revives death panels, boobs against breast cancer and the anti-gay bullying crisis
| October 13, 2010