Resources for reaching out to Aboriginal youth

CrossCurrents

Aboriginal Youth: A Manual of Promising Suicide Prevention Strategies www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/assets/promstrat_manual.pdf. This comprehensive resource was published in 2004 by the Centre for Suicide Prevention in Calgary, Alberta.

White Stone: Training for Youth Educators. For more information about the program, visit www.suicideinfo.ca and use the search function to find White Stone.

Turtle Concepts: Options for People. www.turtleconcepts.com

Health Canada. www.hc-sc.gc.ca. Use the search function to link to the report Acting on What We Know: Preventing Youth Suicide in First Nations.

Aboriginal Youth Network. http://ayn.ca. This is a useful site for issues related to Aboriginal youth wellness, including career and health advice.

Information Centre on Aboriginal Health. www.icah.ca. This site has useful links relating to issues of suicide prevention, including research and knowledge sharing.

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