national suicide prevention strategy

• Canada
• Kirsten Fenn
• 4th Dec '15
• 9 Min Read

Putting Indigenous youth suicide on the political agenda

By Kirsten Fenn | The Indigenous youth suicide rate in Canada is five to seven times the national average and 40 times that among Inuit boys in Nunavut. With the new Liberal government now in office, some are reigniting the call for a national suicide prevention strategy.