Suicide

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Suicide Attempts and Associated Factors in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1998-2000

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rez Alaghehbandan
Kayla D. Gates
Don MacDonald
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 50, no. 12, October 2005, pp. 762-768
Population based study showing trends, associated factors and rates. Shows younger females, single or divorced, with an Aboriginal background and low level of education, were at a higher risk of attempting suicide.
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"Suicide (Echo) Clusters": Are They Socially Determined, the Result of a Pre-Existing Vulnerability in Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory and How Can We Contain Cluster Suicides?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leonore Hanssens
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, January/February 2011, pp. 14-19
Identifies Indigenous people as being a high risk group for suicide due to socio-economic factors and geographic remoteness.
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Suicide Ideation and Attempts Among First Nations Peoples Living On-Reserve in Canada: The Intergenerational and Cumulative Effects of Indian Residential Schools

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Jane McQuaid
Amy Bombay
Opal Arilla McInnis
Courtney Humeny
Kimberly Matheson ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 62, no. 6, 2017, pp. 422-430
Looks at links between Indian Residential School attendance, family, and suicidal thoughts and attempts by Aboriginal adults.
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Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempt Among American Indian and Alaska Native Boarding School Adolescents

Alternate Title
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, [Monograph No. 4, pp. 167-188]
Calling From the Rim: Suicidal Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 4
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman G. Dinges
Quang Duong-Tran
Looks at the uses of baseline data obtained from school-based screening surveys.
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Suicide in Alaska From 1978 to 1985: Updated Data From State Files

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norma Forbes
Vincent Van Der Hyde
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 1, no. 3, March 1988, pp. 36-55
Looks at finding causes of increased suicide rates in youth and the importance of keeping quality, useful data.
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Suicide in Circumpolar Regions: An Introduction and Overview

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Kue Young
Boris Revich
Leena Soininen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, Special Issue: Suicide and Resilience in Circumpolar Populations , 2015, p. article no. 27349
Editorial introducing the special section on suicide and resilience in circumpolar regions which focuses on the extent and magnitude of the problem of suicidal behaviours. Special section: Suicide and Resilience in Circumpolar Populations
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Suicide in Inuit Nunaat: An Analysis of Suicide Rates and the Effect of Community-Level Factors

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Penney
Sacha Senécal
Eric Guimond
Ellen Bobet
Sharanjit Uppal
Looks at the results of a study which indicate that some of the relationships between suicide risk and explanatory variables are more complex then they appear. "Position paper for the 5th NRF open Assembly, September 24th-27th 2008", Anchorage, Alaska.
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Suicide in Siberian Aboriginal Groups

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Lester
Archives of Suicide Research, vol. 10, no. 2, April-June 2006, pp. 221-224
Comments on very high suicide rates in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Suicide in the Northern Territory, 1981-2002

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary-Anne L. Measey
Shu Qin Li
Robert Parker
Zhiqiang Wang
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 6, December 2006, pp. 26-30
Retrospective analysis finds rates are rising with young Indigenous and elderly non-Indigenous men showing the greatest increase.
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Suicide in the Northwest Territories: A Descriptive Review

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandy Isaacs
Susan Keogh
Cathy Menard
Jamie Hockin
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 19, no. 4, 1998, pp. 152-156
Analyzes data from three five-year time periods between 1982 and 1996, and coroner's records 1994 and 1996. Scroll to p. 152.
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Suicide Prevention: A Community Perspective

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anthony Dillon
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, July/August 2001, pp. 13-15
Examines the root causes of suicide and the impacts on Australian Aboriginal communities.
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Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in First Nations and Inuit Communities

Alternate Title
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Lucy J. Boothroyd
Arlene Laliberté
Brenda Laronde Simpson
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Reviews levels and types of prevention, major risks and protective factors, and effective elements of suicide prevention programs.
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Suicide Prevention as a Community Development Process: Understanding Circumpolar Youth Suicide Prevention Through Community Level Outcomes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Allen
Gerald Mohatt
Carlotta Ching Ting Fok
David Henry
People Awakening Team
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 68, no. 3, June 2009, pp. 274-291
Looks at a cultural prevention program for rural Yup’ik youth in Alaska that specifically targets suicide and alcohol abuse.
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The Suicide Prevention Continuum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Caldwell
Pimatisiwin, vol. 6, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 145-153
Explores intervention options during the different stages of suicide risk.
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Suicide Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: A Critical Review of Programs

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Denise L. Middlebrook
Pamela L. LeMaster
Janette Beals
Douglas K. Novins
Spero M. Manson
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 31, no. S1, Spring, 2001, pp. 132-149
Framework identifies the following areas of need: data development, risk factors for youth suicide, evaluation of interventions to prevent youth suicide, suicide prevention services, public information and education, and broader approaches to preventing youth suicide.
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Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities: Literature Review

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP)
Purpose of review was to discover if there were successful interventions for promoting prevention and providing postvention support and look at the effectiveness of evaluation frameworks developed for these programs. Updated version.
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Suicide Prevention Walk a Success

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rosa Harris-Adler
Inuktitut, no. 98, Fall, 2005, pp. 6-7
Brief follow up article on the two women who walked to Ottawa for the 3rd Annual National Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Walk.
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Suicide Rate Higher For Indigenous People In Labrador

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donalee Moulton
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 188, no. 12, September 06, 2016, p. E275
Study undertaken over a 17 year period found that the rate in Inuit communities was 20 times higher than the provincial average.
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Suicides in the Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Populations in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Northwestern Russia, and Associated Socio-Demographic Characteristics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yury A. Sumarokov
Tormod Brenn
Alexander V. Kudryavtsev
Odd Nilssen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 24308
Statistics reveal suicide rates were higher among the indigenous population than the non-indigenous population.
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Summary Findings of an Exploratory Data Gathering Exercise on Māori Suicide in Te Waipounamu

Alternate Title
Summary Findings of an Exploratory Data Gathering Exercise on Maori Suicide in Te Waipounamu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Dallas-Katoa
Varona Golda
Maire Kipa
Raniera Dallas
Helen Leahy
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Digital and Data Sovereignty, July 28, 2019, pp. 49-60
Presents the results of a data collection by health organizations on Te Waipounamu (New Zealand’s South Island). Whānau (families) that were interviewed noted the need for a culturally appropriate approach that included Whānau was needed for not only preventing suicide, but for mental healthcare generally.
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Sundance is the Ceremony of Ceremonies

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Ashawasegai
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 6, September 2012, p. 18

Looks at the Sundance ceremony and the various protocols followed depending on the location of the ceremony.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.34.

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Support for Māori Whānau and Pacific and Asian Families and Significant Others Who Have Been Affected by Suicide Attempts: An Analysis of the Published and Grey Literature

Alternate Title
Support for Maori Whānau and Pacific and Asian Families and Significant Others Who Have Been Affected by Suicide Attempts: An Analysis of the Published and Grey Literature
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathryn Henare
Penny Ehrhardt

Resources were located using database and Google searches, recommendations from key informants, and personal communications.

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Table 577-0013: Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Perceived Mental Health and Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts, by Aboriginal Identity, Age Group and Sex, Population Ages 18 Years and Over, Canada, Provinces and Territories (occasional)

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Survey
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table. Source: Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2012.
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Telling a Message: Cree Perceptions of Custom and Administration

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald Niezen
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, 1993, pp. 221-250
James Bay Cree communities incorporate customary ways into their formal administration in an effort to help deal with social problems.
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Telling the Indian Urban: Representations in American Indian Fiction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Miller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue on American Indians and the Urban Experience, 1998, pp. 43-65
Statistics show that the Aboriginal population is significantly younger and growing more rapidly than the general population of the United States. Statistics also show that it is a population significantly poorer and more at risk in terms of accidents, suicides, homicides, and deaths linked to alcoholism.
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Thèses / Dissertations

Book Reviews
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, The Influence of Marcel Mauss, 2006, pp. 237-252
Reviews of various Thesis and Dissertations.
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The Third Space

Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 3
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the the third of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Vancouver. Talaga discusses Indigenous kinship structures and the way in which colonial laws have created a disconnect between Indigenous peoples and their communities and cultures. Duration: 53:59
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