Canadian Mental Health Association, National

www.cmha.ca
CMHA is a nation-wide, charitable organization that promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness

Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division

ontario.cmha.ca
CMHA Ontario develops and provides public policy advice that promotes mental health and improves the lives of people living with mental illness.

Halton Suicide Prevention Coalition

suicidepreventionhalton.ca
Halton Suicide Prevention Coalition (HSPC) is a community based coalition funded by Halton Region providing leadership, advocacy, and education.

Centre for Suicide Prevention

suicideinfo.ca
CSP offers community workshops and online courses. It has the largest English language library dedicated to the collection and dissemination of suicide prevention, intervention and postvention resources.

River of Life

riveroflifeprogram.ca
An online Aboriginal youth suicide prevention training program that enables community members to recognize and enhance the protective factors within the community while mitigating the risk of suicide. This interactive and structured learning experience will equip community members with the skills necessary to implement and mobilize communities in a collective effort to prevent Aboriginal youth suicide.

Your Life Counts

yourlifecounts.org
National charitable organization that provides online counselling, support to survivors of suicide, school and community programs, speakers bureau.

Ontario Association for Suicide Prevention

ospn.ca
OASP’s resource page has links to local support groups for survivors of suicide, crisis services, and distress lines    advocacy, policy

International Association for Suicide Prevention

iasp.info
Founded by the late Professor Erwin Ringel and Dr. Norman Farberow in 1960, IASP now includes professionals and volunteers from more than fifty different countries. IASP is a Non-Governmental Organization in official relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) concerned with suicide prevention.

Reasons to Go on Living Project

thereasons.ca
A research project studying people’s stories of attempted suicide who now want to go on living, in order to develop better ways to help. Read stories from individuals who have attempted or seriously contemplated suicide, or submit your story to the project anonymously.

Mood Disorders Association of Ontario

mooddisorders.ca
Provides drop-in peer support groups, recovery programs, family and youth clinical support, early intervention programs, and online wellness & recovery tools.

Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention

suicideprevention.ca
The Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) was incorporated in 1985 by a group of professionals who saw the need to provide information and resources to communities to reduce the suicide rate and minimize the harmful consequences of suicidal behaviour.

Mental Health Commission of Canada

mentalhealthcommission.ca
The Mental Health Commission of Canada's mission is to promote mental health in Canada, and work with stakeholders to change the attitudes of Canadians toward mental health problems, and to improve services and support.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

camh.net
CAMH is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.

Here is a new CAMH resource guide for individuals who have lost someone to suicide:
http://knowledgex.camh.net/amhspecialists/resources_families/Documents/hope_and_healing.pdf

Suicide Prevention Community Council of Hamilton

spcch.org
The Suicide Prevention Community Council of Hamilton is a charitable non-profit organization of professionals and individuals from the community who are interested in suicide prevention and its related issues. We work together to promote awareness and to create change through leadership, advocacy, and education.

Mind Your Mind

mindyourmind.ca
A place for youth and emerging adults to access tools, resources and info during tough times.

Mobilizing Minds

mobilizingminds.ca
Knowledge mobilization and engagement project aimed at developing tools and resources to help young adults make informed decisions about their mental health and treatment options.

Kids Help Phone

kidshelpphone.ca
Provides professional phone & web-based counselling to kids and teens 20 and under.

The Jack Project

thejackproject.org
The mission of The Jack Project is to support youth as they transition from late high school into their years of college, university or independent living, helping them to achieve and sustain their optimal mental health.

Honouring Life Network

honouringlife.ca
Resources for Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention.

Mental Health First Aid

mentalhealthfirstaid.ca
A training program that teaches people the signs and symptoms of various mental health problems, how to provide initial help, and how to guide someone to appropriate help.

Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation

healthymindscanada.ca
Download (for free) or order a copy of a “When Something’s Wrong” handbook to learn how to recognize and deal mood, thinking and behaviour problems in young people.

The Next Day

thenextday.ca
The Next Day is a print graphic novella and separate online interactive animated documentary, constructed from interviews with people who have attempted suicide. The book is available in stores and online now. The interactive documentary, which was co-produced with the National Film Board of Canada & TVO, can be viewed at nfb.ca/thenextday or tvo.org/thenextday.