three-day United for Life gathering for Suicide Prevention, organized by the Nunavut Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS) partners, brought together more than 100 stakeholders including Elders, community wellness leaders, Inuit organizations, businesses.
The Nunavut Suicide Prevention Strategy partners today announced a one-year extension to the first phase of the Nunavut Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan.
The reaffirmation follows the partners’ previous support for the jury recommendations of the 2015 coroner’s inquest into the high rates of suicide in Nunavut.
The Department of Health’s Inuusivut Division is accepting funding proposals for Upigivatsi suicide prevention initiatives and alcohol and drug prevention funding programs for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.