By Pamela Cowan, Canwest News Service
Former Liberal senator Michael Kirby is lashing out at this country for the way it has cared for its mentally ill.
Kirby says health officials closed insane asylums across the country after deciding that institutionalizing or ``warehousing'' people was the wrong approach - promising instead to create community-based beds for the mentally ill.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
National suicide rates for First Nations youths
Leader-PostJune 24, 2009 10:01 AM
National suicide rates for First Nations youths:
The First Nations suicide rate among youths, 10 to 19 years, was 4.3 times greater than for other Canadians in 2000.
There were 28.2 suicides per 100,000 First Nations people while the suicide rate for non First Nations youth was 6.5 deaths per 100,000.
In 2000, the overall suicide rate among the First Nations population was 24.1 deaths per 100,000 people.
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National suicide rates for First Nations youths:
The First Nations suicide rate among youths, 10 to 19 years, was 4.3 times greater than for other Canadians in 2000.
There were 28.2 suicides per 100,000 First Nations people while the suicide rate for non First Nations youth was 6.5 deaths per 100,000.
In 2000, the overall suicide rate among the First Nations population was 24.1 deaths per 100,000 people.
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Parents struggle with the loss of their children
By Pamela Cowan, Leader-Post
LA LOCHE — For Joanne Janvier, the loss came just as her grandfather had predicted.
"I used to bring him flowers when I was a little girl," the La Loche resident says. "One day, I was playing out in the sand and he called me in and I sat beside his bedside and he said, 'That flower that you brought me today — you think it's beautiful?' And I said, 'It's pretty.'
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LA LOCHE — For Joanne Janvier, the loss came just as her grandfather had predicted.
"I used to bring him flowers when I was a little girl," the La Loche resident says. "One day, I was playing out in the sand and he called me in and I sat beside his bedside and he said, 'That flower that you brought me today — you think it's beautiful?' And I said, 'It's pretty.'
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Communities struggle to break the cycle of suicide
By Pamela Cowan, Leader-Post
LA LOCHE — Father John Zunti performs 100 baptisms a year in La Loche, and every time he does so, he celebrates new life. But he is no stranger to death, either — the premature deaths among this community's young people.
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LA LOCHE — Father John Zunti performs 100 baptisms a year in La Loche, and every time he does so, he celebrates new life. But he is no stranger to death, either — the premature deaths among this community's young people.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Holistic healing touch works best
Lynnette Hoffman
Aboriginal communities are shaping their own path to mental health, building on traditional cultural values
ONCE ominously referred to as the suicide capital of Australia, the tiny indigenous community of Yarrabah in far north Queensland had hit crisis mode when residents decided to take matters into their own hands.
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Aboriginal communities are shaping their own path to mental health, building on traditional cultural values
ONCE ominously referred to as the suicide capital of Australia, the tiny indigenous community of Yarrabah in far north Queensland had hit crisis mode when residents decided to take matters into their own hands.
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Pilot project to hire 'commitment coaches' for at-risk aboriginal youth
By Cigdem Iltan, Edmonton Journal
At-risk aboriginal students at three Edmonton junior high schools will have better access to resources to help them deal with problems after a$207,000 grant from the province, Alberta Education Minister Dave Hancock announced Thursday at a preview celebration of National Aboriginal Day on Thursday.
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At-risk aboriginal students at three Edmonton junior high schools will have better access to resources to help them deal with problems after a$207,000 grant from the province, Alberta Education Minister Dave Hancock announced Thursday at a preview celebration of National Aboriginal Day on Thursday.
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