Suicide crisis
This isn’t Canada’s first Indigenous suicide crisis
Suicides in Indigenous communities have been happening in Canada for decades. Canada has consistently failed to do what’s needed to stop them.
Canada isn’t keeping track of suicides in Indigenous communities
Canada’s health minister told VICE News getting exact numbers is important but not a top priority in the midst of the crisis.
Indigenous Youth to Canadian Politician: ‘Tell Me Why We Live in Third World Conditions’
Canada's minister of Indigenous affairs toured on Monday Attawapiskat, which shot to international attention last week with reports that 11 people — most of them youths — had tried to commit suicide in one day. Another five tried on Friday.
Burning Sweetgrass, Protesters Occupy Canadian Government Office Over Indigenous Suicide Crisis
Leaders in Attawapiskat, a tiny and remote Aboriginal reserve, declared a state of emergency on Saturday night after 11 people attempted suicide that night, including nine minors.
Canadian Politicians Debate Until Midnight the ‘Staggering’ Indigenous Suicide Crisis
The debate was requested after the tiny, remote community of Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency over suicides. Leaders said 11 people had attempted to their own lives on Saturday night alone.