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Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) Conference

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories October 5th – 8th, 2007

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TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction 1

General Conference Summary 2

Youth Participation at CASP 3

Survivor Activities 3

Sponsorship 4

Financial Report 5

Volunteer Participation 5

Publicity 6

Conference Evaluation 7

Participants’ Overall Comments on the Conference 10

Appendix 1 CASP 2007 Conference Financial Report 13

Revenue Sources 13

Total ”Actual” Revenues 14

Flow-through Revenues 14

In-kind Revenue Sources 15

Contracts 16

Variances 16

ECE Bridge Funding 18

Final Report 19

Disbursement of Conference Funds 20

Appendix 2 CASP 2007 Financial Statements 21

Appendix 3 CASP 2007 Workshop Evaluations 25

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INTrOduCTION

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories was honoured to host the 2007 CASP conference October 5-8, 2007.

The conference theme was carefully chosen. In February 2006 the conference planning team gathered to brainstorm with representatives from across the NWT including youth, Elders, NWT Suicide Prevention Steering Committee members, NGOs and Aboriginal organizations. People were inspired by Nunavut Territory’s work on “Embrace Life” Councils. At this meeting the conference logo was also inspired. The rainbow image came from a Dene Elder who recalled: “Seeing a rainbow in the sky signified a sign of life… hope for the future.”

The conference planning team consisted of:Sandra BeatonCassy BonnetrougeDiane EsserySharon FirthAlanna FitzgeraldHelen GrubenKiera Dawn KolsonAlexina Kublu (CASP Board)Laura LennieBetty Ann MarriottJake MayardoGilly McNaughton Hazel NerysooCarole LaneSheila Levy (CASP Board)Tony SimmondsCarter Stirling

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GENErAL CONFErENCE SummAryCASP 2007: Embracing Life ~ Choosing Your Future/ Profitez de la vie ~ Choisissez votre avenir hosted 400 people to Yellowknife from across Canada, the USA, England, and Norway. The conference sessions were organized

according to three streams: youth, northern best practices, and adult. Opening and closing keynote speakers were Madeline

Dion Stout and Alvin Law. Over seventy speakers presented a wide range of workshops, panel presentations, research

and personal stories over three days. The CASP Annual General Meeting and the Banquet/silent auction were held on October 7. The planned MuchMusic

Youth Dance was cancelled due to a combination of unexpected events: a traumatic loss at the host

high school and equipment breakdown outside the territory.

The conference was situated at École Sir John Franklin High School which could accommodate large keynote presentations as well as a variety of concurrent sessions.

Vendors, including book seller and northern crafts, were set up in the main hallway. Interpretation services were available in

English, French and Inuktitut for keynote and select sessions.

The web site www.casp2007.ca was set up for registration, volunteer recruitment, communication and call for proposals. Hotel reservations were coordinated through the Northern Frontier Visitors Centre, which was linked electronically to the website.

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yOuTh PArTICIPATION AT CASP

The Yellowknife conference planning committee made youth participation a key focus for this conference. Youth were involved in the visioning, planning, choosing workshop speakers, designing a youth poster, presenting workshops, and hosting a youth-friendly drop-in quiet room.

The conference planning committee allocated First Nations/Inuit Health Branch funding to subsidize NWT youth travel to the conference. Youth completed an application form that included reasons for attending, references and chaperone confirmation. Local youth workers volunteered their time on the planning committee and provided outreach to NWT youth who attended.

Youth applied for and received funding from the CASP committee to attend from the following NWT communities: Ulukhaktok, Paulatuk, Fort McPherson, Tulita, Inuvik, Fort Providence, and Fort Good Hope. Youth also attended from other NWT communities, and secured their own funds to travel.

SurvIvOr ACTIvITIES

A number of speakers presented workshops and highlighted survivor needs and initiatives. A quiet room was available throughout the conference with volunteer counsellors on hand. The Memory Walk, modelled on previous walks in Ottawa and Toronto, took place from the high school to the Legislative Assembly.


SPONSOrShIP

The 2007 CASP Conference could not have taken place, nor been so successful, without our generous community and corporate sponsors. Sponsors’ contributions included in-kind contributions, cash donations, discounts, and donated items.

SPECIAL ThANkS GO TO:

Yellowknife Education Districts #1 and #2: donated conference venue and equipment, assisted with advertising, set up, and financial administration.

First Air, the Airline of the North: donated keynote speaker tickets, conference participant discounts, and provided special assistance and subsidies for youth travel.

Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) Departments of Health and Social Services and Education, Culture and

Employment: provided funding, donated materials, website design, communication materials and design, translation and interpretation services, time of conference co-chairs, support for the Northwest Territories Suicide Prevention Steering Committee, and a tremendous source of volunteer support

and encouragement.

City of Yellowknife, the Diamond Capital of North America: donated a diamond for the participant’s draw.


FINANCIAL rEPOrT

Highlights included:• Special Youth registration fee• Conference seed money repaid to CASP ($5,000.00)• Non-members’ registration included CASP membership, which was

forwarded to CASP ($5,850.00)• Silent auction at banquet contributed all proceeds directly to CASP• Generous donations and in-kind support enhanced the conferenceSee Appendix 1 Financial Report and Appendix 2 Financial Statements for detailed information.

vOLuNTEEr PArTICIPATION

Volunteers are the backbone of any successful conference. CASP 2007 could not have taken place without approximately 60 volunteers who assisted in the following areas:• Conference planning• Media design• Registration• Quiet room counsellors• Meet and greet incoming visitors at the airport• Conference photographer• Technical support• Conference packages• Donations and silent auction• Session moderators

A volunteer thank you dinner was held to honour the contribution of our volunteers.


PuBLICITy

CASP 2007 was advertised and promoted in the two years leading up to the conference. “Save the date” postcards were distributed at the 2005 conference, a presentation was made at the 2006 conference, and CASP membership mailouts were made. Additional advertising was placed in UPHere magazine (northern airline) and local and territorial newspapers.

The conference planning committee used World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10) as a launching point with media to draw attention to the upcoming national conference in October.

During conference week, media interviews were conducted with APTN television, CBC Northbeat TV, CBC Trail’s End radio, CKLB radio, and NewsNorth newspaper.


CONFErENCE EvALuATION

Four hundred delegates participated from Northwest Territories, Nunavut Territory, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. Twenty-eight international participants came from England, Alaska, and Norway.

EvALuATION dETAILS:

Pre-Conference Services and Conference Servicesranged from Good to Excellent

• Some people had problems with the website: the conference program schedule, speaker biographies and abstracts needed to be posted earlier.

• Many people commented on problems experienced with booking their hotel accommodations through the Northern Frontier Visitors Centre (confirmations were not forthcoming) and ended up making their own hotel bookings.

COmmENTS:

• “Saturday and Sunday would not have been enough time for the conference. The last day is usually wasted by people wanting to get away and people wanting to pack up. I enjoyed the Monday sessions and the entire time to connect with more participants. Thanks.”

• “I commend you for hosting a conference in the North. I recognize how this location dictates facilities and food at the site but you adapted well. I am so impressed with the interpretive services, because we got to hear from the voices of the North. Could have included local foods. Definitely liked the idea of having a quiet room available.”


Friday Night Hospitality and Multicultural Performance

ranged from Good to Excellent

Opening Keynote Address (Madeleine Dion Stout)

mostly Good to Excellent

•Mostfoundhertobeanexcellentspeaker, knowledgeable and wise.

Some found the presentation repetitive and too long.

COmmENTS:

•“ThewayMs.DionStoutelaboratedonthe rainbow from her own culture/language

perspective was a very appropriate way to start the conference.”


Banquetmostly Good to Excellent

COmmENTS:

• “Dinner was superb! The singing from the Norwegian delegates was very moving and the message of their songs very powerful. It’s too bad we ran out of time for dancing.”

• “The auction could have started much earlier – much too long, missed out on the dance! So looked forward to this….”

Memory Walk• “Very worth while attending – keep doing it.” • “It was a healing experience.”• “Very grounding experience – my first time doing it at

CASP conference. I will always make sure to go on the walk.”

Closing Keynote Address (Alvin Law) Excellent

“Inspired choice to end this conference.”

“Perfectly inspirational and his humour was great for closing.”

“I really enjoyed his presentation. I see its connection to the theme of the conference (Embracing Life).”

“Very, very inspiring. An excellent closing to the event. Brings such hope. We need more speakers like him. Powerful, open, honest, encouraging.”


PArTICIPANTS’ OvErALL COmmENTS ON ThE CONFErENCE

“On the last day of the conference I cried, I had said that I had lost my son in 2005 to suicide. Then I listened to Alvin Law and again I cried. The first cry hurt a lot. Second cry was less painful. I know I need to carry on with life, need to embrace it, for I do have other children and also grandchildren to care for. I’m leaving feeling o.k. I will survive.”

“The youth stream is a key component that I hope future CASP conferences will continue to include. I enjoyed the variety of sessions – scientific to personal sharing to workshops. I especially enjoyed the sessions that used entertainers with a message – Travis Dugas and Marc Tardiff – they were very effective.”

“Finally a conference in the NWT including the Youth. The updated information is so important to know, so I can be a better counsellor. Mahsi Cho.”

“I was thoroughly impressed over all with the conference. I can go home with new ideas to present to my nation.”

“Thank you! So much. This conference was one of the best conferences I have ever attended. It was down to earth, very informative and incredibly healing. A wonderful gathering. You did an amazing job of organizing. Thank you.”

“Overall a well run conference and hats off to you and your many volunteers. Need to have information available from all presenters.”

“This was an absolutely memorable conference. Loved the youth attending and the whole focus of Embracing Life. Congratulations! A really feel good conference with lots of ideas to take back.”

“In spite of how stressful this must have been, the committee and volunteers stayed positive, grounded, helpful, pleasant, etc. Thank you. What a huge undertaking. Your program selection was great. Presenters were interesting, informative, open and interactive. Thank you.”


“Sheila Levy’s session was excellent – cross-cultural counselling.”

“Great to see ODIN books here – much better selection of books relevant to this conference than previous conferences.”

“Engage leadership throughout conference – SJF High School was a perfect site for the conference – love the history classroom. Volunteers and committee were exemplary. It would have been great to engage an elder and a youth during the welcoming addresses — it was perfect to have leadership addresses. This conference will be a great lead into the 2008 conference – KUDOS!”

Respectfully submitted, Judy Desjarlais and Sandy Little



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CASP 2007 CONFErENCE FINANCIAL rEPOrT

rEvENuE SOurCES

Revenue Sources for the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) conference were from several sources, including:• GNWT – Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) and Education,

Culture and Employment (ECE)• Corporate Sponsorship, included:

•DiavikDiamondMines •LivingWorks •NunaLogistics •NunasiCorporation •ColdwellBankers •SSIMicroLtd. •Somba’KeFamilyDentalClinic

• Delegate Registration Fees• Banquet Ticket Revenues

Flow-Through Revenue included:• CASP Seed Money• CASP Membership Fees of $45.00 for non-members registered• Government of Canada – First Nations and Inuit Branch (FNIB)• Centre For Northern Families• Dave Masecar and Panel – FNIB


TOTAL “ACTuAL” rEvENuES:

•GNWT – H&SS and ECE over 2005-2006 fiscal year $6,844.65•GNWT – H&SS and ECE over 2006-2007 fiscal year $100,000.00•Corporate Sponsorship $15,920.00•Delegate Registration Fees as of November 16, 2007 $70,700.00•Banquet Ticket Sales $6,950.00

FLOw-ThrOuGh rEvENuES:

•CASP Seed Money $5,000.00•CASP Membership Fees 130 @ $45 $5,850.00•Dave Masecar and Panel (FNIB) $8,000.00•NWT Youth Travel:

•FNIB $20,000.00 •CentreForNorthernFamilies $14,797.85


IN-kINd rEvENuE SOurCES:

In-kind revenue sources for the conference totalled approximately $168,700.00. In addition to this was the incredible sponsorship support from First Air, who provided exceptional reduced airfares for speakers, delegates and NWT youth.

IN-KINd ReveNue SOuRCeS INCluded:

• Conference Web Site Development (H&SS) $1,000.00• Conference Materials Translation into French (ECE) $10,000.00• Oral Translation: 4 French Interpreters $20,000.00• YK # 1 – Sir John Franklin High School Venue $10,500.00• ($3,000.00 X 3 days + $1500.00 for Friday)• Leadership:

•SandyLittle:GNWTH&SS/AuroraCollege $50,000.00 •JudyDesjarlais:GNWTECE $50,000.00 •NWTSuicidePreventionSteeringCommittee,

MACA and Volunteers $20,000.00• First Air: Travel support included reduced airfares

for delegates and NWT youth traveling to Yellowknife for the conference. •400lanyards $1,000.00.00 •Travelpassesforsomespeakers $6,200.00.00

The conference committee is grateful to the City of Yellowknife for donating a NWT diamond that was won by an Elder from Cambridge Bay, Dr. Helen Maksagak.

This conference could not have happened without the infrastructure support of the GNWT departments: H&SS and ECE, as well as the support from both Yellowknife School Authorities.


CONTrACTS

Our largest expenditures for contracts were for:• Part Time Conference Coordinator;• Conference hospitality, including lunches and the banquet; and,• Technology contract with Pido Productions who provided the conference

with a sound system/translation equipment for French and Inuktituk interpretation.

vArIANCES

rEGISTrATION FEES:Conference budget was based on registration revenue of $80,000.00. The actual amount received as of November 15, 2007 is $70,110.00. You will notice on the budget that cash in the amount of $4,707.48 was deposited after the conference. This amount also included some registration fees paid in cash along with payment for banquet tickets, some cancellations in the amount of $600.00 and $405.00 and the return of the cash float of $500. In January 2008 another $590 in registration fees were received making the total as of April 2009 to be $70,700.00. There are still $1,640.00 in outstanding registration fees that were not received. Due to this shortfall, expenditures paid out through the Yellowknife Catholic School Board were in access of funds. The Department of Education, Culture and Employment will cover that shortfall in the amount of $1,338.98.

COrPOrATE SPONSOrShIP:Original budget was increased from $10,000.00 to $15,000.00. The actual exceeded our goal…$15,920.00.


muCh muSIC dANCE:The Much Music dance was cancelled due to their truck breaking down in Manning Alberta and they could not get to Yellowknife for the Saturday night dance, thus no revenue was generated. The deposit of $1200.00 will go towards a future Much Music dance in the New Year as a contribution from the CASP 2007 conference committee. The hotel cash reimbursement of $168.54 will also be donated to St. Patrick High School for the accommodation for the Much Music crew. With this cancellation other related expense cheques were re-deposited back into the CASP revenue in the amount of $4,075.00.

SuNdAy BANquETIn order to make the banquet affordable to all delegates, the conference committee subsidized the meal charging only $25.00 per person for a $50.00 plus per person meal. L’Héritage had the catering contract for this banquet and the food was exceptional and enjoyed by all.

Due to miscommunication with the city of Yellowknife, the setting up of the tables and chairs for 350 people did not happen as previously arranged. Due to the tight timelines for the caterer, the conference committee covered the extra cost to get Pierre’s crew to do the set up along with some volunteers. This extra cost of $600.00 was later reimbursed by the City of Yellowknife to the conference committee.

hOSPITALITyOriginal thoughts were for separate catering but we decided to go for one-stop shopping. Woodstove Catering did the hospitality for the conference weekend – Friday night meet and greet/cultural evening, conference refreshment breaks including a continental breakfast. The conference committee supplemented the breakfast with juice, yogurt and cheese purchased from the Co-op or Extra Foods. Dominoes, Subway, and Quiznos provided lunches for the Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.


ECE BrIdGE FuNdING

Due to receipt of late registration applications and the actual receipt payment for the fees, i.e. ‘cheque in the mail’ or ‘will bring a cheque to registration’ or ‘invoice my organization for payment’, ECE provided $10,000.00 bridge funding through visa payments to cover conference material costs that needed to be paid upon delivery. This was a loan only. The budget shows actual expenditures were: $9,088.28.

The original cheque made out to the City of Yellowknife for rental fees for the two gyms was more than needed. The city’s refund cheque: $2,656.38 included:• $1,000.00 damage deposit, • $600.00 refund for table and chair banquet set up,• Over payment and the refund for cancellation of St. Pat’s gym for the Much

Music dance.

The cheque was made payable to the GNWT – ECE for CASP, so $2,656.38 was subtracted from the $9,088.28, leaving a balance payable to ECE for $6,431.90.


FINAL rEPOrT

In preparation for the CASP 2008 conference in Quebec, Sandy Little and Judy Desjarlais submitted a short conference narrative with a financial report to the CASP Board.

The design and compilation of conference material/data for the final report and the printing of the final report were not able to take place. The budget amounts of $5,000.00 each in the financial report now shows $0.00 amounts in these respective ‘actual’ columns.

As of May of 2009 (upon Judy’s return from medical leave) the conference report has been expanded to include:• an updated financial report; and • short summaries/graphs of the session evaluations from the conference

weekend.

These will be formatted in-house at GNWT - ECE.

The Department of H&SS will photo copy and bind approximately 100 copies of the report to be dispersed accordingly.


dISBurSEmENT OF CONFErENCE FuNdS

Conference money was dispersed through two venues…GNWT Department of H&SS and the Yellowknife Catholic District Education Authority (YCS). The $25,000.00 from GNWT Department of ECE, April 2006, was forwarded to YCS through internal contributions for CASP and all registration fees were made payable to “Yellowknife Catholic Schools”.

Flowing money through YCS gave the CASP conference committee flexibility in making pre-payments and paying conference invoices in a timely manner. CASP committee is giving YCS $5,000.00 for their administrative support throughout the conference period.

The GNWT H&SS maintained a budget for Suicide Prevention of $75,000.00 over two fiscal years. H&SS covered costs for contracts, including: the hiring of a part time conference coordinator, contracts to provide materials, publicity costs for newspapers, poster boards, etc. and travel and hotel costs associated with key presenters and youth travel.

The administrative support from YCS and H&SS has been invaluable.

The Conference Coordinator did an excellent job of setting up data systems for the coordination of receipt/acknowledgements of conference abstracts and conference registrations and youth applications. The conference coordinator was part of the planning team, working closely with the two conference co-chairs during the conference planning period and organized the registration process.

The financial budget displays sources of revenue as well as a roll-up of expenditures by category. A detailed budget showing the financial breakdowns is available from the GNWT H&SS and ECE upon request.

Respectfully,

Judy Desjarlais Conference Co-Chair


APPENdIx 2

CASP 2007 FINANCIAL STATEmENTS

CASP 2007 yELLOwkNIFE, NT

Budget AS OF NOveMBeR 15, 2007

Revenues updated April 16, 2009 Original Modified Actual In-Kind

gNWt H&SS Feb. 17, 2007 $6,386.09 $6,386.09 $6,386.09

Apr-06 $25,000.00 $25,000.00 $25,000.00

Apr-07 $50,000.00 $50,000.00

gNWt eCe Feb. 17, 2007 $458.56 $458.56 $458.56

Apr-06 $25,000.00 $25,000.00 $25,000.00

Bridge Funding Oct. 2007

$10,000.00 $9,088.28

gNWt MACA Apr-06 $25,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 MACA

Corporate Sponsors $10,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,920.00

Registration Fees $80,000.00 $80,000.00 $70,700.00

Banquet ticket Sales 350 @ $25.00 each $8,750.00 $8,750.00 $6,950.00

Much Music dance ticket Sales 500 @ $7.00 each $3,500.00 $3,500.00 $0.00 Cancelled

Cash deposit after conference: Reg/float/cancellations

$4,707.48

Cash used by Jane: Co-op purchases: breakfast/juice

$578.52

Much Music dance Refunds Chqs from St. Pat’s returned revenue

$4,075.00

Flow-through Revenues

Federal Inuit and First Nations FNIB re: NWt Youth travel

$20,000.00 $20,000.00 $20,000.00

dave Masecar and Panel expenses FNIB $8,000.00 $8,000.00 $8,000.00

Centre For Northern Families re: NWt Youth travel

$15,000.00 $15,000.00 $14,797.85

CASP Membership Fees $45 X 130 $5,850.00 $5,850.00

CASP Seed Money $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00

total Revenues $232,094.65 $277,944.65 $272,511.78



expenses Original Modified Actual In-Kind

Administration Feb. 2006 Conference Plan Mtgs $7,000.00 $7,500.00 $7,246.25

Conference Coordinator Basic Salary $36,000.00 $20,000.00 $18,000.00

Phone/Fax with Receipts $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $547.36

Conference Cash Float Judy Desjarlais $500.00 $500.00

Conference Moderator Honourarium Susan Ashton $500.00 $250.00

Conference Planning Committee

Travel/Accommodation/Meals/Honorariums/Exp

$4,513.11 $4,513.11

Admin fee to compile CASP Membership Fees $500.00 $500.00

Yellowknife Catholic School Authority: Admin Fee $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00

Yellowknife Catholic School Authority: Credit Card Charges for Registration Fee

$3,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00

Yellowknife Catholic School Authority: expenditures in excess of funds April 2009

$1,338.98 ECE

Registration Refunds $1,680.00

evaluations Contractor: Set Up File Maker Pro $2,500.00 $1,908.00

Admin Support: Data Entry $1,500.00 $1,500.00

Final Report Contractor: Design and Compile $5,000.00 $0.00 ECE

Photocopy and Binding 100 Copies $5,000.00 $0.00 H&SS

Communication

Conference Materials $18,000.00 $21,000.00

Copying/Mailouts $0.00 GNWT

Name Tag Lanyards (400) First Air $1,000.00

Brochures: Design/Printing $13,000.00 $13,251.61

Conference Mugs, Tote Bag, Notepads $6,000.00 $5,541.00

Supplies/Copying $5,000.00 $4,728.12

$9,088.28-$2656.38 (refund city) =

Ece Bridge Funding Repayment $10,000.00 $6,431.90

translation/ Interpretation Translation of Materials Into French $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $10,000.00

French Interpreters 4 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $20,000.00

Inuktitutuk Interpreters 2 $3,000.00 $2,750.00

Pido Productions $7,000.00 $9,000.00 $9,169.00




Publicity $13,000.00

Advertisements $10,537.67 $11,010.31

Conference Web Site Designed and Maintained by H&SS $1,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,000.00

Presenters

Opening/closing/ other presenters

Hotels, per diems, travel $34,483.84 $6,200.00

First Air in-kind travel: $6,200.00

(includes Dave Masecar 8K flow-through)

Speaker Fees $21,873.20

Thank You Gifts For Presenters $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $1,833.80

Youth travel Youth Travel Support to Fort Providence $600.00 $600.00

Flow-through expenses

FNIB Youth Travel $20,000.00 $20,000.00 $20,000.00

Centre for Northern Families

Youth Travel $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $14,797.61

Repayment of CASP Seed Money

CASP Board $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00

CASP Membership Fees Flow Through to Casp Board $5,850.00

venue/Facilities Sir John Franklin High School (SJF) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $10,500.00

Janitorial Services (SJF) $2,500.00 $2,500.00 $2,500.00

SJF Grad Students: Serve/Cleanup $1,000.00 $2,000.00 $2,000.00

NACC Theatre $1,800.00 $1,800.00 $1,800.00

Cardinal Coach Lines: Multi-Plex Gym $460.89

Cityof Yellowknife: Rental Fees and Dep $3,800.00 $3,782.30 $3,782.30

entertainment

$600.00 in cash returned revenue

Friday Cultural Evening $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $2,000.00

4,075.00 in chqs returned revenue

Saturday: Much Music (Cancelled) $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,848.54

$405.00 in cash returned revenue

Sunday Banquet DJ $300.00 $583.00 $583.00




Hospitality

Woodstove Catering Fri. /refreshment breaks and partial breakfasts

$10,000.00 $11,646.51 $12,882.71

Other hospitality Lunches and supplement breakfasts $6,160.39 $6,160.39

Sunday Banquet Le Frolic Catering $6,000.00 $17,500.00 $18,783.80

territorial Beverages ltd. $375.94

tundra transfer ltd. (Water coolers) $160.00 $160.00 $160.00

thank you dinner for volunteers

$3,000.00 $2,500.00 $2,088.95

Infrastructure

Conference Co Chair H&SS $50,000.00

Conference Co Chair ECE $50,000.00

Conference Committee/ Volunteers $20,000.00

total expenditures $158,060.00 $221,782.98 $262,730.61 $168, 700.00

variance (Revenue - expenses) $74,034.65 $56,161.67 $9,781.17


APPENdIx 3

CASP 2007 wOrkShOP EvALuATIONS

ALBErTA IS TAkING ACTION Chris Laforge

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• AB’s Sp. Efforts and Priorities.• Alberta’s call to action -Suicide safety.• Leadership, and a bottom-up strategy is very

important.• I got some information I needed to know.• Get a strategy for each province.• Alberta is moving forward to address suicide.• Excellent session. Great work.• Great work and good presentation.• So very helpful in terms of assisting others

in figuring out how to move forward. Thank you.

• Great overview.

uSING TEENS 1 COmmuNITy SuPPOrT: A PEEr COuNSELLING mOdEL Dr MiChaeL PierCe

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• Youth workshop - working together, becoming counsellors

• Fantastic Program• Great workshop, very interesting, will check

out the website.• Repeat workshop next year


ANNE SILvIkEN NOrwAy dELEGATION: ThE SAmI NATIONAL CENTrE FOr mENTAL hEALTh anne siLviken norway DeLegation - PaneL

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• It was fine to get such a clear comparrison of suicide rates among different populations.

• Sami suicides in males is high as in other Indigenous groups in the world.

• Important not to make assumptions about differences between any indigenous and non-indigenous people or groups.

• Good research is being done all over and I was interested in the comparisons between and among other indigenous groups. Thank you.

• Same in Norway - “low” rate of suicide compared to Greenland rates may be associated with cultural continuity. No ethnic differences in study sample.

• Sami who have been raised in families where traditional and cultural activities are practiced have better self-concept and less likely to commit suicide. Self-government and Integration in the larger society is also important.

• Socioeconomic conditions equity seem to be a factor in lower rates of suicide among Sami than other indigenous groups.

• I thought that only our community was like that. Now know it is not.

• Comparative notes about Sami and suicide attempts and actual suicides compared to general population in Norway and Greenland Inuit.

• The Sami people that were able to maintain own lifestyles and culture less impacted.

• A range of research projects regarding Sami youth.

• I think we need to hear more about solutions than more statistics. The two ladies’ presentation was helpful.

• It is helpful to understand suicide in different cultural contexts. Handouts would have been useful - a lot of info./Stats. to take notes of.

• Thank you for coming to share this information and especially for the effort to share it so clearly in English.

• Some very interesting findings reinforcing how cultural identity and continuity contribute to suicide prevention.

• Would be interesting to know why the graphs showed peaks in the early 80s. What was happening at that time locally, internationally, etc. that could be factors.

• Very statistical based from research stand points. Would have been interesting to hear perspective from a more practical application along with some stats. Thank you for the information.


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• Always connect with children/others make time.

• “The land is our breath” quote from one of the participants.

• What is spirituality and role of spirituality’s role in counselling.

• Spirituality is universal.• Spirituality not only religion, whole being. • Renewal of life, go back on the land, live with

the living, rebirth, nourishment.• Integration through connection and spirituality

in human beings.• Children want life. Spirituality is freedom (land)

spread the understanding.• That our spirituality connections are a

fundamental element of life.• Different kinds of simples that people go with

and it helps others.• Attune self to spirituality as best possible.

• Spirituality connects us to ourselves - helps with our healing that includes youth

and other members of community.• We are spiritual, intimacy is important.• More time for session.• More information about practical application

in wellness/ counselling practice.• Participant interaction was excellent.• Not enough time. Thanks.• Thank you, you have helped me in my own

healing, I need more spirituality.• Many times I forget to say thank you or ask

for help. Good session.• We need a lot more presentations on

spirituality.• Great speaker and integrated comments by

participants well.• Created good dialogue with group.• Good discussion.

SPIrITuALITy’S POwEr ANd IT’S LINk TO SuICIdE PrEvENTION BruCe stewart

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• Need for clear risk assessment tool and ensuring appropriate care. Thought provoking session.

• Awareness of suicidal intent.• Introduced new perspective that will change

how people are treated.• Very useful information.• Multiple reasons for suicide attempts that are

frequently not assessed.• Really a process of opening up my thinking.• We need to understand the intent of

self-injurious behaviour in order to help appropriately and to help clients embrace life more effectively.

• Observation: (Old stuff being presented as new).

• Tool for assessing self harm - events of intention.

• We need to look at this as self injurious behaviour - do not assume intent to die.

• Rather than just ‘assuming’ the only reason is to die, what other reasons are there for the self-injurious behaviour?

• Good information on the topic.• New research about suicide.• You present such a respectful way of dealing

with and helping clients. Amazing and so helpful. We hear from so many youth who self-harm at our crisis line and chat service, and to a degree we include this model of thinking but your presentation made it much more clear. Thank you.

• Provide more handouts and materials to help.

• Well spoken, articulate, charismatic, and personable speaker. Really thoughtful, insightful, and necessary work. Changed ideas for me and changed the way I will conduct assessment and deal with clients. Thank you.

• Great workshop. Would the questions of being bullied or assaulted be added to this list? In the future could the survey be adjusted to ask questions of children under the age of 10?

• Excellent presentation of research, I gained new understanding of self-injury and its importance in suicide logy.

• From a media perspective this approach could reduce the stigma of suicide.

• Great presenter, loved the interaction, good luck with your work.

ASSESSmENT OF SELF-hArm ANd SuICIdAL BEhAvIOur: A SPECTrum OF rEASONS BEyONd ThE wISh TO dIE Dr Laine santa Mina

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SuICIdE ANd TrAumATIC GrIEF MariLy korzekwa

• The presenter had researched this topic only one-month prior? So had no “hands on” suggestions. Especially for small communities.

• Complicated grief vs. Traumatic grief.• Got to know what to look for within people

of how to help them or refer them to a Dr. that can help them better.

• Now I have some info to take home to use and more understanding.

• Grief is normal but prolonged grief must be treated.

• Everyone grieves in different ways, I got lots of help in my own grief and loss.

• Traumatically complicated grief is very common in suicide and can be treated.

• Complicated grief is different from “Normal” grief.

• Grief counseling.• Complicated Grief and treatment.• Helpful tips on different ways people grieve.

• Dealing with grief.• New material re: complicated grief that

differentiates between depression, PTSD and grief.

• Very current research, identifies many new areas to consider.

• If we just had more doctors and more help from others, not our friends.

• Nice to see some more recent research.• Thank you.• A little more time focused on treatment.• The presenter had excellent material but

I would have liked to hear a presentation adapted to the audience and focused on treatment.

• Give longer time, cause she ran out of time.• Individuals in the session provided very

helpful advice.• Felt facilitator was somewhat dismissive

of attendees, too many slides, too much information, too dry, clinical.

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• Take care – lots of traditional teachings; Prayer songs.

• Reflect, let go, I’m ok.• Taking care of self.• Real, honest, demonstrating healing

connections between elders and youth.• Taking care of self: The power of forgiveness

and healing. Charlie, I wish we had more time.

• To talk, share and to let go of our pain.• Very important to speak from the heart.• It was very emotional.• Emotional, Powerful.• Musi Cho - So Thankful.• Koana! Thank you!• Thanks to all for sharing your stories and

wisdom.

yOuTh ANd ELdErS BrIdGING ThE GENErATIONS: ExPLOrING ThE kEyS TO EmBrACING LIFE JuDy DesJarLais, Lori twisseLL, anD CharLie anD Laura toBaC

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• Masi cho! For sharing and giving of yourselves.

• I think it was very powerful to be with people that have healed their relationship from violence and drug abuse.

• Thank you, you don’t know how much it helped.

• I liked this session because everyone is telling what happened when they were young about suicide.

• This session was very nice and we’ve gotten a chance to learn about our fellow elders.

• You guys were awesome.• Their stories relate to what a lot of us have

gone through.


• Excellent.• That there is a need for coordinated info

sharing @ S.D. Skills.• Would be great to have translated into

English.

A COmPrEhENSIvE APPrOACh TO PEErS OF SuICIdAL LOvEd ONES JuLie CaMPBeLL anD CaroLine MarteL

GuIdE dE BONNES PrATIquES EN PrévENTION du SuICIdE à L’INTENTION dE PrATICIENS dE PrEmIèrE LIGNE dES CSSS du quéBEC: PrOCESSuS d’éLABOrATION, BESOINS ET SAvOIr IdENTIFIéS JuLie Lane

• Important to focus on will to live.• Opportunity to support and assist person

and educate peer.• How to support peers of suicidal persons• Peers are very important.• Very helpful, Thank you.• Helpful. Checklist can be used as a tool.• You are great presenters. Thanks.

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INuIT wOrkING COhESIvELy FOr ACTION, uNITy ANd SuPPOrT Looee okaLik anD QaJaaQ eLLsworth

• Youth council in our community.• I learned how to communicate with each

other.• Personal reflections. Best practices. Past

experiences.• How to talk about your own life.• Sharing and listening to each other.• Open discussion and sharing.• I learned not to be shy, just talk.• How we can work with and help youth in the

communities, networking, de-briefing needs.• Life is awesome and by supporting each

other we can fight the cause.• Good forum to discuss positives of

conference, sharing of ideas.• It was good because (Kayak) gave everyone

a chance to talk about their feelings in their community.

• This session was great and I will help each other.

• This has been a really good meeting, gave a better perspective of what front line workers go through.

• What experience did you learn or like to share was a good way to learn from each other.

• It was good to hold a discussion on what is happening in the communities and same good that is happening.

• Liked being in a circle to share our thoughts and things we learned from this conference.

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yOuTh STrATEGy SESSION hagan riDLin anD giLLy MCnaughton

• Giving youth ideas of how they can set up Youth Friendly activities in their Communities.

• For Youth by Youth.• How to implement what one has learned this

weekend in one’s own community.• You can bring this information back to your

community and get involved.• There was good youth participation, and the

presenters were very approachable.• I think this made youth (at least some) feel

more like they do have a voice and a say in what is available to them.

• Great Job!! Keep it up.

mENTAL hEALTh FIrST AId CANAdA Louise neiDer-heitMan

• Valuable information re: program and its applicability to various populations.

• Program as necessary as Medical First Aid• Mental Health First Aid Canada is just as

critical. Need as First Aid training.• Mental Health First Aid as a first line to assist

persons in crisis. • Mental Health First Aid Canada as standard

as regular First Aid/CPR.• Help increase awareness about MHFA.• Basic information about a practical program.• Good presenter in Health Care procedures.• Very knowledgeable. Speaker with very

valuable information/promotion. I will try to have this implemented in my workplace - it seems very beneficial.

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• Sharing our stress helps us heal.• So many people are affected by suicide and

are surviving in their own ways.• Many people are affected by suicide and

all can be thought of as “survivors”. Many survivors are becoming stronger by working together and supporting one another.

• Great info.• Hope for child survivors - importance of

attending to their needs - re: grief work happens throughout our lives.

• How to deal or survive when a loved one dies.

• That you can survive and make a difference.• We heal by sharing our stories. It’s okay to be

weak and to cry.

• Life story was good.• Create ground rules for the session.

Introduce the counsellor. Create sessions for “survivors” who have attempted suicide.

• I would have loved to hear more stories.• More time. Let people tell their stories /

make contributions to enhance and build on this session. Please don’t be so quick to shut people down or do it in a more personable way.

• Wonderful - Thank you, Bonnie.• Have more survivors speak at session.• I appreciate the sharing of stories.• Very good.

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TrAdITIONAL kNOwLEdGE wITh CONTEmPOrAry COuNSELLING CeCiLia zoe-Martin

• Sharing of teachings from Dene culture.• Cecile is a wealth of Knowledge! So nice her

mom could join us!• Respect and understanding the importance

of Traditional Knowledge and practices.• Teachings from past still needs to be used

today. • We need to learn more from the traditional

elders to understand our students better.• Importance of understanding traditional

teachings and building on that strength.• To understand the importance of respecting

traditional beliefs.• Importance of culture in communities, and

meaning, message about children hearing voices - encourage them.

• Traditional teachings of Zoe’s life. Life traditions of children.

• The teachings from our Dene Elders in today’s society are very awesome.

• Contribute - Do something for your society.• Presences of her mom - Dogrib elder - Trad.

and Mod. Practices of Tłıcho people through Cecile’s memories.

• The traditions are much different in native communities, implied but not actually discusses that non-natives are often unaware of these traditions even though they impact the responses. Perspective of those who have grown up in Native communities.

• Musi Cho for the refresher and new teachings.

• More teaching “On-the land”. Teach traditional values that you do love.

• Female and male rites of passage and collective teachings of children. Very well worth my time.

• I would have liked a bit more specifics on suicide prevention and its relationship within the Aboriginal communities.

• Thanks to Cecilia for sharing and to her mother as well. Well done.

• Wonderful. Thank you, both.• Very hopeful session. It was good to learn

about another culture. It was an honour to learn from Cecilia’s mother. That was a comforting traditional teaching about life after death.

• More comfortable chairs.• Keep on working and teaching our youth.• Always a treat to listen to Cecilia! Informative,

thought provoking of both worlds, Traditional and modern. Thank you.

• Would have appreciated example of implications for counselling.

• Home-roof over your head.

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ATTAChmENT, TrAumA ANd SuICIdE IN yOuTh Dave MaseCar

• Better understanding of Trauma and Attachment.

• Let’s understand where the problem is before we start making a solution.

• Understand how trauma has affected attachment is a key risk factor for suicide prevention.

• Hopeful, good refresher on trauma.• Understanding attachment and trauma and

how it can relate/impact suicide in individuals and communities.

• Understanding different reactions of youth.• Explained everything that I could understand

what he was saying.• Need common language and framework.• Different kinds of attachments, sources of

trauma. • Understanding Trauma, Youth, Suicide.• Providing a safety environment before

therapy begins.

• The multi-layered quality of suicide related to human development, trauma, and their interruptions.

• Emphasize strengths, start with where people are at.

• Youth are influenced towards suicide through lack of attachment, trauma etc.

• Working with youth by providing strategies.• How attachment impacts our path.

Recognizing or helping an individual to recognize that they are a survivor, e.g. “How the hell did you get this far?”.

• Great workshop.• It was great. Would love to get more info.• Great presentation. Extremely informative.• So helpful. Thank you.• Excellent presentation.• He should come to Cambridge bay, NU,

Koana (Thank you). This was very interesting.• Logical, clear, informative.• Excellent content and delivery.• More intervention presentations.• This lecture gave me huge insight into the

world views/ mind frame of my clients and personal loved ones. You should come back to Iqaluit soon. Thank you.

• Thank you, Great presentation.• Very interesting.• Remembering to focus on “What makes you

feel safe” Lots of great info. Thanks.

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FrOm A COmmuNITy’S POINT OF vIEw: LOCAL wISdOm wOrkS Dr kraL anD PaneL

• Sharing within group/positive stuff.• Wisdom is really within.• Local wisdom works, inner strangers vs.

outside professionals.• Appreciated hearing about the strength of

the community of learning from one another.• Wonderful to know what is happening with

the different youth groups.• Keep on keeping on, and keep up the good

positive work.• Thank you.• Awesome! Thank you so much for an

excellent and stimulating session.

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PrOBLEm GAmBLING ANd SuICIdE PrEvENTION Dr aDian hiLL

• What could happen to your family if you are gambling?

• I think it was interesting that some individuals talked about their personal experiences, very good.

• Problematic gambler needs to be assessed for suicide and closely monitored as level of risk is unpredictable.

• Gambling and suicide… Gamblers are always in the risk of suicide.

• Very interesting.• Practical and vital knowledge.

• A good overview of gambling and the importance of screening for suicide, death.

• Thank you a lot.• There was a little bit of people in the

classroom, disappointed but okay.• Appreciated the info.• Thank you for a very informative

presentation. This is a challenge for all of us in suicide prevention.

• Tools or strategies when confronted to compulsive gamblers.

• A copy of the power point please.

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mAkING SENSE OF yOuTh SuICIdE PrEvENTION: CrITICAL rEFLECTIONS ON EvEry dAy PrACTICE Dr Jennifer white

• Critical thinking about what we know and how we use it. Reflecting on our practice.

• The table is set - a great meal is offered - we need concrete tools and actions to get the people to change their “old” way.

• Critical reflection in research and practice.• Enter into conversation and learn together.• Jennifer invited us to think critically and

reflectively in our work and helped us to understand this process through her own self-reflection.

• Considerations of various sources of knowledge and types of information cautions regarding decision making based on limited understanding and knowledge.

• That we need to be careful when doing this work. Many of the answers and best practices can come from a variety of sources not just from the “Experts”.

• The message I am taking from this session is not to be restricted by “best” practices data, but to question/listen/only work with the group involved at the time.

• There is a wealth of Canadian research, need for a rational agenda, questions re: funding and collaborations between stakeholders and researchers.

• Useful discussion of research, community involvement and services.

• Research is important.• Partnerships are important.• Gained some insight into what is being

done.• Where Canadian research is “at” - where it

needs to develop.• Need for collaborative relationship building

to support suicide related research.

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PrEvENTING SuICIdE AmONG OLdEr AduLTS: A rEvIEw OF rISk, rESILIENCy, ASSESSmENT ANd INTErvENTIONS Dr Martin heiseL

• That this is an emerging issue as the population of seniors is increasing. Lack of services for suicidal seniors. Research needs to move quickly.

• Thank you.• Older white males at risk, small sample

sizes, watch our for depression/symptoms, ask senior groups for the gate keepers, I am set up.

• Good review of problem of suicide in elderly, including problems of detection and intervention.

• Looking at suicide in older adults has some unique things to consider i.e. depression being present. Viewed differently by society. Perhaps positive.

• Good overview on elderly and suicide.• A bit rushed. Lots of info. I need to sit and

read this thoroughly.• Tighter focus. Don’t really need 120 and

slides.• Slides - don’t use blue background, hard to

see and does not photocopy well. A little bit dry but good info.

• Different modes of presentation.

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hISTOry ANd ImPACT OF INdIAN rESIdENTIAL SChOOLS eMiL BeLL

• Residential School. But not enough about it and not enough information.

• Amazingly helpful, thank-you for sharing.• Now I know that there are other people that

went through and got help in a positive way.• Sharing his story.• This workshop made me realize that I need

to do more reading to be able to understand more.

• Works between the Indian Residential School Era-Intergenerational effects.

• Most helpful (to me) personal journey through the history of Residential Schools, his own life. A wonderful sense of how anger and hate give us no future. Thank you.

• The distinction of individual and culture through Residential Schools.

• Interesting and I liked the sharing of stories and life experiences of effects of Residential School in personal life.

• Get back to your culture to begin healing from trauma history of Residential School and experiences.

• Aware of the impact the Indian Residential Schools had on the indigenous people/ his experience.

• I am grateful that there are other people out there to help others to be there for the survivors.

• Try to stay on track but the journey was wonderfully insightful.

• Too late in the day for such a heavy topic.

• Great session. Wish there was more time (1 hour and 1/2 wasn’t long enough - his could be 3 hours but with a break in between).

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COmmuNITy STrENGTh ANd CAPACITy BuILdING hazeL nerysoo

• Hazel was very comfortable and gave a lot of ideas to other community members. She shared very positive ideas.

• How the community can help each other and support each other.

• Educating all community members - working together.

• Community based programs can be powerful.

• I don’t want to say or write but there were a lot of key words.

• The information on building capacity and working together for solutions at the community level and networking to work on suicide.

• Own sharing of being a survivor.• Awesome talk. While she was talking, seen

very bright light (halo) around her. Awesome.• Very well done. Very well explained.• I enjoy hearing from survivors and caregivers

at the community level.

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mENTAL hEALTh ANd SELF ESTEEm irene fraser

• Be aware: change is possible.• Mental Health difficulties.• Good opening remarks.• Knowledge combined with humor and

respect.• Self-esteem is important.

• Self esteem is a constant struggle or a working progress for us all.

• Thanks for this time.• Presentation was somewhat repetitive -

overview repeated worksheets could have used more time.

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PErSONAL EmPOwErmENT PrOCESS (PEP) TO ALwAyS LIvE kNOwING (TALk) travis Dugas

• Gave us lots to think about and really go back to our grass roots.

• To get in touch with your true self and spiritual self.

• There are spirits that are with you. Be proud of who you are.

• Very good powerful energy.• This session was pretty good.• Be thyself, Know thyself.

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• Good key word message for teens.• It was beautiful and I learned lots of ways of

life.• Learn about some traditional dances.• Teaching us about this culture.• Empowerment.• Give him more time.• He dances pretty cool, and he knows a lot.


PEP TALk travis Dugas

• To be who you are. Follow your ‘spirit’. • I learned how to respect others and love and

care.• Live life. Enjoy it. If you have problems or

issues let it out, don’t hold it in.• Be proud of who you are.• Hope and motivation for youth.• Self knowledge, challenges and outcomes,

self respect, role of family, elders sharing knowledge.

• Sharing, Love makes us stronger.• I had to come again, and he was so

encouraging even more so in the second session.

• You can do it. The creator brings us the strength.

• Importance of sharing and loving each other and ourselves.

• Don’t give up. There will always be someone there in your life.

• There are many ways to overcome obstacles of hard time (loss of a loved one, regret, etc.).

• To love and care.• Inspirational for Youth.• Embrace Life.



• There are spirits that are with you. Be proud of who you are, Very good powerful energy.

• Good key word message for teens.• It was beautiful and I learned lots of ways of

life.• Learn about some traditional dances.• Teaching us about this culture.• Empowerment.• What an awesome role model.• It was the best session offered at this

conference: one of the best I’ve ever been to.• Have fun and love the dancing.• I am just happy that I had a chance to see

his performance, I missed his performance at NWR, Labrador because my cousin passed away. I was a part of the organizing committee with Nunatsiaut Government that asked you to perform in NWR. Please continue to inspire the youth. Thank you.

• Great show. Kids can benefit from the dancing and could be proud of their knowledge/culture.

• Travis’ stories are very moving and really made me think about myself in my situations - be it good or bad and what I can do to better them. Thank you.

• Motivational and inspiring. Great story teller and even better dancer. Workshop format is a great way to share teachings.

• Well done. History of who we really are and be proud and very traditional.

• Very understanding. Mashi.

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PErSONAL EmPOwErmENT PrOCESS (PEP) TO ALwAyS LIvE kNOwING (TALk) travis Dugas



• There are spirits that are with you. Be proud of who you are.

• Very good powerful energy.• Be thyself, Know thyself.• Good key word message for teen.• Learn about some traditional dances.• Teaching us about this culture.• Empowerment.• It was beautiful and I learned lots of ways of

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uSING INTErvENTIONIST mEdIA IN A GrOuP INTErvENTION FOr PEOPLE wITh rECurrENT SuICIdE ATTEmPTS yvonne BergMan

• Using the power of everybody within the group. A useful tool - and still there are exclusion factors to think about. Great Social work.

• Demonstration of use of media was excellent.

• Depression is serious. That depression hurts! • I would really like to learn more from this

presenter re: the specifics of group design and process.

• Importance of group as an important tool with individuals who have made multiple attempts.

• Interesting and Inspiring.• Group intervention for recurrently suicidal

individuals.• Using client’s own voices/images has a

power which we can harness for many uses.• Very interesting and useful session.• Learning the skills to deal with their issues.

Model of moving from suicide to living.• Associating level of abuse/pain to severity of

attempts of frequency.

• Stages from unstable to more stability, safety always the priority.

• Learning to deal with those who are suicidal.• With help, people who are suicidal, can be

helped.• Good model to explain a process of

supporting.• Stay safe and learn the emotion.• Talking about suicide is vital - takes people

to a place to learn how to name feelings - increase awareness to move toward life.

• Excellent presentation.• Most interesting. Both as video example and

the PISA program.• Very interesting approach.• Slides moved too fast. Handouts would be

great.• Informative, insightful, gave me a lot of

material to work with, with my events. Thank you.

• A bit too technical in parts - but a very interesting and compassionate workshop.

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NOrwAy dELEGATION PrESENTS… anne siLviken norway DeLegation

• Loved their presentation.• Success Model for Inuit to follow.• Integrated services approach is essential and

worth while for healing and strengthening families.

• It was fine to get such a clear comparison of suicide - rate among different populations.

• Too many statistics. I like what she was talking about.

• Sami suicides in males is high as in other indigenous groups in the world.

• Important not to make assumptions about differences between any indigenous and non-indigenous people or groups.

• Good research is being done all over and I was interested in the comparisons between and among other indigenous groups. Thank you.

• Similarities between indigenous groups around the world.

• This was very interesting to what we as I say, same in my home.

• Same in Norway - “low” rate of suicide compared to Greenland rates may be associated with cultural continuity. No ethnic differences in study sample.

• Sami - who have been raised in families where traditional and cultural activities are practiced have better self-concept and less likely to commit suicide. Self-government and Integration in the larger society is also important.

• Socioeconomic conditions equity seem to be a factor in lower rates of suicide among Sami than other indigenous groups.

• I thought that only our community was like that. Now I know it is not.

• Comparative notes about Sami and suicide attempts and actual suicides compared to general population in Norway and Greenland Inuit.

• It appears that Males from circumpolar regions- indigenous are at high risk and at crisis.

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• The Sami people that were able to maintain own lifestyles and culture less impacted.

• A range of research projects regarding Sami youth.

• Survey report. Statistics/Alaska/Greenland/Norway.

• Good presentation of differences between Sami and other indigenous people.

• Need more time. What a model and concept.

• Be nice if they sang for us.• The family model is excellent. We could

benefit greatly for such services in the North, provided at no cost. Family healing and connecting in this manner could be beneficial for all families, not only those in crisis.

• I think we need to hear more about solutions than more statistics. The two ladies’ presentation was helpful.

• Helpful to understand suicide in different cultural contexts. Handouts would have been useful - a lot of info./Stats. to take notes of.

• Keep up the good work.• Poor microphone.• Thank you for coming to share this

information and especially for the efforts to share it so clearly in English.

• Thank you for coming to Yellowknife.• Wishing for more time. • Some very interesting findings reinforcing

how cultural identity and continuity contribute to suicide prevention.

• Would be interesting to know why the

graphs showed peaks in the early 80s. What was happening at that time locally, internationally, etc. that could be factors. Very statistical, based from research stand points, would have been interesting to hear perspective from a more practical application along with some stats. Thank you for the information.

• Good news that the children/adults are now getting help, even our community is helping each other too. Great work.

• Good information that other regions can learn from.

• It was good to hear of an indigenous people who is doing better with respect to suicide.

• Good to get new information about people I did not know about.

• More time to hear this fantastic/important research.

• The language (words used) was hard to understand. Use easier works e.g. socioeconomic, revitalization, diverging.


whAT IS wOrkING, whAT IS hOPEFuL. SuPPOrTING SuICIdE PrEvENTION STrATEGIES wIThIN INdIGENOuS COmmuNITIES Dave MaseCar anD PaneL

• Act now, look for solutions, listen to the youth, going back to traditional thinking.

• That we’re doing our cultural knowledge.• Returning to and believing in our own

indigenous knowledge. We can help ourselves. Turning our challenger to opportunity.

• Share stories more from the audience.• Community needs to speak - keep talking.

• Open discussion, was great to get feed back• More elaborate presentations in the future

please. Thanks• Many messages. Importance of connectivity

- solutions in community - natural helpers.• Youth want solutions and want leadership to

listen.• Many issues/trust/partnership/dialogue

connecting with community and youth.• Trust your indigenous knowledge.• There are a lot of positive things happening in

the area of Suicide Prevention.

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ThE ExPErIENCE OF mEN’S GrIEF Dr aDian hiLL

• What meant the most to me was that these men where able to dig deep within themselves and share their grief, will perhaps help other men to do the same.

• Life long process of healing, sharing and honesty, time.

• The message you share was very good.• There is life after death through connecting

with others.• Men talking about their experiences.• Men take longer to begin grieving. There are

many different ways of grieving. The journey is never over.

• Their experience, how they felt, grieving, coping, and hoped for.

• This helped me so much. It gave me insight to support my boyfriend who lost his mother, Geela Giroux, to suicide.

• Great presentation. I really enjoy the panel method of presenting ideas.

• Powerful personal sharing. Thank you.• Thank you so much for your honesty.• How about FN, Inuit share their stories and

be on the panel? Do they have to be from CASP? How about local people.

• Panel didn’t reflect the native population here in YK. Use local Knowledge.

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SuICIdE PrEvENTION ANd INTErvENTION AT ThE uNIvErSITy OF BrITISh COLumBIA Dr CheryL washBurn

• Campus students are being looked at as part of the whole.

• Increased emphasis on screening University students for mental health and suicide issues.

• Comprehensive program is necessary to effectively respond on University and college campuses.

• Importance of targeting University students for early assessment and intervention for suicidality.

• Suicide Prevention is a multi-system, multi-component activity. Wellness promotion is significant.

• Carefully constructed program which is comprehensive but does not hesitate to self reflect in order to improve.

• Exploring the Canadian research on suicide.• Good Presentation… info on students while

attending Colleges, Universities.• All lecture and power point was dry.• Comprehensive overview.

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SuICIdE AmONG INdIGENOuS PEOPLE: whAT dOES ThE INTErNATIONAL rESEArCh TELL uS? Dr antoon Leenars

• Aboriginal suicide - relates to an acculturation and substances abuse, need to understand the acculturation.

• Nothing new.• When one caring, spiritual professional

brings that care into their field of work/passion, the world becomes brighter. There are similarities between indigenous cultures - we need to know more to know how to

move forward.• Commonalities, re: the problem across

countries.• An international collaboration is needed

to understand suicide among indigenous people.

• We have a problem but at present we don’t have solutions.

• Good overview.• Further research is needed in the area of

indigenous youth suicide prevention with an understanding of Traditional Knowledge.

• Suicide is a global epidemic especially with indigenous peoples may be r/t.

• It’s the same story everywhere. Action is needed.

• A good review of research in the world about aboriginal and open questions.

• Very poor. Disorganized presentation. DO NOT INVITE BACK!

• Soft music to go with pictures.• I really liked this session. Antoon is an

interesting presenter.• Rather negative, while some tremendous

activities are on-going across Canada.• Excellent.• Thanks for bringing in a researcher who

“gets it” in terms of indigenous knowledge/ research about youth suicide.

• Effects of colonization.• Food for thought.• A good presentation for someone who

doesn’t know anything about indigenous or aboriginal people. But for the rest of us, nothing new here... The people have always known what this research shows.

• Very honest, not dry. Interesting content, good examples and “local” wisdom used and shared. Good energy. Thank you.

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EmBrACING Our LIvES wILL LEAd uS TO A hEALThIEr FuTurE Dr eD Connors

• Indigenous knowledge is essential for the survival of all people.

• Traditional Knowledge must be respected and valued to reduce suicide in (FN) Communities.

• Connect with Traditional Knowledge.• More than one world view.• Learn about, respect and celebrate world

views.• Some factors that will lead us to a Healthier

future.• Disconnection from traditional/native world

views is related to self destructive behaviours in native communities.

• We need to be grounded in our own world views first before we accept other world views.

• Why Tradition is very important.

• To really be healthy and feeling good about others I need to know my history and where I came from and be willing to know other nationalities too.

• Moving forward to a new time, both indigenous and Euro Western world views can be equally respected and utilized to create hope.

• It took a full circle to realize the truth was always there, as in coming full circle and totally understanding the meaning of survival.

• Framework for understanding input of Western conflict.

• Indigenous knowledge is important to prevent suicide among youths living in arctic areas.

• Understanding we’re not alone.• Supported the messages of the meaning

what’s working and what’s not.• Need to re-engage with Traditional Culture

recognized multiple world views in order to foster health.

• Sharing the four concepts of medicine wheel.• Knowledge and healing.• World view - need to appreciate both.• I liked the incorporation of indigenous

knowledge with western knowledge and moving our communities back to blending these 2 knowledge bases together.

• The way forward is the integration of both world views and reconnecting with the past.

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• It is affirming to hear our First Nations, Métis and Inuit people embrace their cultures and ways of knowing.

• The acknowledgement of how world views and cultures impact us.

• The importance of Indigenous knowledge, there is hope of self-healing.

• Two world views (indigenous and western) can co-exist.

• Don’t know, it was unclear to me what the presenter was trying to explain.

• This type of workshop needs to be shared to expand the movement of respecting traditional knowledge - to change the Para design of research Programming.

• When you use the term “First Nation” or “First people” you have set up a hierarchy (sic).

• Thank you. Very interesting way to help people understand mutual respect for world views. You should acknowledge Jennifer White on slides quoting her work.

• Excellent overview on sharing where you came, know where you are at too, knowing you are going in the future.

• Was very good presentation. I can relate to it.• It was great.• Great presenter, easy to listen to,

knowledgeable.• Dr. Connor is an excellent speaker and his

ideas are inspiring and thought provoking. Well done.

• Copy of handouts. Need to help each other more. Community to community.

• I think there are some things that need to be addressed with more emotional concepts.

• A beautiful orientation of themes raised throughout the conference of how rich and radical the knowledge is of the First Nations regarding suicide prevention and how Western people need this wisdom as much as First Nations people.

• A++ as always.• It is good to know that healing from the

damage of our history may be starting. I need to share, though, one view that is important to me and my own sense of culture as you speak. I do not see myself as a Euro Western person who came to this land. I was born here as were my parents, grandparents, back approx. 400 years. I see myself as indigenous to this land, regardless of my Anglo Saxon heritage. At what point, after how may generations, can we be ‘of this land’? Your dichotomous view discounts and discredits my sense of Culture and Heritage here. Albeit influenced by traditional western thinking. Yet I do not feel at home in the U.K. or Europe. When do we work in that space together? To me, that is when healing can begin.

• Thank you for this important piece as it is underlying all social problems in the North today. Mahsi Cho.

• Great message. I believe.• It is difficult to stay awake after lunch.

regardless of how inspiring the speaker is.• Message very important, but delivery

repetitive. Could have shared in 1/2 hour what was said or covered more info.


AdAPTING INTErPErSONAL PSyChOThErAPy (IPT) FOr OLdEr AduLTS AT rISk FOr SuICIdE: PrELImINAry FINdINGS Dr Marnin heiseL

ThE LANGuAGE OF INjury Dr JuDith reeCe

• There is always support out there.• A good study.• Great Ideas on helping older adults IPT

therapy.• Study in progress.• Interventions need to be tailored to real

factors contributing to the risk to suicide.• Very good session.• Excellent! Please come back next year and

report more results.

• Bring her back again.

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• So useful.• Co-morbidity - Have more plans.• How BPD is common with Suicide.• Most people can move on as they can get

better later on even if they had BPD.• Very informative and useful.• It is possible to make/to improve differential

suicide risk assessment for patients/individuals with BPD.

• There is hope for individuals diagnosed with BPD.

• Assessing suicide risk with patients with BDP - Hopeful.

• BPD is treatable.• Current research informing assessment and

treatment.• BPD is not a lifetime sentence.• That borderline personality disorder is

treatable and not a lifetime diagnosis.

• Wish we would have gotten to the case. Examples as these were a very helpful and practical workshop re: our clinical work with BPD.

• Liked your statements re: suicide is a low risk level - We focus on “Suicide” not in this risk comparison. I’ve not thought of that before.

• Interesting how much mood plays a role in suicide.

• Really helpful information as it indicates we are not alone up here with BPD.

• Appreciate the research.• More time.• Excellent Presentation.• I think this presentation would have been

more dynamic if there was time to apply the assessment tool. Unfortunately, the presenter used the time to highlight key points of studies.

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yOuTh ANd GAmBLING FOr yOuTh Dr aDian hiLL

• Lots of input.• Gambling with Youth.• I learned about not gambling and how to help

people get out of it.• Gambling, how to help someone with their

addiction.• Gambling is much more “Normal” than I

thought. Bingo is a major thing in some Communities.

• Gambling is no good so don’t do it. It can take you over and you wouldn’t realize it.

• Well now I understand why gambling is so bad, maybe even worse than partying.

• How gambling can be a big problem, when does it stop?

• Very happy that youth were involved.• We enjoyed the session.• How can we stop youth from gambling?

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ThIS LITTLE BrIdGE OF mINE eLizaBeth fortes

• Got into our inner self and let go of our inside and to get better in a safe way.

• I was expecting more on how to care for self. • Connections and mindfulness and empathy.• Enjoyed the activities, I felt relaxed and

comfortable. Information about the brain.• Mindfulness is a helpful tool.• There are many ways that we can deal

with grief.• Uplifting.• The importance of self-care as a method

of dealing with trauma. Practice of mindful awareness, “Connection” it is not solitary.

• Be in the moment, Be tentative, Integrate

body and mind. Know your body, be gentle, dispose of barriers (i.e. stress, grief) from the body.

• Time for self care, self-awareness.• Very informative.• Introduce participants and community. The

beginning (opening) was good: as you went further into it - you lost me.

• Excellent.• Very interesting information. Unfortunately

there wasn’t enough time for this workshop.• Needed a little more time.• More of the same.

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• Imaginating about good thing.• It was cool.• Um... Don’t give up on yourself.• Expressing how you feel through your art.• Great ideas.• We are all connected.• It was awesome.• Great presenter. Caring to people’s feelings.• Talk with youth re: how to incorporate art

into healing process.

ArT wOrkShOP FOr yOuTh giLLy MCnaughton

• I really like the idea of giving the youth nice pens, sketch books and pencil crayons - the only thing I am not sure about is the letter (reading).

• There was good youth participation, and the presenters were very approachable.

• I think this made youth (at least some) feel more like they do have a voice and a say in what is available to them.

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BEING A wOmAN ANd INTErvENING wITh mEN JuLie CaMPBeLL anD CaroLine MarteL

• Gave a lot of practical info, and hands on.• Understand needs/perceptions of men.• Men and Women are different (not better or

worse).• Men and women ask and receive help

differently.• Being a female counsellor and counselling

men look at the differences.• Learning the difference between men and

women.• There are differences, be aware of my

perceptions of men.• Not assuming men should be just like women

for expressing emotion/receiving help.• Reinforced a lot I already new but made me

think of it differently.• Really enjoyed! Loved the humor! Very

practical.

• Excellent message to use Physical artifacts.• Dealing with men and their issues requires a

different approach.• Very useful. Thank you.• Keep up the great work.• Well done - Thank you.• Excellent.• More examples of multi sensory practice.• Thanks for the hand-out. Enjoyed the

examples you gave: Nails in block of wood, the legless doll for the women who left abusive homes.

• Heterosexist approach. Perhaps only explore other dimensions such as culture or sexual orientation.

• Honest, interesting and helpful.

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whO wE ArE: ThE kuGLukTuk hIGh SChOOL AThLETICS ASSOCIATION why? whAT IS Our mISSION? hOw dO wE AChIEvE Our GOALS? kugLuktuk grizzLies

• Work together and be role models for the younger youth.

• They work together and are great role models for the young ones.

• The Grizzlies help the whole town.• The Grizzlies help each other.• Keeping youth off Drugs and Alcohol and

giving opportunities.• Activities around healthy lifestyles.• This is pretty interesting.• Take the right path and make good healthy

choices in life.• Inspiring.• Very nice with a conference where the youth

are with us.• The youth does good work when they get

the opportunity.• Working together as a Community.

• If you keep your mind set on something and you work hard to get it, it can happen.

• The youth are very inspirational and they presented very well.

• Building on where they are at.• Youth empowerment, leadership, self

esteem, pride.• I learn to help each other and be a role

model to the children.• Kugluktuk Grizzlies made an awesome

presentation about sports.• Giving kids something to look forward to,

help them earn and achieve a goal, give them focus and direction.

• Youth can be successful with support.• You must become a part of the solution.• Having things to do and look forward to can

help you stay away from using drugs and alcohol.

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• Good but they are kinda shy.• Its good that they give the chance to do

something good in their lives. I’m going to try start something like that for my youth.

• It was great, nice presentation.• Youth involvement and participation can

make a big difference.• Kids need to be busy.• It was very good.• I like it, it was very interesting! KEEP ON

GOING!• Good prevention work.• Way to go Grizzlies.• Interesting group. Something to work on in

my own Community.• Success story for youth all across the North.• Way to go. Youth you are here!• Very great session, youth lead, Great

speakers, key messages are positive and inspiring.

• This was a good session.• Way to go! Keep up the good work.• The youth did very well awesome!• The group answered all questions, which

was helpful in fully understanding the Grizzly program.

• Go Gizzlies.• Love the presentation.• Come present in Ulukhaktok.• I really liked the pictures.


I CArE Lori twisseLL

• I care about me!• We enjoyed the session.• Suicide and youth I care.• Always care for yourself.• Take care of yourself.• It was very fun and interactive.• You guys are so good. Keep up the good

work.• I care for myself and the people around me.• How you feel about yourself and others.

• Thanks for having a session that was for youth and involved them rather than talking about them.

• How I can care about me!• I liked it. It was good.• Awesome class. Learned to watch myself

more.• Nice, good for the youth, good to take

someday so I can remember.

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ThINkING OuTSIdE ThE BOx: A NEw APPrOACh TO wOrkING wITh kIdS Lynn tayLor

• Making the connection of what the person is all about.

• How to work differently with people.• Connections - Thinking differently - The

active child.• Focusing on principals rather than rules.

Focusing on connections and learning others perspectives.

• Empower youth by giving them the skills.• Make connections with people.• Thinking outside the box.• Kids/Youth need to have more significant

connections in life and may need help in making them.

• Ideas for working with children.• Inspiring. Get my motivation back on.• Connection, Connection, Connection,

C.R.A.B.

• Very well done.• Thanks.• I feel that I have some very valuable skills to

take back to the kids that I work with.• Liked a lot of the presentation! Nutrition at

the start of school day (sugar levels), how children have slept the previous night.

• Bravo.• Would be great to have more time for this

workshop.• Good practical ideas.• Could have used more time to expand on

principals and activities.• Excellent Presentation - Wish we had more

time.

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ThE mAGIC OF ATTITudE ANd SuCCESS MarC tarDif

• Very exciting and fun.• Learned about the magic of attitude of

success. It was good and set goals.• To help and entertain people.• Loved the presentation.• Motivational.• Wonderful, Inspiring, Hopeful and Engaging.• Acknowledging the power of choice.• Listening/Concentration - Hands on is good.• Very good performance attitude.• Positive vs. Negative attitude.• If you dream, you change your strategies.• Have a positive attitude.• To succeed you need to dream.• Your attitude controls your accomplishment.• He’s talking about attitude and success.• Positive attitude creates success.• Have a positive mind.• If you put your mind to something you can

do anything.• The magician was very awesome.

• I liked the part on the dove flying out of nowhere.

• If you put positive thoughts in your mind, you will feel positive and see positive things.

• Choices are very powerful.• Positive thinking/ build on dreams.• Fun - positive message - Totally got kids

attention - good way to start thinking of ways to do the same idea with kids at home.

• Have fun with magic.• We all have our unique skills, qualities.• Kept the audience involved and captivated.• Marc was a great presenter.

A positive lecture and very entertaining, a good way to present to youth and older people.

• Very interesting. Wonderful audience interaction.

• The youth as I observed seemed to really enjoy the show - that is a good thing. Thank you.

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vIS Au mAx – dyNAmIC LIvING MarC tarDif

• Be positive. Think positive.• I enjoyed the presentation, using the young.

people. How to do action.• Strong message.• It made me feel good.• Choices and attitude.• Get in action.• Never give-up.• Good message - Distracting kids. But great.

idea for positive thinking.

• A lot of keywords that he said is what has to change in my life.

• Good workshop.• Keep coming back.• It was really funny.• Thanks.• I enjoyed the session.• It was really great and this would help me a lot.• Be nice if he showed one magic trick.• It was entertaining and filled with lessons.

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EmBrACE yOur NATurAL hEALING ENErGy MarJorie kiLDare

• Thank you, we came away with more skills and also did some healing.

• We can use our energy in varying capacities to heal ourselves and others.

• That we carry healing energy.• I never knew I could use my finger to heal

people.• Just learnt that we have great energy and can

use it in positive ways.• I’m so stubborn, Thanks for bringing me back

to the base.• Healing.• Incredible reconnection to my healing power.• We are all healers.• Connection to our healing energy.• We are our best resource.• I knew I had energy but did not know how to

use it. My interest has been peaked to learn more. Internet here I come.

• Energy within yourself: I didn’t know I had it too.

• Self Healing.• Each of us has inner healing energy.• Empowerment through self-healing.• Using energy to heal.• We have the power to heal ourselves and

others.• A very good clear presenter, people opened

up and shared with her very fast.• Very Healing.• Thank you very much for something new.• Lovely.• The best session I ever been to! So hands-

on, healing, empowering and beautiful! Masi Cho.

• Great session.• More, More, we need more empowerment.• Thank you for sharing with me.• Very good.

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PrOvINCIAL SuICIdE PrEvENTION – dEvELOPmENT FrOm ThE GrASSrOOTS naDa BarraCLeugh anD Joan seaBrook

• Grass roots will move awareness forward.• A lot of good examples. Good discussion on

developing community awareness.• Reinforced the importance of grassroots

initiatives and the fragility of their survival.• Thank you.• I believe that it is important to share our

“grassroots” stories. It does energize and remind you to “keep going”.

• It may take many small flames to start one roaring grass fire.

FAmILy ANd SuICIdE IN quEBEC ABOrIGINAL COmmuNITIES nathaLie Morin

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• Challenges faced by Aboriginal Communities.• I enjoyed everyone’s comments. It was great

to hear from others.• The communities are in progress to prevent

suicide, a key is to make an interconnection between youths and elders.

• Good to listen about other communities.• Read presentation in second language.

Presented research that was not hers.• Research completed in Aboriginal.

Communities, re: those at risk of suicide and recommendation.

• Group disc was excellent.• Nathalie did a great job presenting co-

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NATIvE wOmEN’S ASSOCIATION OF CANAdA: vIOLENCE PrEvENTION TOOLkIT PauLine huPPie-Parsons

• Communities taking the responsibility for teaching anti-violence programs.

• Toolkit can be made to meet Community Needs.

• There are resources available which are needed.

• Excellent presentation on the topic of violence and how to adjust the toolkit to your community.

• Available to help present in Community• Community based Culture/ Community

adjustment, follow-through, follow-up, after care.

• I’m looking forward to receiving the toolkit and will definitely use it.

• Should expand on providing positive. messaging and ensuring support is in place in Communities.

• Innovative, Charismatic presenter, informative and important topic, can’t wait for the toolkit.

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NATIONAL INuIT yOuTh COuNCIL QaJaaQ eLLsworth

• It was good because (Kayak) gives everyone a chance to talk about their feelings in their community.

• This session was great. • This has been a really good meeting, gave a

better perspective of what front line workers go through.

• It was good to hold a discussion on what is happening in the communities.

• Liked being in a circle to share our thoughts and things we learned from this conference.

• Very informative.• Understanding traditional knowledge is

useful and a way of life.• We need more elders to share with us.• Very encouraging - The strength of the lamp.• Great ideas to bring to own community.• Traditional Methods can work and should be

kept.• Traditional knowledge is healing.

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ThE TTC GATEkEEPEr SuICIdE PrEvENTION PrOGrAm EvALuATION raheL eyan

• People felt more confident after training.• Importance of gatekeeper education as

prevention strategy.• Very hopeful and interesting.• Clear. Helpful. Important.• A good prevention of a very practical

program with good evaluation.• Excellent work.

BuILdING CArING COmmuNITIES ThrOuGh EmOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE PrOGrAmmING rayMonD PiDzaMeCky

• Good information and resources.• So much information about community

development.• Emotional Intelligence is the greatest

predictor of success. As communities, we have to focus on building protective factors.

• Healthy Communities can build emotional intelligence.

• This session highlighted the things that are valuable to me and gave me a renewed sense of motivation to do more work.

• More time with Ray!

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• How to reach men at risk - Highlighted the power of listening.

• It was good for me to listen.• Men seemed to find it hard to express their

feelings because of stereotype so it’s hard to tell.

• Signs of depression/suicide - impact of listening.

• Power of listening/Unique characteristics of farmers. Depression.

• Inspiring. Get “Real Man” to talk to “real men”.• The importance of providing opportunities

for men to be listened to not talked at.• Communicate and Listen - know the signs.• Men reaching out to men is powerful.• Men who have everything to live for are at

risk. Men are at risk.• Workplace training in recognizing the

symptoms of mental illness and suicide works.

• Difficulty men have in talking about their feelings and the need to find ways to get them to talk. The importance of listening.

• Important - points drawn out of the stress in workplace and how to deal with them, and how to tap into resources for people at risk.

• Very thought provoking and provided good, practical information.

• Need more time, there’re too many questions to ask.

• Would have liked to hear more about how the Men at Risk program works - content, structure, etc.

• Thank you for sharing.• Excellent information, done by a layman and

a real story of what depression looks like.• Rob, you did a wonderful job! Thank you.• Thank you for sharing your passion and story.• Thank you, good session, Not too long/short.• Excellent and moving. Thank you.• Excellent presentation - nice to see another

perspective other than MH Workers.

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• Didn’t happen overnight. Every mother is a role model for her kids.

• Never give up with your goals - having fun in what you do.

• Strong.• Powerful story of courage, commitment,

inspiring.• Hope, achievements, the fact the sky is the

limit.• Never give up! Follow your goals.• Personally inspiring.• You could overcome any obstacles when

you put your mind to it.• “Get over it”, “Move on”, “We have the

strength”.• Not to give up, not letting people tell you

that you can’t do anything, people are always there for you.

OvErCOmING OBSTACLES sharon firth

• You have a beautiful heart. It’s there. LOVE IS WHERE THE HEART IS, IT’S NEVER GONE.

• Very gifted woman. Many gifts and very good role model.

• Very great story to enable young people to realize their potential.

• Follow your goals.• This session was very good. I enjoyed it, and

the information was very helpful to me.• Koana! Thank you! May the good lord bless

you.• Sharon is a very good presenter, glad that I

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ASSESSmENT ANd PLANNING TOOLkIT FOr SuICIdE PrEvENTION IN FIrST NATIONS COmmuNITIES winona PoLson-LahaChe

• Toolkit is for Communities to use to address suicide and develop prevention, intervention programs appropriate to communities.

• Very resourceful tool! The video was great but subtitles/heading was too quick to read. Slow down, especially for those who struggle to read quickly.

• It was a good presentation. It gave me incentive to get support together. Thank you.

• Developing Strategies in Communities to combat suicide related issues.

• I really enjoyed your session.• Development and Implementation of the

plan requires financial resources that are often limited. Suggestions on possible funding sources from the Fed/Prov./Territorial Gov’ts would be helpful.

• Excellent resources for all Communities.• Importance of Community owned/directed

planning, “Suicide Prevention is everybody’s opportunity”.

• Toolkit was helpful, good resource to use.

• Great tools.• You’re not alone plus they're making some

kind of program in every town or something.• Provided a toolkit for Communities.• Thanks for providing the booklet and

including the animated short at the end. A good example of what communities can do - innovative approach.

• Great!• Your information was great but the

presentation needs a lot of work, you say “um” far too many times.

• Good video.• Thank you for showing the comic book

animation. A powerful message.• Would like to invite her to Community for

presentation of Suicide Toolkit.• Loved the video.• Very well done.• So happy that there is a First Nation’s Centre.• Maybe include volunteer opportunities in

communities.

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• Transition.• Very interesting and useful session.• Learning the skills to deal with their issues.

Model of moving from suicide to living.• Associating level of abuse/ pain to severity of

attempts of frequency.• Stages from unstable to more stability, safety

always the priority.• Learning to deal with those who are suicidal.• With help, people who are suicidal can be

helped. • Good model to explain a process of

supporting. • Stay safe and learn the emotion.• Effective group intervention for re-current

suicide attempts leads to recovery.• Talking about suicide is vital - takes people

to a place to learn how to name feelings - increase awareness to move toward life.

• Would have been nice to have a paper copy of slideshow.

• Slides moved too fast. Handouts would be great.

• Very good speaker.• More common language.• Informative. Insightful. Gave me a lot of

material to work with for my events. Thank you.

• I was late for the session but learned and understood the session, very straight forward. Good job.

• A bit too technical in parts - but a very interesting and compassionate workshop.

• Well done. A model worth replicating.• Good information.

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• Importance of connecting Youth and Elders to resilience methods that work.

• Listen and respect each other - Youth and Elders have much for all of us to learn from.

• “This is only the ECHO of the past” Collect information from participants together. Elder/Youth, to avoid boredom, exclusion.

• Continue your work with Youth.• Coping/resilience of Inuit with Society.• Very inspiring, I hope we can start a similar

study with our elders too in our country, to see if we can bring it on to our youths.

• The information shared was powerful, the tools shared can be used in White culture and we can learn from the Inuit.

• The coping strategies were interesting and a good beginning.

• Very Good.• NAHO had gathered information from elders

in this session, they got the youth to put down their views.

• Have the youth involved too. Which is alright. Awesome.

• Involving participants into it.

• Using Traditional Methods to deal with modern stressors and issues.

• Inuit already posses the knowledge to face life challenges and this knowledge should be supported.

• Show youth that they are important. • Great Ideas for prevention programs.• Methods of teaching and modeling talking

about resilience and coping.• More youth speaking their ideas.• Too many stairs to climb. Places a hardship

for elders, no wheelchair access.• Room too small for group and not an

environment that allowed for dialogue amongst the group as much as could have been. So much appreciated the comments from youth and elders present.

• Interpretation equipment not in the room. Interpreter had to go back down to get it (worked out well in the end though).

• That is a great way for Youth and Elders to be involved.

• Great conversations.• Amazing! This workshop was incredible.

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