Mushkegowuk releases People’s Inquiry into Our Suicide Pandemic report
Create: 01/26/2016 - 06:27
Suicide is a difficult topic to discuss. It’s painful. Sometimes it’s probably much easier to pretend it doesn’t happen. Sometimes we respond by recognizing that we can do things better, differently. But then we move on. We don’t forget, but we’re uncomfortable with really facing it head on. We’re scared we’ll make it worse. Suicide rates amongst some First Nations in Northern Ontario is 50 times the Canadian average for children under 15 years old.
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