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Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion a National Guide For System Leaders

Webinar Series: Co-hosted with the Mental Health Commission of Canada and We Matter

This national guide offers practical, evidence-informed strategies to help you:

build and lead a comprehensive, system-wide approach to suicide prevention and life promotion,create safe, inclusive, and identity-affirming school environments,provide staff with the tools, training, and protocols they need to respond with confidence,engage students, families, Indigenous communities, and local mental health partners, andrespond with care and accountability to suicide-related crises.

Each webinar session will review and unpack different chapters of the guide, followed by group discussion.

Sessions will be held monthly from October to March, at 12:00 pm – 12:45pm ET.

Session dates:

Oct. 31, 2025, 12 - 12:45 p.m. ET – School mental health and suicide prevention and conditions for effective suicide prevention and life promotion

Nov. 25, 2025, 12 - 12:45 p.m. ET – Coordinated programming across the tiers and capacity-building for effective suicide prevention and life promotion

Dec. 4, 2025, 12 - 12:45 p.m. ET – Indigenous youth suicide prevention and life promotion

Jan. 20, 2026, 12 - 12:45 p.m. ET – Supporting students who identify as 2S/LGBTQQIA+

Feb. 24, 2026, 12 - 12:45 p.m. ET – Collaboration for suicide prevention and life promotion & communicating progress related to suicide prevention and life promotion in school

Mar. 11, 2026, 12 – 12:45 p.m. ET – Indigenous youth voice & evaluation

Audience:

System leaders from across Canada: Directors, Associate directors, Superintendents, and Superintendents with responsibility for the mental health portfolio including Principals with district level responsibilities.

This webinar series has a registration limitation of 1000 participants.

Language:

This session will be delivered in English. Materials, breakout rooms, etc. will be available in French and English.

I f you have any questions, contact Maureen Mackay at mmackay@smho-smso.ca

For more information or to register, contact your school board’s mental health leader.

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