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Choosing life : special report on suicide among Aboriginal people / Joint Chairmen: René Dussault and Georges Erasmus.: Z1-1991/1-41-4E

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Suicide rates, already five to six times higher among Aboriginal youth than their non-Aboriginal peers, could increase dramatically over the next 10 to 15 years if action isn't taken now. Changing demographics mean that the population bulge of children, now under 15 years of age, will soon pass through the vulnerable years of young adulthood. In this special report, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples calls for a 10-year Canada-wide campaign to reduce the prevalence of suicide and self-injury. The report states that communities hold the keys to change.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Royal Commissions. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
TitleChoosing life : special report on suicide among Aboriginal people / Joint Chairmen: René Dussault and Georges Erasmus.
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatPhysical text
Other formatsDigital text-[English]
Note(s)
  • Contents: Suicide among aboriginal people: the crisis and the hope.--How serious is the problem of suicide among Aboriginal people?--Why are there so many suicides among Aboriginal people?--Saving their own lives: Aboriginal communities take charge.--Barriers and solutions.--A proposal for fundamental change.--A special report on suicide: a minority view.--Appendix 1: Crisis services: direct suicide prevention.--Appendix 2: Community development.--Appendix 3: Recommendations from the Commission's special consultations on suicide prevention.--Appendix 4: Recommendations from the community sharing circles, Big Cove, New Brunswick, 14 March 1993.--Notes.--Bibliography.
  • Bibliography.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa - Ontario : Royal Commissions. 1995.
BindingSoftcover
Descriptionx, 135p. : graphs ; 25 cm.
ISBN0-660-15801-9
Catalogue number
  • Z1-1991/1-41-4E
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