Centre for Suicide Prevention is an education centre, a centre of excellence, based in Calgary.
Suicide is preventable
People who think about suicide don’t want to die – they want the pain of living to end.
Caring interventions save lives
The vast majority of people who receive a caring intervention do not re-attempt. People considering suicide want an active listening ear more than anything else.
You can help
Caring conversations are powerful connectors – learn how to identify someone who is struggling and skillfully respond.
Subscribe to receive the research roundup straight to your inbox! This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month. Smith, L. (2025). Suicide risk and the spaceflight environment: A scoping ...
Subscribe to receive the weekly news roundup straight to your inbox! We Need to Rethink Suicide Prevention, Starting Long Before Crisis – TIME MagazineJanuary 6, 2026Suicide prevention is often thought of as a crisis response, but, while “downstream interventions will always ...