The Vision of the Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention is to promote mental well-being, raises awareness, eliminate stigma, and educate to reduce suicide, suicidal behaviors and their impacts.
Mission
- To Raise Awareness and create conversations surrounding suicide and mental well-being, acknowledging that talking about suicide is lifesaving.
- To Foster Hope and resiliency by providing individuals, families, and agencies with knowledge and resources to support living well.
- To Empower our community by facilitating skill building, safe communication, and promoting the value of self-care.
Meet Our Team
Angela Sutherland
Jenn Vos
Tracy Golnik
Tammy Monro
Casey Szmata
Spencer Rude
Stacy Nex
Cara Jones
Board of Directors
President – Drew Pearson
Vice President – Brenden Bozlovitch
Secretary/Treasurer – Kristian Toivonen
Directors
Devon Wardley
Heather Putio
Michelle Scarrow-Baillie
Jennifer Schollaardt
Shelly Dachuk
Jon Anderson
HISTORY
The seeds of Suicide Prevention Resource Centre were planted when a community inter-agency committee was established with oversight provided by PACE (Providing Assistance, Counselling and Education). This working group was called Community Inter-agency Suicide Prevention Program (CISPP) and was most referred to as the Suicide Prevention Program.
The Adolescent Treatment Group was initiated in response to concerns regarding teen suicide and delivered by a team from Children’s Services and Mental Health therapists, with administrative support from CISPP. This group evolved over time to The Breakfast Club and moved from workshop presentations to the current structure of weekend retreats with follow-up programming. The Breakfast Club is our longest running program.
The Men’s Support Group was formed with support from Catholic Family Services. Throughout this time, CISPP had been providing the northwest Alberta with intervention skills training, and public presentations designed to raise awareness of suicide and mental health Issues.
Tough Enough to Talk About It, originally called Men at Risk.
Suicide Prevention Resource Centre was approved as a registered non-profit.
In the Spring of 2020, the name was changed to Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention (RCSP) to reflect a new focus on reducing crisis calls and leading in delivering best practices in mental health to our community.