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McVittie, Jordan; Ansloos, Jeffrey – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2023
Indigenous young people in Canada are disproportionately overrepresented in suicide rates and alarmingly, young children are accounted for in these disparities. Since children spend much of their day at school, schools are a vital context for suicide prevention, identification, and intervention. However, research indicates that educators often…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Disproportionate Representation, Suicide
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Trefzger Clarke, Lisa – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2022
This case study explores the experiences of nine female-identifying feminist public educators working with Ontario, Canada, sexual assault centres who regularly facilitate discussions about sexual consent and gender-based sexual violence in schools, post-secondary institutions, and community workshops. The educators discuss their experiences of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feminism, Females, Public Education
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Tan, Josephine C. H.; Maranzan, Kathryn Amanda; Boone, Margaret; Vander Velde, John; Levy, Sheila – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2012
Analysis of calls made to a northern Canadian Inuit crisis line in the territory of Nunavut between 1991 and 2001 revealed that the majority of users were adult females who called to discuss problems primarily related to relationships and loneliness/boredom. Younger callers tended to make prank calls. The volunteer staff used mostly empathetic…
Descriptors: Age, Crisis Intervention, Eskimos, Volunteers
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de Moor, Gerrit – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
The Virtues Project[TM] was founded in Canada in 1991 by Linda Kavelin Popov, Dan Popov, and John Kavelin who were concerned about the level of violence among families and youth. In studying sacred traditions and cultures around the world, they identified a set of common virtues. These were used to develop a pedagogical model that has applications…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Crisis Intervention, Foreign Countries, Spiritual Development
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Lunsky, Yona; Raina, Poonam; Jones, Jessica – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) and legal involvement are a unique population with complex needs. To date, there has been limited research exploring the demographic and clinical profiles of individuals with ID and legal involvement that are in crisis and how they differ to individuals with ID without legal involvement.…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Profiles, Background, Individual Characteristics
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Dion, Jacinthe; Kennedy, Allison; Cloutier, Paula; Gray, Clare – Child Care in Practice, 2010
An innovative crisis intervention programme was created at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Canada in order to provide emergency assessments for youth presenting with mental health crises. The current investigation presents an overview of the programme and examines the emergency staff's perception and satisfaction with it.…
Descriptors: Health Services, Crisis Intervention, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health