Day: April 25, 2016

Suicide Epidemic in Attawapiskat

Mental health is a trending topic in global public health discourse. However, due to lack of infrastructure, mental healthcare service still remains inaccessible for marginalized people. Even a first world country such as Canada has failed to deliver appropriate mental healthcare to victims, which is demonstrated by the recent suicidal epidemic in

Farah Tahsin April 25, 2016

When hope is gone: Aboriginal youth suicides in Canada

Suicide amongst youth has been on the rise since the last few decades, but it has reached new heights of horror this April in Attawapiskat, a remote Aboriginal Reserve in northern Ontario, Canada. In what’s being called a suicide contagion, 11 people attempted to take their lives in a single

Sofiya Soufi April 25, 2016