Flying Dust First Nation holding its first “Safe Talk”
Flying Dust First Nation will host its first Safe Talk in the coming days.
Patricia Main is a First Nation prevention worker and will be administering the Safe Talk, a peer to peer suicide prevention knowledge and recognition course.
“Safe Talk is a three-hour training course that prepares individuals to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connects them to a suicide first-aid resource to make sure they’re safe,” Main told meadowlakeNOW.
According to the Centre for Suicide Prevention website, historical aspects continue to affect Native Canadians socially and culturally, and to this day make suicide prevention efforts a continuing struggle.