SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH

Across the world, one person takes their own life every 40 seconds. In Canada approx. 4,000 die by suicide per year and approx. 11 people die by suicide each day. September is the Suicide Awareness Prevention Month. Maureen Elliot, Inbound Program Manager in Peel region, for Distress Centres of Toronto, speaks to the impact of suicide in Canada and if the pandemic is putting more people at risk for suicide