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This document discusses suicide in Canada and Ontario. It provides statistics on suicide rates globally and in Ontario, where an average of 10 people die by suicide each day. The target audience is children and youth ages 10-19, to raise awareness of suicide prevention and provide a lifeline number. The goals are to prevent suicide, provide resources, and reach as many youth as possible to remind them there is hope. A poster is presented as a suitable organization method to convey this message in schools and online forums where youth communicate.

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Suicide Slides

This document discusses suicide in Canada and Ontario. It provides statistics on suicide rates globally and in Ontario, where an average of 10 people die by suicide each day. The target audience is children and youth ages 10-19, to raise awareness of suicide prevention and provide a lifeline number. The goals are to prevent suicide, provide resources, and reach as many youth as possible to remind them there is hope. A poster is presented as a suitable organization method to convey this message in schools and online forums where youth communicate.

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SUICIDE

in CANADA

By:
Ivonne, Kiranjeet
AGENDA
Suicide
- Why Suicide?
- Suicide Globally
- Suicide in Ontario
- Goals and Target Audience
- Suitable Organization
- Goals Accomplished?
SUICIDE

People who commit suicide:

● Depressed
● Experiencing Traumatic Stress
● Social Isolation
● Belief that their life is just a burden

Signs and Symptoms

● Withdrawal from friends and family


● Unable to sleep
Why SUICIDE? ● Dramatic mood changes
● Feeling of hopelessness
Suicide is NOT the answer!
SUICIDE WORLDWIDE
● Suicide affects everyone

● About 41000 individuals died by


Children and suicide
Youths who are
● 1.3 million adults have attempted
thinking of suicide
commiting suicide
● 2.6 million had a plan to commit
need to know that suicide
there is HOPE
● 9.3 million had suicidal thoughts
SUICIDE IN ONTARIO
An average of ● Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of
10 death

PEOPLE ● Males account for 41% of 10 - 14


die by Suicide years old suicide victims,
increasing to 70% of 15 - 19 years
EACH DAY old’s
in Canada
● Self harm hospitalization 72%
female from age 10 - 19
GOALS
● Prevent Suicide by raising
awareness
● Provide a Lifeline number
● Reach as many children and
youth as much as we can
● Remind them there is hope

AUDIENCE:
● Children and Youth (Age 10 -
19 years old)
● Others: Public
POSTER
ORGANIZATION

● Suicide prevention poster is


suitable for Schools

● Because most of our targeted


audience are in Middle and
High School’s
GOALS ACCOMPLISHED?

YES! YES! YES!

● Reaching our target audience


by putting the poster in public
places and schools

● Useful information was put


down on the Poster

● Convey the message through


online forums that teachers
use to communicate with
students
THANK YOU
By: Ivonne Tjituera and Kiranjeet Gill
References
Cook-Sather, A. (2017). Virtual forms, actual effects: how amplifying student voice through digital media
promotes reflective practice and positions students as pedagogical partners to prospective high
school and practicing college teachers. British Journal of Educational Technology, 48(5),
1143-1152

Health at a Glance. (2017, June 16). Retrieved from


https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-624-x/2012001/article/11696-eng.htm.

McInally, L. (2019). Reflective and Critical Practice (PowerPoint presentation)

Public Health Agency of Canada. (2016, June 16). Government of Canada. Retrieved from
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/suicide-canada-infogr
aphic.html

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