Research and Advocacy

Every Islander can contribute to building suicide-safer communities. Find out what you can do to promote suicide prevention efforts in PEI.

In 2017 the Province of Prince Edward Island partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association – PEI Division to develop a Provincial Suicide Prevention Strategy. The following year was spent exploring research, best practices, and hearing from Islanders about what needs to be done to address the issue of suicide on Prince Edward Island. The Building Blocks of Hope: A Suicide Prevention Strategy for PEI – describes suicide in the context of hopelessness, explains the building blocks of hope, and then focuses on specific action items that will lead to a suicide-safer Prince Edward Island.