Suicide Prevention Trainers

Our trainings in Hamilton area to Steelworkers Unions have started these conversations. We would love to continue and include more, following the lead of MATES.

🦺 Creating Safer, Stronger Construction Communities - Together
happening February 25 | 9:35 a.m. in Portland, Oregon, USA

We’re proud to share Lance Armstrong, CEO of , will join an exceptional panel of industry leaders at the 5th annual Construction Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference, hosted by United Survivors .

This plenary session — “It takes all of us: partnering to bring MATES to North America and build a thriving industry” — brings together the organizations driving a major shift in construction: from reactive mental health responses to proactive, community‑powered ***dePrevention.

🌟 Featured Panelists
Lance Armstrong – CEO, LivingWorks
Matt Compher – SVP, Safety, Health & Environmental, Quanta Services, Inc.
Wes Wheeler – Executive Director of Safety, National Electrical Contractors Association - NECA
Jorgen Gullestrup – CEO, MATES in Construction

🔍 What to expect
This panel dives deep into the rigorous work behind bringing the MATES model to North America, including:
• Evidence‑based adaptation grounded in implementation science
• A strategic industry readiness approach
• How Quanta is embedding su***de prevention into safety + HR systems
• Thoughtful pilot site selection and training design aligned with MATES program logic

Through lived experience, real‑world stories and practical insights, attendees will gain a clear look at how industry leaders are building pathways to a safer, more connected construction workforce.

This is a conversation you won’t want to miss, one that empowers organizations to lead meaningful change.

➡️ Join us and be part of creating a thriving, ***de construction community.

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Mindful Tech: Reclaiming Presence in a Digital World Join us online to unplug, recharge, and find calm in the chaos of nonstop digital buzz!

🧠 Save Lives. Learn ASIST. 💬
Applied Su***de Intervention Skills Training
📍 Oakville, ON
📅 July 16 & 17, 2025
📌 2030 Bristol Circle
In just 2 days, you'll gain life-saving skills to support someone who is having thoughts of su***de.
Whether you're a caregiver, educator, clinician, therapist, frontline worker, student or concerned community member—
YOU can make a difference. 💛
✨ Build confidence.
✨ Learn how to intervene.
✨ Be the help someone needs.
🔗 Register now:
su***deprevention.training/asist-2
📣 Limited spots available!
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Training hospital ER staff can be rewarding, eye opening and even a little fun. Thanks Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital!

Another year, another amazing group of McMaster EFRT volunteers.
We learned alot and had some fun while talking about su***de all weekend, creating a su***de safer community on campus.
Thanks! Grateful for the opportunity.

Still a few spots left! Register today:
https://su***deprevention.training/product/a-s-i-s-t-applied-su***de-intervention-skills-training/

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Training ASIST on World Su***de Prevention Day adds to the importance of our work. Grateful for this opportunity to help Unifor 5555 provide life assistance to their members.

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the best medicine you can bring for sadness is not joy. it is not telling them that they need to move on or get over it or realise how much worse things could be. no. the medicine for a spirit in mourning is tenderness. and warmth. and compassion. and connection. and presence. sit with someone in their grief and let them cry their ugly tears. do not shine and scurry grief away. they must walk through it. this is love. to abandon all that we think we know and be so full of grace that we are invited in to partake in someone else's darkest moments. what an honour it is to simply be a light. the antidote for sadness is love. it is always love.

~ "the antidote" by Ullie Kaye Poetry

~ Art 'Mending the Broken Heart' by Claudia Olivos

Adding 16 more ASIST trained caregivers to our community is what we do!

Join us for our next group in November!

Finally!

Today, the Public Health Agency of Canada released Canada’s first National Su***de Prevention Action Plan.

The Action Plan aims to increase collaboration between provinces, territories, Indigenous partners and su***de prevention stakeholders. By building on the success of 9-8-8: Su***de Crisis Helpline, together, we can continue to provide support that helps save lives.

If you are thinking about su***de or worried that someone you know may be thinking about su***de, you can call or text 9-8-8 for support in English or French, 24/7/365.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/cqpF50S440i