January 31, 2020
‘It would change lives’: Advocate calls for 988 to be used as simplified crisis hotline
An Ontario woman has launched a campaign designed to simplify the mental health hotline in order to more effectively help those in crisis.
August 14, 2018
Crisis Services Canada wins a DTA for using Rogers tech to prevent suicides
The week that ITBusiness.ca spoke with Crisis Services Canada (CSC) CTO Roberta Fox about the non-profit winning an ITWC Digital Transformation Award
August 1, 2018
Canada Suicide Prevention Service temporarily ceases text and chat help; seeks more funding
Canada’s only nationwide text message and chat helpline for suicide prevention has been forced to suspend its service because it’s run out of money.
July 12, 2018
NDP MP urges boost in suicide prevention funding after help services suspended
NDP MP Charlie Angus has written to the federal health minister urging for a boost in funding to a suicide prevention service that temporarily suspended text message and online chat help services this week.
November 28, 2017
Crisis Services Canada launches Canada Suicide Prevention Service
Fifty years ago today, Distress Centres of Toronto took its first crisis call. Today, Crisis Services Canada (CSC) officially launched the Canada Suicide Prevention Service (CSPS), enabling people from anywhere in the country to access crisis support via telephone, text or chat, in both official lan…

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