Suicide Reporting Recommendations:
Reporting on Suicide

News Releases

• November 22, 2024 - Canada’s 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline marks one year of support
• August 26, 2024 - World Suicide Prevention Day 2024: #StartTheConversation
• July 8, 2024 - Rotary Club of Lantzville News Release: Grand Opening of Lantzville Mental Fitness Trail (please also see trail signage)
• May 10, 2024 - AAS News Release: The American Association of Suicidology names Elizabeth Newcombe the 2024 Crisis Services Award Recipient
• August 31, 2023 - World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10, 2023: Creating Hope Through Action and Support
• August 22, 2022 - VICS introduces three options for training and volunteering as a Crisis Line Responder, involving a hybrid model of training, which begins on September 28, 2022
• March 22, 2021 - VICS Crisis Services’ interaction numbers exceed previous year’s record-setting rates during COVID-19 pandemic
• September 8, 2020 - Vancouver Island Crisis Society is now offering ISLAND-WIDE Suicide Bereavement Support Services
• March 17, 2020 - Crisis Line Awareness Week, March 23 to 27, 2020 / Wow! Vancouver Island Crisis Society’s 50-Year Milestone
• September 5, 2019 - Soles Remembering Souls 2019 addresses "We Are Suicide Prevention," Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo [updated]
• August 21, 2018 - Soles Remembering Souls 2018 addresses Loneliness, Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo
• August 14, 2017 - Soles Remembering Souls 2017 addresses Healing, Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo.
• August 8, 2016 - Soles Remembering Souls 2016 addresses Zero Suicide, Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo.
• November 2, 2015 - International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day - Suicide Loss: What Helps?
• March 23, 2015 - Connect to Support through Crisis Text
• December 10, 2014 - Christmas: Too much or not enough?
• November 21, 2014 - Former Vancouver Island Crisis Society volunteer Rhonda Williams shares her story of suicide loss in this excerpt from Shaw TV Nanaimo's go! Island series, broadcast from November 25 to December 1, 2014.
• October 24, 2014 - Soles Remembering Souls addresses Connecting Survivors, Port Theatre, November 23, 2014
• July 18, 2013 - Why Crisis Chat?
• October 30, 2012 - An Important Message from the Crisis Line Association of BC (presentation of province-wide crisis lines and Vancouver Island Crisis Line; discusses S.O.S. - Signs of Suicide)
• September 24, 2012 -Coast Capital donates $10,000 to the Vancouver Island Crisis Society to support youth suicide prevention programs
• August 27, 2012 - Strengthening Protective Factors and Instilling Hope
• December 12, 2011 - Christmas Campaign 2011: Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas!
• March 15, 2011 - Crisis Line Awareness Week March 20-26, 2011: One Year of Service for the Vancouver Island Crisis Line 1-888-494-3888
• March 17, 2010 - Crisis Line Awareness Week: Seamless Transition of Island Crisis Line Service
• February 10, 2010 - Crisis Line Service Provider Contract Signed