The Suicide PIP Initiative for BC was hosted by the Crisis Centre.  It will be a key resource and planning tool for strategic and program planning.  Research evidence, practice evidence and stakeholder engagement were used to determine six priority areas in addressing suicide and how they might be applied in local, regional and provincial contexts. 

The project was funded by BC Mental Health and Addictions Services (an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority); the BC Ministry for Children and Family Development; and the Fraser Health Authority.

The award recognizes the Crisis Centre’s community education program that delivers workshops on stress management and suicide prevention to high school students throughout the Lower Mainland and Sea-to-Sky Corridor. Since 1986, volunteers have facilitated over 8,300 classroom workshops to 210,000 teens and school personnel giving them the tools to help themselves and others deal with crisis.

At the heart of the Crisis Centre’s comprehensive suicide prevention program is a DVD called Choices2: Reaching Out (www.choices2.com), recently approved as one of the main teaching tools in the American Association of Suicidology’s safe schools program in the United States. 

“We are proud and thankful to be recognized by the Donner Foundation”, says Ian Ross, Executive Director of the Crisis Centre.  “This award recognizes the work we do and the importance of creating innovative tools and approaches that are relevant to individuals in crisis.”

The Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services (Donner Awards) are Canada’s largest recognition program for non-profit social service agencies.  They recognize and encourage best practices in non-profit management and aim to increase public confidence and support for Canada’s non-profit sector. 

The Crisis Centre has been a Donner Award finalist for the past eight years, winning the award for Excellence in the Delivery of Crisis Intervention in 2003 and in 2005.

The following existing Board members have let their names stand for 2009-2010: David Elder, Mike Giannelli, Morgan Gough, Hilda Green, Constantine Hatzipinayis, Jodi Moss, Natalee Popadiuk, Danae Slater, Doug Soo, Bruce Stewart, Joanne Waxman, and Deborah Williams-Walshe.

At this AGM Crisis Centre members will consider a Special Resolution to amend the existing Bylaw: Part 5 – Directors and Officers 30 (4)

A director is eligible for nomination and re-election at the end of his or her term, provided that no director except the president of the society may serve as a director for more than seven years (excluding any time served by a director in the capacity of past president).

Change to:
A director is eligible for nomination and re-election at the end of his or her term, provided that no director except the 1st and 2nd vice-presidents and president of the society, may serve as a director for more than seven years.

The 39th Annual Report and audited financial statements will be available at the AGM.

Please call Tamara or Carol at 604-872-1811 to RSVP.

Light refreshments will be available at 5:30pm.

Thank you for your support! We hope to see you at the AGM.

Featuring comedy from Stand Up For Mental Health, a comedy troupe that teaches stand up comedy to people with mental illness, the Crisis Centre Comedy Night will help reduce stigma around mental illness and spread a message of hope and empowerment.

November 13, 2008
Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC
Food and beverage available for purchase beginning at 6:00pm
Entertainment beginning at 7:00pm
Tickets: $20
Contact 604-872-1811 or info@crisiscentre.bc.ca to book your ticket now.