- Distress Centres of Ontario www.dcontario.org
- Quebec Association for Suicide Prevention www.aqps.info
- Manitoba Suicide Line www.reasontolive.ca
- American Association for Suicidology www.suicidology.org
- International Association for Suicide Prevention www.iasp.info
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention www.afsp.org
- Canadian Coalition for Senior’s Mental Health www.ccsmh.ca
- Canadian Mental Health Association www.cmha.ca
- Manitoba Health Services Commission www.gov.mb.ca/health
- Centre for Suicide Prevention www.siec.ca
- Mental Health Commission of Canada www.mentalhealthcommission.ca
- SZ Magazine www.szmagazine.com
- Suicide Prevention Resource Centre www.sprc.org
- Working Minds: suicide Prevention in the Workplace www.WorkingMinds.org
- World Health Organization. www.who.int
- Living Works www.livingworks.net .
Resources
Drawing from Life, an NFB film
A National Film Board documentary:
drawing from life - moving away from suicide towards life
A documentary – animation hybrid
How do people learn to live rather than to die? Drawing from Life follows a group therapy workshop for people who have attempted suicide more than once. A hybrid of vérité documentary and animation, this unusual film’s visual metaphors illuminate the thoughts and feelings of its participants. This candid portrayal of twelve people who together, for 20 weeks, take on their fears, their behaviours and their ghosts to move towards life and away from suicide. It’s a surprisingly uplifting and universal story about what it means to be alive.
Drawing from Life is a production of the National Film Board of Canada Filmmaker-in-Residence project, produced with the creative participa tion of Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology, Animation Arts Centre.
Study Guide is available for download at: www.nfb.ca/guides or directly here as a PDF document.
For more information: National Distribution 1-800-267-7710; USA Distribution 1-800-542-2164; International Distribution 1-514-283-9000
