Partners & Funders
With Suicide Prevention Ottawa (SPO) you’ll find representatives from education, primary care, community health, justice, child welfare, peer support, and research all sitting at the same table working together to overcome the challenges our system faces in supporting people who are impacted by suicide.
That’s because when someone struggles with suicide, their need for support doesn’t end at school, or in their family doctor’s office. It extends to other areas of their lives where there are opportunities to identify risk, connect to informal and formal supports, and promote strength. This is why the SPO’s success relies on bringing disparate groups of people together to come up with comprehensive strategies to prevent suicide.
You are all welcome to join us as we work towards reducing the harmful impact of suicidal behavior in Ottawa. There are opportunities to join our working groups, attend events, receive information, or participate in other ways. Connect with the Coordinator of SPO to discuss what may fit best for you.
While not an exhaustive list, here are a few of the organizations that we have collaborated with in the past:
- Beareaved Family of Ontario – Ottawa
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Ottawa
- Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario
- Carleton University
- Centre Psychosocial
- Children’s Hospital Of Eastern Ontario
- Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Ottawa
- Coalition of Community Health and Resources Centres of Ottawa
- Conseil de Ecoles Public de l’Est de l’Ontario
- Conseil des Ecoles Catholique du Centre Est
- Crossroad’s Children’s Centre
- Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region
- DIFD
- Family Services Ottawa
- Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
- Individual caregiver and youth representatives
- La Cite Collegiale
- Mental Health Commission of Canada
- Montfort Hospital
- Ottawa Bullying Prevention Coalition
- Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health
- Ottawa Carleton District School Board
- Ottawa Catholic School Board
- Ottawa Child and Youth Initiative – Growing Up Great
- Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization OCISO
- Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre
- Ottawa Police Services
- Ottawa Public Health
- Parents Lifelines of Eastern Ontario
- The Royal Mental Health Centre
- United Way of Eastern Ontario/Centraide Est de l’Ontario
- University of Ottawa
- University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute
- YouthNet
- Youth Services Bureau
- Youville Centre