Join us for this informative, one-hour webinar where we will demystify and destigmatize talking about suicide. This session will explore some common suicide myths, how to use destigmatizing language when talking about suicide, and some essential tools to respond to someone who discloses thoughts of suicide.
Maria Weaver is a skilled and enthusiastic leader, educator, and facilitator with many years of experience across sectors including higher education, non-profit, and community health. With her experience working front-line and later managing a crisis line, she is adept and compassionate in providing crisis de-escalation, mental health promotion and suicide prevention training and education. Maria works for the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division as the Associate Director, Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion.