Nunavut calls inquest into record number of suicides

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Nunavut's government is also keen to move forward. "We welcome learning anything more that we can about the causes of suicides in terms of informing how we can move forward in supporting Nunavummiut and reducing the incidence of suicide," Lynn Ryan MacKenzie, executive director of Mental Health and Addictions for Nunavut's Department of Health told CMAJ. In calling the inquest, [Suramala] is following the example of Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner, which in 2011 released a review into a string of suicides in the Pikangikum First Nation. The review resulted in 100 recommendations for change. "This is going to serve a similar purpose, so that we can attract national attention and hopefully get more funds in order to implement many other facilities to help the youth suffering with mental health [conditions]," Suramala says. "It's very disheartening and overwhelming to see the families grieving for their loved ones lost," Suramala says. "We as coroners are also human beings and it is affecting us as well as the families and the rest of the population." NUNAVUT CANADA GENRE HOMME FEMME SUICIDE-COMPLÉTÉ INUIT FACTEUR-RISQUE PRÉVALENCE