Darien Thira - The Cure for Suicide

"Out of the box and into the circle", stated Darien Thira. This week, Darien Thira was hosting a workshop in Thunder Bay at Dilico. The goal was helping to spread the word that there is a cure for the epidemic of suicide on Canada's First Nations communities.

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Theri states that, "Aboriginal youth, living on a reserve are six times more likely to die by suicide than their non-native peers".

The youth, Thira says, "Share a sense of isolation, a shortage of healthy role models, prejudice from others, and often themselves, and a lack of resources. It makes sense that their suicide rate is so high".