The 2nd Annual Suicide Prevention Conference is starting today in Sheshatshiu.
The Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation is hosting their Annual Suicide Prevention Conference in their community today Jan. 21st to January 25th.
This conference is held for an hour a day for 4 days and is open to anyone who’d like to attend.
Training and workshops at the conference in Sheshatshiu will include a variety of topics ranging from Mental Health First Aid to One-on-One Counselling; from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) to Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).
Former NHL Jordin Tootoo, who is the very first Inuk hockey player who recently retired from playing in the National Hockey League, will also be one of the guest speakers at this Suicide Prevention conference in Sheshatshiu.
The Nunatsiavut Group of Companies are sponsoring a trip for Jordin Tootoo to visit the North Coast Communities.
He will be traveling to Nain this week on Thursday, January 24th, and will hold a Hockey Camp with the Nain Minor Hockey Program at the Nain Husky Centre and will be open for the public at 7:30pm.
Tootoo will also be also holding a minor hockey program in Makkovik at the Makkovik Arena on Friday, January 25th, at 3:30pm.