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Rape Survivor Daisy Coleman, of Netflix Doc, Dies by Suicide at 23, Leaves Important SafeBAE Legacy

Rape Survivor Daisy Coleman, of Netflix Doc, Dies by Suicide at 23, Leaves Important SafeBAE Legacy Daisy Colement: photo credit: Facebook, 2019.Catherine "Daisy" Coleman, a rape survivor whose story was told in the 2016 Netflix documentary Audrie & Daisy, and co-founder of the comprehensive SafeBAE (Safe Before Anyone Else) focusing on ending sexual…

Party For The Late Martin Streek To Benefit Canadian Cancer Society

Party For The Late Martin Streek To Benefit Canadian Cancer Society DJ Martin Streek took his own life in 2009 — photo credit: Martin Streek Tribute Facebook. Friends of late Toronto DJ Martin Streek, a fixture on 102.1 The Edge for 25 years, 17 of those on-air, are throwing “A Party For Marty” on Sept. 6 at Toronto’s Opera House to celebrate the man…

Imagine Dragons Seize Moment at Billboard Music Awards to Ask 34 States to Ban Conversion Therapy

Imagine Dragons Seize Moment at Billboard Music Awards to Ask 34 States to Ban Conversion Therapy Imagine Dragons at 2019 Billboard Music Awards — photo credit: screenshot. Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds came fully prepared with a strong message when his band won the Billboard Music Award for top rock artist tonight (May 1) in their hometown of…

Midnight Shine's New Video Tackles Suicide, Depression Crisis In Far North

Midnight Shine's New Video Tackles Suicide, Depression Crisis In Far North Midnight Shine lead singer Adrian Sutherland inNorthern Ontario rock band Midnight Shine's new video "I Need Angels" is shining a light on the high rate of depression and suicide in Canada's Far North. Hailing from Attawapiskat, a remote Indigenous community on the western…

New Shawnee Song "Warrior Heart" to Support We Matter Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention

New Shawnee Song "Warrior Heart" to Support We Matter Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention Shawnee — photo by Jo JohnsonCanadian Mohawk singer Shawnee is using her new song "Warrior Heart" to support the prevention of suicides among indigenous youth. Proceeds from the newly released song will go towards We Matter, a national campaign designed to…

Q&A: Film Director Adam Garnet Jones Explores Unique First Nations Theme

Q&A: Film Director Adam Garnet Jones Explores Unique First Nations Theme Director Adam Garnet Jones — photo courtesy of Wolfe Video..Fire Song, by Canadian writer and director Adam Garnet Jones, is an LGBT drama never told before on screen and it is one that goes above and beyond the focus of sexuality. Released today (Nov. 8) on DVD and video-on-…

Donations Can Be Made in Memory of The Jellyfish Project’s Daniel Kingsbury, Dead at 28

Donations Can Be Made in Memory of The Jellyfish Project’s Daniel Kingsbury, Dead at 28 The late Daniel Kingsbury gives a talk about The Jellyfish Project — photo credit: from Facebook.The world's oceans have lost one of their protectors. The Jellyfish Project’s co-founder and former Mindil Beach singer Daniel Kingsbury, a staunch environmental advocate,…

Ex NHL Goalie Clint Malarchuk: Mental Illness Is Tough Opponent

Ex NHL Goalie Clint Malarchuk: Mental Illness Is Tough Opponent Clint Malarchuk pictured here from the 1986-87 Rendez-Vous All-Star series — photo courtesy of Harper Collins Canada.Former professional hockey player Clint Malarchuk almost died on the ice during a game between the Buffalo Sabres and St. Louis Blues on March 22, 1989. Malarchuk, the Sabres…

Carrie Borzillo Would Refocus Nirvana Book on Suicide, Mental Health

Carrie Borzillo Would Refocus Nirvana Book on Suicide, Mental Health Author/journalist Carrie Borzillo holding Aidan at the Lange Foundation, a non-profit shelter in Culver City, CA that saves animals from kill shelters and gives them a home for life if it's not adopted.Award-winning music journalist and author Carrie Borzillo has come to a point in her…

My Little Pony Art For Suicidal Bullied 11-Year-Old Michael Morones

My Little Pony Art For Suicidal Bullied 11-Year-Old Michael Morones 11-year-old Michael Morones is recovering from a suicide attempt after being bullied for his love of My Little Pony — photo from Facebook.Fine artist Paul Richmond, co-founder of the art-as-therapy anti-bullying You Will Rise Project, identified with Michael Morones, the 11-year-old fan…

Todd Simko's Widow Opens Dialogue About Depression, Mental Illness, Suicide

Todd Simko's Widow Opens Dialogue About Depression, Mental Illness, Suicide Minna and Todd Simko, New Year's Eve, 2002.Minna Simko knew little about mental illness when her husband, Vancouver musician and producer Todd Simko, best know for his tenure in the pop band Pure, committed suicide last year. He was just 45. The young woman with an eight-year…

"What Do You Think About The Amanda Todd Tragedy?" StreetSmartz Founder Urges Parents To Ask Their Kids

"What Do You Think About The Amanda Todd Tragedy?" StreetSmartz Founder Urges Parents To Ask Their Kids A Street Smart Kid urges Facebookers to 'like' the program's page.On October 13, Steven Baird, managing director of Street Smart Kidz, took to the online comments section of a Vancouver Sun article on Amanda Todd to write a message that seems…

Our Lady Peace Helps Boxing Legend Knock Sense Into Kids

Our Lady Peace Helps Boxing Legend Knock Sense Into Kids (L to R): Duncan Coutts, Raine Maida, George Chuvalo, Eric Lawrence, Steve Mazur, Jeremy Taggart — (photo credit: Luther Mallory)Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace will be donating a lump sum to boxing legend and public speaker George Chuvalo’s charity, which allows him to speak to young people about…

The Bully Project: More Than Just A Film

The Bully Project: More Than Just A Film American director Lee Hirsch and producer Cynthia Lowen, whose timely and riveting — and heart breaking — documentary The Bully Project follows the lives of five bullied children and their families, hopes the film will not only be a teaching tool at schools across North America, but that it starts a whole anti-bullying movement, also called The Bully…