WARNING: This story contains details of suicide and may impact those who know someone affected by it.
Leadership with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) held an emergency meeting with federal officials after a string of recent youth suicides and unexplained deaths in First Nations across northwestern Ontario.
On Wednesday in Ottawa, the meeting to discuss the crisis and look at solutions included members of NAN’s executive committee, chiefs from northern Ontario and health experts, and Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Grand Chief Cindy Woodhouse and Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare were there as well.
Listing 13 recent deaths, including the suicide of a 12-year-old, NAN Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler
