On January 12, 2012, Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and Peter Penashue, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, announced funding for an initiative that aims to prevent suicide by rapidly gathering the best research on suicide prevention and making it available to community members and leaders who can put this information swiftly into action. The initiative is being carried out through the Evidence on Tap program by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Through a competitive, peer-reviewed process, CIHR will support teams of researchers that will review and analyze research evidence from across the globe on suicide prevention. Teams will be asked to specifically examine research on school and community-based approaches to suicide prevention, the role of media in preventing suicide, and interventions that focus on people at high risk for suicide. The teams will have six months to carry their work. They will be required to submit a report to CIHR and to hold a workshop to share their findings with stakeholders.
