Why we chose suicide presentation
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. USask acknowledge the significance of this issue within our broader community and the importance of combatting stigma around mental illness generally. Lifeworks, USask’s employee and family assistance program (EFAP) provider has hosted the following presentation on the topic.
Join Mark Henick, an internationally recognized mental health strategist, advocate and speaker, for his presentation—Why we chose suicide.
With over six million views, Henick's TEDx talk, "Why We Choose Suicide," is among the most watched in the world. His story of searching for "the man in the light brown jacket'' who saved his life from a teenage suicide attempt captured global attention, and when he learned of products being sold on Amazon that promoted suicide, his successful online petition to have them removed garnered tens of thousands of signatures.
Henick has dedicated his life from an early age to opening minds and creating change. His talks are informed by his direct experience with stigma and the mental health care system, and he brings his diverse and unique perspective to every audience as someone who has been a patient, a professional, a policy influencer, and a public figure in the mental health system.