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Between 1999 and 2000, 7 British Columbia communities participated as demonstration sites for suicide prevention initiatives. The goal was to identify planning and communication requirements, local leadership characteristics, community level partnerships, and infrastructure needs that best facilitate a comprehensive and community-wide approach to youth suicide prevention. this project also sought to help communities begin the process of applying best practices and to undertake research that could improve the understanding of what worked in their community. The best practice strategies included skill building, peer helping, youth participation, suicide awareness education, school and community gatekeeper training, system wide protocols, and community development. One of the most important findings within the communities was the power of simply bringing youth suicide into the open as a topic appropriate for public discussion. "Permission" to discuss suicide can reduce tensions, facilitate communication, and help young people get the help they need. The report concludes with a discussion of the lessons learned from the project, and points for consideration in implementing best practice strategies and in developing the next phase of this project. (JDM)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert