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Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.25,0:00:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it can be said\Nthat everybody knows somebody
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.25,0:00:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has thought about suicide,\Nover the course of their life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.50,0:00:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or has perhaps attempted suicide\Nor has died from suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.25,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or perhaps you know people\Nwho have supported a suicidal friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.04,0:00:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe you know someone\Nwho has been bereaved
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.26,0:00:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following a suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.75,0:00:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The World Health Organisation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.26,0:01:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,informs us that over the course of a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.50,0:01:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are more deaths by suicide
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.25,0:01:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than deaths from terrorist acts\Nfrom homicides,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.79,0:01:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from all the wars put together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.75,0:01:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unbelievable, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.04,0:01:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these statistics hide\Nthe real human tragedies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.25,0:01:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the news regularly brings us\Nthese human tragedies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.25,0:01:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it is the suicide\Nof adolescent boys or girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.79,0:01:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have been victims of bullying,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.25,0:01:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it is the suicide of older\Npeople who die alone and lonely,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.79,0:01:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether it is the suicide of soldiers,\Nexhausted by their post-traumatic stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.79,0:01:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The American army\Nhas said that in recent years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.25,0:01:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more soldiers have died of suicide\Nthan have died in combat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.79,0:01:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to hear these realities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.75,0:01:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Quebec, The National Institute\Nof Public Health
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.76,0:02:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recently revealed their data for 2011.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.25,0:02:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2011, in Quebec,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.40,0:02:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,28,000 Québécois people\Nattempted suicide,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.50,0:02:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 1,105 Québécois people\Ntook their own lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.75,0:02:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1,105 human tragedies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.25,0:02:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three per day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.75,0:02:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people who die through suicide\Nare men,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.54,0:02:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80% are men,\Nmost of them are adults,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.25,0:02:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who leave behind them\Nmore human tragedies:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.25,0:02:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,partners, children, parents,\Nbrothers, sisters, friends, colleagues,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.24,0:02:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to understand why.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.50,0:02:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine that you are asking\Nyourselves, "But why?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.25,0:02:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the answer to that question\Nis extremely complex.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.25,0:02:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there is no one reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.04,0:02:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no one cause,\Nthere is no one way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.75,0:03:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People come to suicide\Nby many different paths
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.25,0:03:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is one common\Nfactor among suicidal people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.96,0:03:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is that these people\Nare not seeking death,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.75,0:03:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely not,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.25,0:03:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are looking for a way\Nto end their suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.25,0:03:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come to a point in their life,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.50,0:03:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where their suffering becomes intolerable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.00,0:03:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A suffering that they carry with them\Nfor weeks, months and years,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.63,0:03:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes lifetimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.50,0:03:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but these people come to a point,\Nwhere their suffering is unbearable,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.54,0:03:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and each of them is looking for\Na way to stop their suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.79,0:03:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come to believe they will never be\Nable to change their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.25,0:03:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, a life which is very different\Nfrom one to the next.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.75,0:03:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how have these people,\Nwho all end up at the same point,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.75,0:03:55.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.00,0:03:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how have they had such varied journeys?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.75,0:04:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see the journeys of people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.29,0:04:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose lives do not get off to\Na great start, from the very beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.54,0:04:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those who face up\Nto lots of adversity very early on:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.50,0:04:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separations, losses, foster homes,\Nviolence, abandonment, and so on,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.75,0:04:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we get the impression these people\Nare on some kind of path,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.04,0:04:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which goes from bad to worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.00,0:04:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these people eventually develop\Nmental health problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.79,0:04:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are essentially an expression\Nof the suffering they are living through,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.25,0:04:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they often commit suicide,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.04,0:04:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people who are\Nsomewhat characterized by this path,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.75,0:04:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are those who commit suicide\Nthe earliest often as young adults,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.54,0:04:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exhausted by suffering,\Nby disappointments, and by adversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.27,0:04:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another kind of path,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.75,0:05:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the path of those whose lives\Nbegin relatively well,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.50,0:05:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in kind and caring families,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.46,0:05:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they meet adversity\Nmuch later on in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.25,0:05:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often in the form of several events\Nthat happen over a short space of time
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.79,0:05:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that happen one after the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.25,0:05:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that drag that person into a spiral\Nwhere they feel discouraged
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.50,0:05:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can no longer bring themselves\Nto believe that their life could change.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.21,0:05:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often people on this kind of path\Ncommit suicide
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.04,0:05:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they are going through a separation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.96,0:05:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps with one of the last people\Nthey still have a bond with.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.29,0:05:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another path is that of people\Nwho carry within themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.04,0:05:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a certain vulnerability,\Na certain malaise,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.25,0:05:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they find it difficult to live\Nand feel well in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.08,0:05:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At times, those people\Nwho live with this malaise
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.71,0:06:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will keep it a secret,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.50,0:06:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will live without ever\Ntalking to anyone about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.50,0:06:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even worse, sometimes,\Nthey will play the clown
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.79,0:06:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give the impression\Nthat everything is OK,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.25,0:06:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to make themselves believe\Nthat everything is going OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.51,0:06:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these people will hope
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.25,0:06:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one day their difficulties\Nwill disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.25,0:06:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when these people commit suicide
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.75,0:06:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exhausted, as all their energy\Nhas been gradually frittered away,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.50,0:06:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they commit suicide,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.50,0:06:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they leave around them\Na group of loved ones who are stunned,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.75,0:06:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who do not understand how it has happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.92,0:06:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that person has committed suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.75,0:06:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine that as I describe\Nthese different paths,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.54,0:06:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I have just done,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.08,0:06:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be asking yourselves,\N"So are these paths inevitable then?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.76,0:06:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there nothing to be done?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.26,0:07:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Far from it, really, far from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.51,0:07:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.75,0:07:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can change\Nthe course of suicidal paths.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.50,0:07:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, in Quebec, since the beginning\Nof the millennium,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.25,0:07:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rates of death by suicide\Nhave fallen to 25-30%
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.77,0:07:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How has this happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.50,0:07:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well the ministry established a national\Npolicy, at the beginning of the millennium
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.50,0:07:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the prevention of suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.04,0:07:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is a national policy?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.75,0:07:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is made up of several initiatives,\Nand many initiatives have been set up,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.96,0:07:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as raising awareness\Nof mental health problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.25,0:07:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning campaigns across\Nthe country giving people insight
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.25,0:07:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the signs and symptoms of depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.79,0:07:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there is a difference\Nbetween Sunday evening blues,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.08,0:07:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a passing pessimism,\Nand a state which persists, which stays,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.50,0:07:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which may not change\Nof its own accord,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.26,0:08:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which requires professional help.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.25,0:08:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often people don't make\Nthe distinction between one and the other
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.79,0:08:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continue to think\Nthat these difficulties
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.01,0:08:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will take care of themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.50,0:08:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But from the moment we identify\Nthat we are having this kind of problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.04,0:08:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that a loved one is having\Nthis kind of problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.25,0:08:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is important to seek professional help.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.50,0:08:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second problem across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.50,0:08:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps you know people\Nwho don't like to go to the doctors,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.75,0:08:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you will not be surprised
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.50,0:08:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I tell you that lots of men,\Nlots of young men,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.00,0:08:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not want to go to the doctors
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.25,0:08:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they won't go to a doctor\Nfor help with their mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.50,0:08:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in fact, that is often the barrier.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.75,0:08:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the barrier is not\Nalways access to help,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.50,0:08:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the acceptability of getting help.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.50,0:08:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we can change that aspect\Nthat stigma around getting help,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.50,0:09:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe we can help a few\Nmore people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.75,0:09:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another initiative has been\Ntraining first points of call:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.75,0:09:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doctors, nurses, psychologists,\Nsocial workers, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.75,0:09:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to quickly identify, the symptoms\Nof mental health and addiction problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.21,0:09:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as early as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.75,0:09:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that two main problems\Nare associated with suicide,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.58,0:09:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are extremely common\Nand play a big role
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.50,0:09:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depression and addiction,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.04,0:09:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the fact that we know very well\Nhow to treat those problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.25,0:09:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another initiative has been
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.86,0:09:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to secure suicidal locations.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.00,0:09:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By adding safety measures to bridges
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.96,0:09:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to avoid people jumping from a hight,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.76,0:09:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.25,0:09:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the mandatory regulation of firearms
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.75,0:09:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we know\Nthat a firearm in the home
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.75,0:10:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly in a home\Nwhere vulnerable people live,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.77,0:10:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increases the risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.25,0:10:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes to means\Nand locations for suicide,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.54,0:10:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do we have complete control\Nof these situations?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.03,0:10:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely not.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.21,0:10:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can still do certain things,\Nwe can encourage pharmaceutical companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.50,0:10:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they put their products on sale,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.67,0:10:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly those\Nwhich don't require a prescription,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.29,0:10:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sell them in smaller doses
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.50,0:10:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they have done in England\Nsince around the year 2000.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.50,0:10:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can also encourage car manufacturers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.25,0:10:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put a device in car engines\Nto make the engine stop
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.25,0:10:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there is a certain level\Nof carbon monoxide inside the car.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.71,0:10:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also actions\Nthat are part of national policy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.25,0:10:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make the media aware\Nof their social impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.25,0:10:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know, many test\Nand studies have shown,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.22,0:10:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when a famous person dies,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.75,0:11:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or when someone dies dramatically,\Nor dies by suicide,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.25,0:11:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the media do not report\Nit in socially sensitive way,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.25,0:11:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we observe an increase
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.96,0:11:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the following weeks and months,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.51,0:11:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of suicide attempts.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.50,0:11:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, by imitation, people\Nwill do the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.51,0:11:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as that celebrity.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.25,0:11:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is important\Nthat the media becomes aware
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.52,0:11:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it's social impact,\Nand the effect of its social message,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.01,0:11:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we talk about suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.75,0:11:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have also tried to monitor people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.00,0:11:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have attempted suicide\Nmore closely,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.50,0:11:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people who have attempted suicide
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.25,0:11:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are at a higher risk\Nof making a second attempt.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.25,0:11:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have we tried everything?\NIs our work already done?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.75,0:11:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely not.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.25,0:11:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that if we want to go further,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.75,0:11:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we want to decrease\Nthe rate of suicide even further,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.25,0:11:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is now going to take\Nthe everybody's cooperation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.75,0:11:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just ministries\Nand not just a few people taking action,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.75,0:11:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of you, all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.25,0:12:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because suicide must become\Neveryone's business.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.25,0:12:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, in this room,\Nis anyone a business owner?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.79,0:12:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you own a business,\Nwhat you can do every year,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.75,0:12:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to develop awareness campaigns\Nabout mental health problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.25,0:12:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can set up mentorship programs\Nin your businesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.96,0:12:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your employees are gifted\Nwith excellent social skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.50,0:12:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offer a training program\Nso that those employees
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.25,0:12:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can go to those people in your company
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.50,0:12:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who aren't doing so well,\Nto offer them help.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.50,0:12:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take it upon\Nyourself to take action,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.50,0:12:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go further than you normally would,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.50,0:12:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you meet someone\Nwho is suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.25,0:12:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone who is on a path of life\Nwhich leads them to suicidal thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.50,0:12:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than seeing a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.54,0:13:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be moved by the difficult path\Nthat this person has followed,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.50,0:13:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let them see how their strength\Nis touching to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.25,0:13:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let your confidence\Nthat their situation can improve
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.24,0:13:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give them confidence too.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.50,0:13:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through this link with other people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.96,0:13:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we make their pain and their suffering\Nhumanly bearable.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.75,0:13:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you work with children,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.25,0:13:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we all know that sometimes\Nwe think of childhood as an idyllic time,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.75,0:13:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though we know that children\Ndo live through tragedies
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.50,0:13:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sadness, and disappointment.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.25,0:13:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can very early on in life, teach\Nchildren to see themselves differently,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.75,0:13:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can teach them to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.50,0:13:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that life is not made up\Nonly of moments of happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.50,0:13:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there will be times of sadness,\Nover the course of our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.50,0:13:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can teach them how to get\Npast those moments of sadness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.25,0:14:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in our personal lives too,\Nwe can take all kinds of action,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.75,0:14:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes, what can seem\Nlike a very simple act,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.25,0:14:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can have a great impact\Nin other people's lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.50,0:14:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, my colleague Yao Assogba,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.25,0:14:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was a tutor\Nat the University of Quebec in Ottawa,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.25,0:14:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost his son, a few years ago,\Nfollowing a suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.75,0:14:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He and his wife Andrée\Nwent through a terrible time,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.50,0:14:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they decided to set up a foundation,\Nthe Lani Foundation named after their son.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.25,0:14:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This foundation helps vulnerable\Nyoung people, young people in difficulty,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.50,0:14:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offering grants so that young people\Ncan fulfil their dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.46,0:14:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by their action, Yao, Andrée,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.00,0:14:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their friends\Nwho raise funds for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.25,0:14:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,create contexts\Nfor changing suicidal paths.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.96,0:14:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A colleague of mine, Mélanie,\Na Swiss colleague who came to Quebec
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.75,0:15:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work with us for a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.04,0:15:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had been trained in suicide prevention\Nwhile she was in Quebec,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.50,0:15:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was on her way home one evening,\Nshe was coming home from work,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.04,0:15:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was on a bridge,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.00,0:15:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while she was crossing\Nhe bridge to get back home,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.00,0:15:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she saw a woman on the bridge\Nwho was behaving strangely.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.75,0:15:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she slowed down,\Nshe moved slowly towards the woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.27,0:15:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the barrier.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.04,0:15:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the woman moved closer,\Nand more dangerously towards the barrier.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.79,0:15:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Mélanie moved towards her,\Nand she saw that the woman was crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.25,0:15:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when she saw that the woman\Nwas crying, Mélanie started crying too,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.54,0:15:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moved by that woman's suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.79,0:15:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the woman, seeing\Nthat a stranger was crying next to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.25,0:15:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not knowing whether she was crying\Nfor her or with her,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.25,0:15:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took Mélanie into her arms.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.29,0:15:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mélanie called a taxi,\Nand took the woman to A&E,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.00,0:16:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and called the woman's family\Nwhen she arrived at the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.96,0:16:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe that evening, by her actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.83,0:16:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mélanie offered that woman\Na turning point.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.74,0:16:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caroline, before studying psychology,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.25,0:16:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heard from a friend that her mum,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.50,0:16:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had health problems,\Nchronic health problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.75,0:16:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes thought about suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.75,0:16:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gathering up her courage,\None evening Caroline
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.96,0:16:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought up the question of suicide\Nwith her mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.52,0:16:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who confirmed\Nthat she had thought about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.76,0:16:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she wanted to commit suicide,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.63,0:16:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that she no longer wanted\Nher daughter to stop her,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.63,0:16:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she didn't want\Nto be taken to the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.25,0:16:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her mother told her,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.21,0:16:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you take me to the hospital,\NI won't talk to you again."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.54,0:16:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Caroline told her, "It would be\Nbetter if you stopped speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.98,0:16:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you could always change your mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.79,0:16:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you commit suicide\Nyou can never change your mind."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.54,0:16:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jean-François, who took part in a study,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.00,0:16:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I'm going to call him Jean-François -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.87,0:17:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who took part in a study ´\Nthat I was conducting,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.25,0:17:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told us that during a certain time\Nin his life,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.00,0:17:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was going through a difficult time,\Na bitter divorce with his partner,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.75,0:17:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he didn't see his children any more
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.50,0:17:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had the impression that his life\Nhad become a failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.25,0:17:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was angry, upset, depressed, suicidal,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.25,0:17:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one day, one morning,\Nwhen he was at work,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.25,0:17:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his supervisor came over to him
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.25,0:17:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "Listen. I know\Nthings aren't going well at the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.25,0:17:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to stop what you're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.17,0:17:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to go to the hospital,\Nand see a doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.63,0:17:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take this, and call this place."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.50,0:17:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he gave him a pamphlet\Nfor a community organisation,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.50,0:17:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which helps men who are going\Nthrough the difficulties of separation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.50,0:17:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Jean-François told us that not only\Ndid the actions of his supervisor
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.50,0:17:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the actions\Nof the community organisation
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.26,0:17:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help him to find a turning point,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.50,0:17:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they saved his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.79,0:18:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't have\Nthis kind of opportunity in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.25,0:18:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can still write,\Nyou can sign petitions,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.21,0:18:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can write to your local MP,\Nyou can write to your health ministers,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.13,0:18:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can write to the Prime Minister\Nof Quebec and of Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.25,0:18:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell them\Nthat we are holding on to life,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.75,0:18:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because life is important,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.75,0:18:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want our governments to take on\Nnational programs for suicide prevention.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.54,0:18:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if all our concerted actions,\Nhelp just one person,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.79,0:18:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if all our actions\Ncontribute to helping one person,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.25,0:18:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contribute to changing\Nthe suicidal path of a person,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.25,0:18:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then all our actions\Nwill have been worthwhile.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.50,0:18:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.53,0:18:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)