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The Roots of Hope Nova Scotia website is a place to learn about suicide prevention and life promotion initiatives, resources, partnerships, and community-led projects happening across the province. Roots of Hope is a community-led model developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) that provides a framework for communities to build suicide prevention efforts around five pillars while adapting the approach to their own strengths, needs, and priorities.
In Nova Scotia, Roots of Hope is supported provincially through the Community Wellness and Supports portfolio of Nova Scotia Health Mental Health and Addictions. The Community Engagement Lead provides backbone support for Roots of Hope, helping communities and partners connect to resources, knowledge, training, and one another.
The projects and initiatives featured on this website are not all led, delivered, or owned by Nova Scotia Health, Roots of Hope, or the Mental Health Commission of Canada. They reflect the collective work of individuals, people with lived and living experience, community organizations, healthcare partners, and communities contributing to suicide prevention and life promotion across Nova Scotia.
Our role is to help make this work more visible, strengthen connections between those doing the work, and create opportunities for communities to learn from and support one another. We hope that seeing the ideas, partnerships, and community-led action happening across Nova Scotia will inspire others to imagine what is possible in their own communities. Whether you are a community member, an organization, or someone with lived or living experience, we invite you to explore, connect, share your ideas, and find your own way to contribute to creating hope and preventing suicide.
Evaluation is an important part of Roots of Hope. As much as we just want to roll up our sleeves and do the work, we want to stop and reflect to make sure what we are doing is having an impact. We also want to understand why and how our work is making a difference. Our efforts need to be thoughtful and mindful of the people we are working with and their time and capacity to support evaluation.
Learn how a small church in rural Nova Scotia is breaking down stigma in their community.
Building Life-Promoting, Peer-Led Suicide Prevention Capacity in 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities
Building local capacity and strengthens sustainable networks of suicide prevention through education.
Need to talk to someone about suicide? Caregivers can also use this service.
9-8-8: Suicide Crisis HelplineLanguages: French and EnglishHours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Text or call 1-800-668-6868 anytime. A safe, nonjudgmental space for kids, teens and young adults to talk about any issue including relationships, bullying and mental health.
1-877-330-6366 A non-profit peer support crisis support help line run by transgender and nonbinary individuals. It provides confidential anoymous emotional and financial support to trans or questioning people.
Free, confidential, and non urgent information referral service that connects people with social, community and government services in their region.
1-855-242-3310 Immediate mental health and crisis intervention support to all Indigenous peoples in Canada. It is free, confidential, and accessible 24/7
