Resilience Project: ASIST Carbonear - January 24 & 25

Resilience Project: Mental Health Education for Wildfire Impacted Communities

This fall as part of The Community Lifelines program, CMHA-NL is launching the Resilience Project to support members of our communities impacted by wildfires. Education and training to support mental health resilience and suicide prevention will be offered with no charge to community members, first responders, children and youth, sports groups & clubs, schools & teachers, community centers, and anyone else needing support in these geographic areas.

Date: January 24 & 25, 2026

Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (each day) with 1-hour for lunch, as well as morning and afternoon breaks. Meals are not provided.

Cost: No charge. This course is provided through The Resilience Project as part of The Community Lifelines Program. Registrants must be 16+.

Location: College of the North Atlantic, 4 Pike's Lane, Carbonear, NL A1Y 1A7

*Participants must be present for all topics in order to receive a course certificate

Please be advised that information covered in these training courses relates to the topic of mental health and suicide and maybe sensitive for some participants. If you have been recently bereaved by suicide or feel that now is not the right time for you to participate in this training, please consider your well-being before registering for or attending a session.

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ABOUT THIS COURSE

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day, in-person workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations. You’ll learn how to recognize when someone may be thinking about suicide, and how to provide a skilled intervention and develop a safety plan with the person to connect them to further support. You will also consider how personal and community attitudes about suicide affect someone’s openness to seek help and your ability to provide it. This workshop will increase your willingness, confidence, and capacity to provide suicide first aid.

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PLEASE NOTE:

• Seats will not be reserved without completed registration.

• Certificates will only be issued to participants who complete all course hours and required work.

• The facilitator reserves the right to remove any participant from the training session or to terminate the session entirely if any individual(s) engages in inappropriate, disruptive, or harmful behavior that creates an unsafe learning space. Inappropriate behavior includes but is not limited to harassment, discrimination, disruptive actions, or failure to adhere to the session’s safe space guidelines. The facilitator’s decision to remove a participant or end the session is final, and no refunds or compensation will be provided in such cases.

• CMHA-NL reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any course. Notice will be given to those registered