As the anniversary of six youths’ suicides approaches in northern Saskatchewan, the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is working on strategies to prevent it from happening again.
One of them is an effort to educate mental health workers, teachers, parents, and youth on the dangerous side of social media.
A Connecticut company, Welcome 2 Reality, has begun to hold monthly sessions in La Ronge on how social media influences today’s youth as well as providing tips to help children critically analyze the media they consume.