Marginal and Proud Of It A veteran street social worker. A suicide crisis intervener working across the four corners of Canada and into the Arctic with the Inuit of Nunavik. Thirty conferences given in Europe on the theme of youth intervention. - 30 years of working with vulnerable youths; - 30 years of calling society into question; - 30 years of denouncing its inconsistencies. Marginal and Proud Of It, born of its author's audacity, are the memoirs and the tribulations of a community organization which would, over time, come to mark Quebec; a social testament that proposes we take a new look at our society. Marginal and Proud Of It, because in spending time among society's marginalized, you become a bit marginal yourself. In persevering in the intervention, against all odds, you become resolutely marginalized.

Depuis plus de 5 ans, Colin McGregor est chroniqueur en français pour le magazine d'information et de sensibilisation Reflet de Société. Colin a ensuite été le traducteur de deux livres, Quebec Suicide Prevention Handbook et Love in 3 D, leur permettant de passer du français à l'anglais. Maintenant Colin vient de publier son premier livre en solo, un roman, Teammates, en version originale anglophone. Teammates Three teenage friends on a college rugby team in the shrinking community of English Montreal - three friends each facing wildly different fates. This is the story of Bill Putnam, whose downward trajectory we first begin to trace in the late 1970s, and his friends Rudy and Max. Teammates, their paths will cross in ways they never dreamt of in the happier days of their youth.

One day, a friend told me a phrase. At the time, this phrase didn't apply to me. Subconsciously, it remained At the bottom of my mind, next to oblivion. Six months later, after my second suicide attempt, At the depths of my despair, This little phrase bubbled to the surface. This little phrase allowed me to take a first step A first step to ask for the help I needed. This book was written using a lot of little phrases. On a rainy day, if just one of those little phrases Rises to the surface of your conscious thoughts, This will have proved to be a worthwhile reading. Thank you all for your nice thoughts

There is no one set formula for why decent people come to consider suicide. Each comes to the edge of their personal cliff in their unique way. The journey a person takes from loss to suicide is for most people - especially for youth - the same down ward spiral. The trajectory is remarkably similar similar - and preventable, if help is offered soon enough, is caring, humane manner. Raymond Viger, writer, activist, is veteran of over 20 years working as a suicide prevention counselor in Montreal and in Quebec's for northern communities. His franch-language handbooks have helped thousands. To produce this English adaptation he teams with Colin McGregor, journalist and teacher, whose 23 years' experience as detainee in some of Canada's grimmest prisons lend this work depth. The knowledge and techniques in this handbook are meant to be used in any crisis situation: a valuable resource for interveners and sufferers alike.