In Toronto, there are 3 hospitals where survivors are directed to go in order to have a kit done:
1️⃣Women’s College Hospital [or one of their partner locations in which a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) travels between via taxi or ride share]…
In 2017, a teen approached a coworker & myself saying, “I don't want any help, I just wanted you to know that I am terminating my life. I want to thank you for always being welcoming & accepting of me, because most aren’t...” (a thread) #WorldSuicidePreventionDay@torontolibrary
My coworker & I still tried to provide him with some referrals to crisis lines, but he wouldn’t accept them. He just felt that we needed to know the positive impact we had on him, just by being ourselves, every time he walked into the branch, because he has always felt invisible
