Origins of this Website

This website was developed from a research project funded by Transport Canada in 2009 – 2013 and includes our research results and research from other studies around the world. It is maintained by the Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide, Ethical Issues and End-of-Life Practices (CRISE) at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).

Last update: August 2018

Objectives

To provide railway stakeholders from Canada and around the world with relevant scientific information to improve prevention of railway fatalities and reduce their impact on employees
To promote sharing of information among railway network stakeholders regarding suicide prevention and support for employees
To encourage and support the development of evidence based suicide prevention practices
To encourage and support the development of evidence based support and trauma prevention practices
To encourage and support the evaluation of practices in order to improve practices and insure continuing quality control