One hundred local students polled in May 2021 Communities That Care survey said they had seriously considered suicide over the prior year
“I’ll be very honest with you, these stats really scare me. They’re quite concerning in terms of mental health within our corridor.”
That’s one of the messages Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS) executive director Jackie Dickinson imparted on Whistler’s mayor and council Tuesday, Aug. 2., when she appeared in front of the Committee of the Whole to present the results of Communities That Care (CTC) Whistler’s 2021 Prevention Needs Assessment Survey.
The anonymous survey of Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton public school students in Grades 6 through 12 was conducted in School District 48 classrooms and at Lil’wat Nation’s Xet’ólacw Community School in May 2021, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The results of the Whistler survey, which polled a total of 568 local students, were released in a report last week
