Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. It is by far the most widely used, acclaimed, and researched suicide intervention training workshop in the world. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don’t need any formal training to attend the workshop—anyone 18 or older can learn and use the ASIST model. This workshop is valid for 14 Class ‘A’ Continuing Competency credits for Social Workers.

Upcoming Dates

In-person two-day workshops are hosted at CMHA-Edmonton or on the University of Alberta campus and run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Please note that pre-registration is required.

May 2026

May 7, 8: University of Alberta Campus: Student Union Building: Jupiter & Orion Rooms

May 14, 15: CMHA Edmonton: 10232 – 106 St. NW

May 21, 22: University of Alberta Campus: Student Union Building: Orion Room

June 2026

June 4, 5: University of Alberta Campus: Student Union Building: Marigold & Orion Rooms

June 11, 12: University of Alberta Campus: Student Union Building: Cascade Room

June 15,16: CMHA Edmonton: 10232 – 106 St. NW

July 2026

July 9, 10: CMHA Edmonton: 10232 – 106 St. NW

July 30, 31: University of Alberta Campus: Student Union Building: Cascade Room

August 2026

August 6, 7: CMHA Edmonton: 10232-106 NW

August 20, 21: CMHA Edmonton: 10232 – 106 St. NW 

August 27, 28: CMHA Edmonton: 10232 – 106 St. NW

September 2026

September 17,18: CMHA Edmonton: 10232 – 106 St. NW

September 24, 25: University of Alberta Campus: Student Union Building: Cascade Room

October 2026

October 15,16: University of Alberta Campus: Student Union Building: Cascade Room

October 29, 30: CMHA Edmonton: 10232 – 106 St. NW

November 2026

November 5, 6: University of Alberta Campus: Student Union Building: Cascade Room

November 19, 20: CMHA Edmonton: CMHA Edmonton: 10232 – 106 St. NW 

December 2026

December 10, 11: University of Alberta Campus: Student Union Building: Cascade Room

December 17, 18: CMHA Edmonton: CMHA Edmonton: 10232 – 106 St. NW

Fee

The course fee is $300 per person, and lunch is not included. Please note that a $50.00 fee applies if you need to transfer to another date, and a $50.00 fee will be deducted from any refund in the event of cancellation.

Bursaries / Funding:
Admission fees for courses will be waived for organizations that specialize in immigration/refugee work and/or youth services until the available funding has been fully allocated.

If this applies to you, please contact us at strongercommunities@cmha-edmonton.ab.ca to register.

Registration

Preregistration is required: space will not be reserved without payment. To register, please fill out the online registration form below.

Alternately, you may download Workshop Registration Form (.DOC). You can mail completed form to 10232 – 106 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1H7; email it to strongercommunities@cmha-edmonton.ab.ca.

*NOTE: If you are unable to be present for all hours of the workshop, you will not receive your certification. You cannot re-take the missed time and will be required to re-take the entire workshop, at your expense, in order to receive your certification.

Locations: Workshops will be held in 2 locations. The workshops held at CMHA will be held at 10232 – 106 St. NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1H7. Workshops held at the University of Alberta location will be in the Cascade, Juniper, Orion, and Marigold roomson the lower level of the Student Union Building. Please click here for a map of the Student Union Building, and refer to page 2. For parking information for the workshops held at the University of Alberta, please click here for a PDF map.

Cancellation Policy: CMHA-ER reserves the right to cancel workshops if minimum registration numbers are not met or if weather does not permit; in the event that CMHA-ER elects to cancel a workshop, full refunds will be issued.

If a participant cancels their registration, a $50.00 cancellation fee will apply. If a participant cancels their registration fewer than 2 business days prior to the workshop, no refund will be issued.

Transfer Policy: If a participant chooses to transfer workshop dates, a $50.00 transfer fee will apply. A transfer will not be accepted if the workshop is less than 48 hours away. Once you have transferred, you will be unable to cancel your registration at a later date.

Prices may be changed at any time without further notice. We reserve the right to change our workshop prices at any time without further notice.

Prices listed in any other websites may not be correct. We cannot always control when other sites are updated: we reserve the right not to accept a price listed on a site other than our own.

Scent-Reduced Workplace: For the health and consideration of our visitors, program participants, volunteers, and staff, we respectfully ask that when you visit our offices, to please avoid the use of:

• Perfumes/colognes
• Hand creams/body lotions
• Heavily-scented beauty products