Since 2018, communities across Canada have successfully used the Roots of Hope model to reduce the impact of suicide in their local contexts. Following its success at the community level, the Roots of Hope model has evolved to inform provinces and territories across Canada as they develop suicide prevention and life promotion strategies.

This case study presents key lessons, insights, and common patterns gleaned from in-depth interviews with individuals who are supporting the use of the Roots of Hope model at the provincial level in four Canadian provinces: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Given the unique context of each province, the Roots of Hope model has been leveraged in different ways to inform the development and implementation of provincial suicide prevention and life promotion strategies. This demonstrates the versatility of the model and confirms that there are many effective pathways to effectively utilize the Roots of Hope model and its pillars at the provincial/territorial scale.

This case study highlights:

• strategies for suicide prevention within each province and how the Roots of Hope model has been adapted to meet their needs
• conditions of readiness that set the stage for the creation of a provincial suicide prevention and life promotion strategy, including how the Roots of Hope model contributed
• benefits of aligning provincial strategies with the Roots of Hope model
• challenges and variations in the adoption of Roots of Hope at a provincial level

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