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Please note, we are working through a backlog of event requests and are accepting limited event requests at this time.
This is an interactive workshop or presentation about mental health in farming using case studies and examples (e.g., depression, anxiety, burnout, substance use). The goals: improve mental health literacy, increase confidence speaking about mental health, improve knowledge of resources available. Sessions are usually 60 min but can be adapted. Please contact us about cost.
FARM MENTAL HEALTH 101
This peer-to-peer workshop is designed specifically for farmers to provide and strengthen their coping strategies when dealing with everyday challenges on the farm. This session provides practical tools to manage stress, build resilience, and support your well-being and that of your family, employees, and community. Sessions are usually 60 minutes but can be adapted. Please contact us about cost.
RESILIENCE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
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Suicide Awareness and Prevention
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Recent Canadian research confirms that 1 in 4 farmers have had thoughts of suicide in 2021, much higher than in the general Canadian population. Farmers are believed to be at high risk for suicide because of isolated working conditions, access to lethal means, high levels of financial risk and uncertainty, seasonality of work, and lack of access to support.
The topic of suicide has become more common in both our personal and professional lives with the added risk factors due to COVID-19. Adults, youth, employees, rural and urban workers and their families may be struggling.
AgKnow has partnered with Abridge Consulting to create two customized suicide awareness and prevention workshops for Alberta’s agriculture industry.
These workshops can be delivered in person or virtually by trained AgKnow facilitators and will be offered on a fee-for-service basis beginning in the fall of 2023. Sign up to get on our waitlist to host an event for your community, business or association by filling out the form below. Requests will be added to a waiting list and delivered in the order received.
HOst: Intro to Suicide Prevention for Ag
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This agriculture-specific suicide awareness and prevention workshop is a 90-minute webinar that will provide participants with a general understanding of suicide risk in the community and workplace. This workshop provides four (4) steps for on-the-farm/on-the-job suicide prevention. The trainer will provide information, tools, and resources and act out scenarios relevant to the agriculture industry. After this workshop, participants will have the basic tools to know how to prepare, respond, inform, and debrief when encountering a person with thoughts of suicide in the community or their workplace.
HOst: Building Suicide-Safer Ag Community
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This workshop package is suitable for farms and agriculture businesses and associations with multiple employees looking to build a culture of suicide awareness, support, and safety. Training is one layer that builds toward a safer community and workplace.
The workshop is conducted over eight days and includes:
An introductory 1-hour live session to explain the benefits of suicide prevention in the agriculture industry, introduce key resources and set expectations.
“Start” – a 90 minute online self-directed course by LivingWorks; participants have one week to complete on their own time.
A 1-hour debrief session to discuss your experience, provide feedback, ask questions, review resources, and learn how to apply the learning in your professional and personal life.
This workshop can be delivered in person, virtually or as a hybrid.
The goal is to reduce stress and build confidence when it comes to supporting people with thoughts of suicide and build a suicide-safer community.
The Agknow trainer leads both live sessions, coordinates the “Start” course licences for participants, and emails participants with key resources and messages.
NOTE: Participants have an individual “Start” license and can access the course on demand for one year. Participants also receive a certificate of completion.
Participant Time: 2 x 60 mins facilitated sessions plus 90 mins self directed learning = 3.5 hours total over 1 week.
Participants: Max 25 per group.
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SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION WORKSHOP FACILITATORS
