EVENTS
HOST AN AGKNOW EVENT
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.
FARM MENTAL HEALTH 101
This is a longer, and more involved mental health information workshop (~4 hrs). These sessions are adapted for adults (current farmers) and youth (next generation of farmers in post-secondary). The goals: improve mental health literacy, increase confidence speaking about mental health, improve knowledge of resources available. Promoted by AgKnow and delivered by AgSafe Alberta. Request an event or ask to be put on a participant wait list through the online form.
In The Know WORKSHOP
Suicide Awareness and Prevention | Now booking!
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 means, high levels of financial risk and uncertainty, seasonality of work, and lack of access to supports.
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 OPen now!
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
Open Now!
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.
SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION WORKSHOP FACILITATORS
AGKNOW EVENTS
Cool Family Solutions- Helping Families with Mental Health & Substance Related Disorders
AgKnow is pleased to present Mona Cooley of Cool Family Solutions and their program for helping families with Mental Health and Substance Abuse related disorders.
Postponed-Delivering mental health support services in Rural areas
Discover what rural mental health services are available, barriers farmers face, and which strategies help encourage farmers to seek support.
Farmer Stress and Coping in Alberta webinar
Join us to learn what farmers shared about the challenges of farming in Alberta.
SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING IN AG: A SNEAK PEEK WEBINAR
AgKnow has teamed up with Tara Adams at Abridge Consulting to create unique suicide awareness and prevention trainings designed for peer to peer support in the farming and agriculture industry.
Farm Safety and Mental Health
Join AgKnow’s own Lead Researcher, Rebecca Purc-Stephenson, Ph.D., and Maris Champagne from AgSafe Alberta for Battle River Research Group and Camrose County’s Workshop “Farm Safety & Mental Health “.
A free lunch is sponsored by Camrose County. Gain invaluable knowledge and practical strategies to protect both yourself and your farm.
Rooted in the Farm: Providing Culturally Sensitive Health Care to Agriculture Producers (Farmers)
Join us and Dr. Michelle Pavloff Network and Research Chair of Rural Health at Saskatchewan Polytechnic and founder and lead researcher for the SaskAgMatters Network, for a one hour webinar to explore her research on the unique needs and culture of farmers as they pertain to health care provision.
At AgKnow, we are working to increase the resiliency of farming communities by destigmatizing mental health and reducing barriers to services. It is our goal to create better connections between farmers their families and the health care and mental health professionals that support them.
This webinar would be most useful to health care and mental health professionals working with rural farm clients in western Canada.
INTRODUCTION TO LIVESTOCK DEPOPULATION & THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT ON FARMERS
This training is to help you understand what many farmers are dealing with in the province right now and that is livestock depopulation. The relationship between farmers and their livestock is not simple nor static.
In the Know Virtual Workshop
AgKnow has partnered with AgSafe Alberta to host an In the Know workshop, a virtual mental health literacy course. In the Know is designed to help you learn about mental health and illness, promote well-being in your life, how to recognize when someone is struggling, and how to respond.
An Introduction to Livestock Depopulation
This training is to help you understand what many farmers are dealing with in the province right now and that is livestock depopulation. The relationship between farmers and their livestock is not simple nor static.
An Introduction to Farm Culture
This is a virtual webinar training that will give you an overview of farm culture. We'll take a look at the current state of farm mental health and provide you with information regarding the latest Canadian research on farm mental health.
