AgKnow conducted a survey with the goal of gathering insights to shape the development of mental health initiatives tailored to the needs of the Alberta agricultural community, access the preliminary results.
Four Free Therapy Sessions plus AgKnow and Community events and our featured social posts in March.
New research published, plus AgKnow and Community events and our featured soc!al posts in January.
Between March and July 2023, we conducted an environmental scan of programs and services locatedin rural areas across Alberta that offered any type ofmental health support potentially relevant to farmers.
Connecting farmers to counselling services and mental health support is what AgKnow (Alberta Farm Mental Health Network) is all about. AgKnow recognizes the unique challenges faced by the agriculture industry and the need for counsellors with the specialized training to support farmers through them. This is why they have entered a partnership with Counselling Alberta to improve access to farm-informed therapy for rural Albertans.
Read our year-end director’s message, participate in the farm mental health survey and read about upcoming community events! Special thanks to our supporters in 2023.
Watch our new AgKnow video, meet Mona Cooley of Cool Family Solutions and catch up on the latest events and happenings in the community.
Mona is a fixer and she looks for solutions. She began taking courses through CoachU and she contacted her daughter’s professors at nursing school. Those conversations served as the catalyst for what would become Mona’s life’s work.
Our team is growing, meet the workshop facilitators and stay up-to-date on local AgKnow and community events!
Read the latest from AgKnow in Suicide Awareness & Prevention in Ag, Free Counselling Sessions return & upcoming events.
Suicide – it is not something that comes up in conversation every day. It’s a topic that most people skirt around, not quite knowing what to say or how to talk about it. But there are people listening. Many people have been touched by suicide and a handful of them are taking steps to improve mental health across the board.
Meet our New Program Coordinator, register for our Suicide Awareness & Prevention workshop sneak peek, and explore the new articles in the Resource Library.
How do you talk to someone who is hurting and in distress? What if you had a sneaking suspicion your friend was down enough to be contemplating suicide? Would you know what to do, how to act, what to say?
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.
Host an AgKnow event in your community, meet the research assistants and participate in the new Farm Transitions Study!
We’ve announced new Suicide Awareness & Prevention Workshops coming Fall 2023, meet our brand new Partner, explore upcoming events and celebrate our farming fathers this Father’s Day weekend.
Memberships are live, a Mother’s Day letter from Doreen Blumhagen, community events & more!
Farmers today are experiencing a high rate of burnout, depression, and anxiety. Having someone to talk to is one of the best ways to help them work through and solve their problems.
This webinar is part of our series on Livestock Depopulation to help you understand what many farmers are dealing with in the province right now.
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.
This webinar is the first of our series on Livestock Depopulation to help you understand what many farmers are dealing with in the province right now, and that is livestock depopulation.
Our lead researcher, Dr. Rebecca Purc-Stephenson is conducting a new study on Study on Delivering Mental Health Support Services to Rural and Farming Communities, and we need your input!
AgKnow conducted a survey with the goal of gathering insights to shape the development of mental health initiatives tailored to the needs of the Alberta agricultural community, access the preliminary results.
Four Free Therapy Sessions plus AgKnow and Community events and our featured social posts in March.
New research published, plus AgKnow and Community events and our featured soc!al posts in January.
Between March and July 2023, we conducted an environmental scan of programs and services locatedin rural areas across Alberta that offered any type ofmental health support potentially relevant to farmers.
Connecting farmers to counselling services and mental health support is what AgKnow (Alberta Farm Mental Health Network) is all about. AgKnow recognizes the unique challenges faced by the agriculture industry and the need for counsellors with the specialized training to support farmers through them. This is why they have entered a partnership with Counselling Alberta to improve access to farm-informed therapy for rural Albertans.
Read our year-end director’s message, participate in the farm mental health survey and read about upcoming community events! Special thanks to our supporters in 2023.
Watch our new AgKnow video, meet Mona Cooley of Cool Family Solutions and catch up on the latest events and happenings in the community.
Mona is a fixer and she looks for solutions. She began taking courses through CoachU and she contacted her daughter’s professors at nursing school. Those conversations served as the catalyst for what would become Mona’s life’s work.
Our team is growing, meet the workshop facilitators and stay up-to-date on local AgKnow and community events!
Read the latest from AgKnow in Suicide Awareness & Prevention in Ag, Free Counselling Sessions return & upcoming events.
Suicide – it is not something that comes up in conversation every day. It’s a topic that most people skirt around, not quite knowing what to say or how to talk about it. But there are people listening. Many people have been touched by suicide and a handful of them are taking steps to improve mental health across the board.
Meet our New Program Coordinator, register for our Suicide Awareness & Prevention workshop sneak peek, and explore the new articles in the Resource Library.
How do you talk to someone who is hurting and in distress? What if you had a sneaking suspicion your friend was down enough to be contemplating suicide? Would you know what to do, how to act, what to say?
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.
Host an AgKnow event in your community, meet the research assistants and participate in the new Farm Transitions Study!
We’ve announced new Suicide Awareness & Prevention Workshops coming Fall 2023, meet our brand new Partner, explore upcoming events and celebrate our farming fathers this Father’s Day weekend.
Memberships are live, a Mother’s Day letter from Doreen Blumhagen, community events & more!
Farmers today are experiencing a high rate of burnout, depression, and anxiety. Having someone to talk to is one of the best ways to help them work through and solve their problems.
This webinar is part of our series on Livestock Depopulation to help you understand what many farmers are dealing with in the province right now.
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.
This webinar is the first of our series on Livestock Depopulation to help you understand what many farmers are dealing with in the province right now, and that is livestock depopulation.
