The Rural Ontario Institute has developed an online tool is part of the institute's wider Rural Community Well-Being Project and aims to provide rural communities with standardized data to establish a baseline, identify priorities for change, monitor progress and share success stories.
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New online tool aims to improve rural community well-being
Community Well-Being Dashboard launched by Rural Ontario Institute
Agriculture community invited to ‘talk it out’ about mental health via free online platform
AgTalk is an anonymous, free online platform in which people can discuss mental health and find support from their peers. It’s moderated by mental health professionals.
Farm workers get access to mental health support
New funding will provide services in Spanish
The Farmer Wellness Initiative (FWI) is getting $538,000 to diversify its free agriculture-based mental health services. The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership funding allows expanded FWI programming for Ontario farmers, farm […] Read more
‘Recovering Farmer’ shares his story of farmer mental health in new book
Farm mental health advocate Gerry Friesen shares his journey in a new book
Glacier FarmMedia – Gerry Friesen is doing an uncomfortable thing. He’s putting both his name and internal struggles out for the world to see, in an effort to break the […] Read more
Burnout a problem in conservation sector
Like farmers, people in the environmental profession face many uphill battles that can affect their health
Mental health challenges are a regular topic of discussion in the agriculture sector, but farmers are not the only workers with high rates of anxiety, depression and other forms of […] Read more
Three Oaks Cabin boosted by $25,000 BASF grant win
Community continues to raise funds to support farmer, emergency responder mental health
Three Oaks Cabin recently edged out tight competition to secure the BASF Growing Home $25,000 Ontario grant with approximately 10,000 votes. “It will be earmarked directly for our guests,” said […] Read more
Farmer mental health gets federal investment
The federal government is investing up to $1.08 million in activities aimed at supporting the mental health of Canadian farmers. The investment will be used by the Canadian Centre for […] Read more
Three Oaks Cabin sees demand for mental health services
Rural mental health respite was built by a farming family after losing their son
Only a week after it started accepting bookings in late March, mental health respite Three Oaks Cabin was almost fully booked for June and July. “It’s great, because that means […] Read more
Peer to peer support can help avoid mental health crises
Guardian Network comprised of farmers, community members trained to provide support
Suicide is not uncommon in farm country. Reducing the frequency of such tragedies is the goal of the Guardian Network, one of three farmer wellness programs offered by the Ontario […] Read more
Farmer mental wellness to receive $8 million
An $8 million investment will help Ontario farmers continue to have access to three mental health support programs, and further promote these services to the province’s farming community. The Farmer […] Read more
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