Agriculture Suicide Awareness and Prevention
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Farming is more than a job — it’s a way of life, shaped by long hours, uncertainty, and responsibility. Many people in agriculture are managing high levels of stress, often without easy access to support.
Recent Canadian research shows that farmers experience higher levels of stress and emotional strain than the general population. These pressures can affect individuals, families, employees, and entire communities.
At Abridge Consulting, we are committed to work with agriculture industry and communities to reduce stress and build confidence when it comes to supporting people with thoughts of suicide, and make it easier to provide support — both on and off the farm.
Workshops are available in-person or virtually.
Training is one layer that builds toward a safer community and workplace.
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Course 1: Awareness
Start the Conversation: Suicide Awareness in Our Community
This agriculture-specific suicide awareness workshop is a 90–120 minute session that will provide participants with a general understanding of suicide risk in the community and workplace. This course prepares participants to be able to ask and offer help peer to peer.
The trainer will provide information, tools, and resources while walking participants through several audio scenarios relevant to rural agriculture communities. 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.
We are pleased to offer two opportunities sponsored by the Do More Agriculture Foundation:
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Course 2: Prevention
Building a Suicide-Safer Agriculture Workplace
This workshop package is suitable for farms and agriculture businesses or associations looking to build a culture of suicide awareness, support, and safety. The training is customized to direct the participants to your resources and policies and is valuable for health and safety training.
There is a one-hour preparation meeting with Abridge associate required to customize the content to include to your business resources and policies.
This workshop will be delivered in person or virtually by a certified trainer who will purchase the licenses, and email key resources to participants.
The program includes:
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1-hour live session to explain the benefits of suicide prevention in the agriculture industry, introduce key resources and set expectations.
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2 hours - “Start” online self-directed course by LivingWorks; participants have one week to complete on their own time. (access to the program for one year)
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1-hour live 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.
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Certificate of completion.
Participant Time: 2 x 60 mins facilitated sessions plus 2 hour self directed learning = 4.0 hours total over 1 week.
Participants: Max 30 per group.