Centre for Critical Studies of Rural Mental Health
270 18th St R7A 6A9 Brandon, MB, Canada

Keystone Agricultural Producers is offering free online mental health literacy training (In The Know) throughout the months of January, February, and March 2021. In this training you will learn about mental health and illness, how to promote wellbeing in your own life, how to recognize when someone is struggling with their mental health, and how to provide assistance. The training has been developed specifically for farmers and will be delivered by Kim Moffat, a mental heal...th professional with lived farm experience. Please click the link down below to learn more and register for a session that suits your schedule, and share with your family and friends! https://www.manitobafarmsafety.ca/upcoming-events

Are you 18? Do you live in Manitoba? Do you have ideas about or experiences with racism, discrimination, or bias in our province? BU CARES and its partners want to use these experiences to build anti-racist training videos. Please help us by filling out this anonymous survey, and please share with your friends and colleagues. Fill out the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RacismInManitoba... Find out more about the survey here: https://www.centreforruralmentalhealth.com/events Thank you for your time and consideration. Sharing your experiences will help us use this information to build training around anti-racism and to combat racism, discrimination, and hatred. Please consider sharing the link to the survey with your friends and colleagues.

In this fourth instalment of the Movember men’s mental health series, guest host and Centre for Critical Studies in Rural Mental Health RA Madeleine Kruth talks about newcomer men’s mental health with Local Immigration Partnership’s Coordinator Enver Naidoo. To learn more about newcomer men’s mental health experiences in Brandon, visit https://www.centreforruralmentalhealth.com/centre-reports; to learn more about the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation’s Local Immigration Partnership, visit https://bnrc.ca/. Listen to the podcast here: https://www.brandonu.ca//podc/newcomer-mens-mental-health/

In the second installment of the Movember Men’s Mental Health series, Canada Research Chair and director of the Centre for Critical Studies in Rural Mental Health Dr. Rachel Herron talks about rural men’s mental health and lived experience with mental health advocate and speaker Gerry Friesen, a.k.a. the Recovering Farmer. Learn more about Gerry at www.gerryfriesen.ca, and see the centre’s report on rural men’s mental health at https://www.centreforruralmentalhealth.com/publications-med. https://www.brandonu.ca//podc/rural-mens-mental-health-2/

Jason Gobeil, Frank Tacan, and Margaret de Jager sit down and discuss Indigenous Men's Mental Health on this weeks BU CARES Research Connection Podcast. Link below: https://www.brandonu.ca//po/indigenous-mens-mental-health/

Mental Health Resource Needs of "Frontline" Healthcare Workers in Rural Manitoba During COVID-19 Read Here: https://www.prairiemountainhealth.ca/mental-health-resource

A message from Dr. Rachel Herron, Thanks to the team who made this survey happen and the healthcare workers who took the time to complete the survey. COVID-19 is a marathon and not a sprint. Healthcare workers need support to finish. https://www.brandonsun.com//rural-health-care-workers-hard