The farming community is built on resilience, overcoming challenges with strength and perseverance. Below are some other organizations providing mental health resources, ensuring farmers have the tools they need to thrive—both in their work and daily lives.
The farming community is built on resilience, overcoming challenges with strength and perseverance. Below are some other organizations providing mental health resources, ensuring farmers have the tools they need to thrive—both in their work and daily lives.

Resources

Call or text 9-8-8 to connect with someone on matters of emotional distress or thoughts of suicide. This phone line provides free 24/7 access to emotional and crisis support.
The farming community is built on resilience, overcoming challenges with strength and perseverance. Below are some other organizations providing mental health resources, ensuring farmers have the tools they need to thrive—both in their work and daily lives.

Counselling for BC Agriculture

AgLife (through AgSafeBC's AgSafe Cares Foundation) has partnered with mental wellness practitioners to provide counselling services at NO COST to members of BC Agriculture.
Click Here to View Available CounsellorsAgSafe BC's Counsellors Page
*Counsellors are setup to be contacted directly, and are completely third-party and confidential.
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Canadian Mental Health Association of B.C.

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is Canada’s most established and extensive community mental health organization. It offers resources for coping with disaster stress, the BounceBack® program, and more.
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Coping with Natural Disaster Stress

AgLife Mental Wellness Learning Pathway

Your Guide to Mental Wellness in Agriculture
The AgLife Mental Wellness Learning Pathway is an interactive web-based tool designed to provide essential mental wellness knowledge and practical strategies. The course consists of three series of modules: 
  • Series 1: Covers six key topics to help you understand mental health and well-being.
  • Series 2: Focuses on actionable tools for recognizing and supporting someone in distress.
  • Series 3: Examines taking care of your own mental health through recognizing healthy and unhealthy coping strategies, implementing healthy strategies and developing a self-care plan.
The course is self-paced, and each of the nine topics takes approximately three to six minutes to complete, making it easy to fit into your busy schedule.
Register Here!

Resources Across Canada

Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing

The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing connects experts in agricultural mental health to research, develop, and provide farmer-focused programs and education that tackle wellbeing challenges in Canadian farming.
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Do More Ag Foundation

The Do More Agriculture Foundation is Canadian agriculture's national advocate for mental health. It encourages, supports, and empowers farmers to improve their mental well-being and collaborates with industry to address mental health in agriculture.
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Stigma Free Society

Stigma Free Society empowers communities with educational tools and leadership to raise awareness about stigma and drive meaningful change. Their Rural Mental Health Program tackles the deep-rooted stigma surrounding mental health in rural and agricultural areas.
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Resource Library

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AgSafe BC

AgSafe is the non-profit health and safety association for agricultural producers in British Columbia, providing site-specific consultation and on-site safety education, as well as online workplace safety resources and materials. AgSafe is also the COR Certifying Partner for B.C.’s agricultural and associated industrie. 
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