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November 28, 2024
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The National Symposium on Agricultural Mental Health has been established to connect farmer mental health groups, researchers, government officials and policy makers, members of Canada’s agricultural community including agricultural associations and producer groups, individual advocates, and most importantly farmers to address the challenges and opportunities of the farmer mental health movement across the country.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Josie Rudolphi, PhD
Josie Rudolphi, PhD, is an assistant professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Rudolphi’s research quantifies the burden of mental health conditions among agricultural populations, identifies risk and protective factors, and considers socio-ecological interventions to improve mental health. She is the director of the North Central Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance, a 12-state collaborative that increases and expands stress and mental health services to agricultural producers, workers, and their families. She has her PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health from the University of Iowa. Dr. Rudolphi was raised on a corn and soybean farm in east central Iowa and remains involved in the operation.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Susan Brumby
Clinical Associate Professor Susan Brumby is the Foundation Director of the National Centre for Farmer Health based at Western District Health Service, Hamilton. The Centre is a partnership between Deakin University and Western District Health Service. Having grown up in regional Victoria and managed the family farm (beef and wool), Clinical Associate Professor Brumby brings a personal commitment and enthusiasm for the rural and regional focus of the Deakin Medical School. She is confident that the National Centre for Farmer Health and the partnership with the Deakin Medical School can provide research, service delivery and education that will provide national leadership to improve the health and wellbeing of farm men and women, farm workers and their families across Australia.
The Agenda
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Program Partners & Supporters
This project was paid for in part by the governments of Canada and Ontario through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership), a five-year, federal-provincial-territorial initiative.
