Safe & Strong Farms: Grow an AgSafe Canada
growing resilience on the farm
Farm communities across Canada can count on wide-open spaces, tightly bonded community relationships and a general feeling of safety. Unfortunately, domestic violence is a reality all across Canada and rural communities are not exempt. In fact, rural, remote and northern communities are at increased risk of domestic violence and homicide.* Addressing domestic violence is important to the safety and wellbeing of farm families across Canada.
*Jeffrey, N., Johnson, A., Richardson, C., Dawson, M., Campbell, M., Bader, D., Fairbairn, J., Straatman, A.L., Poon, J., Jaffe, P. (2019). Domestic Violence and Homicide in Rural, Remote, and Northern Communities: Understanding Risk and Keeping Women Safe. Domestic Homicide (7). London, ON: Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative. ISBN 978-1-988412-34-4
There are factors that many people living and working on the farm encounter like long work hours, physical location, weather, and other pressures and obligations that can contribute to creating social isolation and loneliness. Social isolation and loneliness can have adverse health consequences including depression, poor sleep quality, impaired executive function, accelerated cognitive decline,
poor cardiovascular function and impaired immunity.**
**Social isolation: It could kill you. Monitor on Psychology May, 2019, American Psychological Association, https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/05/ce-corner-isolation
Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) supported by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) delivers Canadian Agricultural Safety Week with assistance from the Government of Canada through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal, provincial and territorial initiative. Safe & Strong Farms: Grow an AgSafe Canada is presented by Farm Credit Canada. View a complete list of Sponsors.