Podcasts
Leaning In and Speaking Out - Suicidality in Rural Communities
The Centre for Critical Studies of Rural Mental Health, contracted by the Public Health Agency of Canada, completed an in-depth scoping review and 6 stakeholder consultations across Canada on 'Suicidality in rural communities'. A total of 47 stakeholders participated and three main themes emerged in discussions: stigma, service accessibility, and lived experience. This podcast series follows these themes with guest host, Kyrra Rauch, and a community guest each week who can speak to the topic. Thanks for listening!
Listen to the episodes here:
Episode 43 - Part 3 (October 15th, 2021)
Episode 42 - Part 2 (October 1st, 2021)
Episode 41 - Part 1 (September 25th, 2021)
Leaning In and Speaking Out - Episode 40, What we learned in a year of pandemic education
Join BU CARES Research Centre hosts Jackie Kirk and Michelle Lam as they talk with Natasha Ofwono and Rachel Svistovski about a recent research project out of Southwest Horizon School Division, exploring what they learned in a year of pandemic education.
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BU CARES - Episode 34, Rural Men’s Mental Health Service Use and Provision
November 30th, 2020
In this fifth and final installment of the men’s mental health Movember podcast series, guest host and Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Nursing Candice Waddell-Henowitch talks about rural men’s mental health service use and provision with Janet Smith, of Klinic Community Health. If you or someone you know is struggling, you can access the Manitoba Farm, Rural & Northern Support Services at 1-866-367-3276; or the Westman Crisis Services Mobile Crisis Unit 1-888-379-7699. Both lines are available 24/7 and are toll-free. Visit https://supportline.ca/ for additional information on farm, rural, & northern support services.
BU CARES - Episode 33, Newcomer Men’s Mental Health
November 25th, 2020
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/
BU CARES Podcast - Episode 32, Mental Health Experiences of Male International Students
November 20th, 2020
In this third instalment of the Movember Men’s Mental Health series, Centre for Critical Studies in Rural Mental Health research assistant Mairo Ahmadu talks about the mental health experience of male international students with guest and BU student Jorge Lozano.
BU CARES Podcast - Episode 31, Rural Men’s Mental Health
November 13th, 2020
In the second instalment 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.
See the centre’s report on rural men’s mental health.
Learn more about Gerry at www.gerryfriesen.ca
BU CARES Podcast - Episode 30, Indigenous Men’s Mental Health
November 6th, 2020
Guest host and BU psychiatric nursing student Margaret de Jager discusses Indigenous men’s mental health with Brandon Friendship Centre’s Frank Tacan and Jason Gobeil of the Dakota Ojibway Child and Family Services. If you want to read more about this collaborative research you can find the healing journey report at https://www.centreforruralmentalhealth.com/research-1
BU CARES Podcast - Episode 19, Rural Men’s Mental Health
March 6th, 2020
How are rural men unique when it comes to mental health? How is Covid-19 having an impact? Join Jackie and Michelle with guests Richard Whitfield and Dr. Rachel Herron as they discuss mental health, men, and rural areas.
BU CARES Podcast - Episode 14, Mental Health, Trauma, and Families
January 8th, 2020
Join Dr. Jane Karpa (BU, Psychiatric Nursing) and Dr. Breanna Lawrence (BU, Education) as they discuss issues related to mental health, education, trauma, and families.
BU CARES Podcast - Episode 10, Autism and Ways of Being
December 18th, 2019
Join Amanda Hamm (Rural Development Institute) and Dr. Patty Douglas (Brandon University Faculty of Education) as they discuss parenting, educating, and being with people in their lives who have attracted the label of autism.