Leaning In and Speaking Out

How can teachers and administrators help students learn in ways that honour their various cultural backgrounds? On the latest podcast episode from BU CARES, Dr. Jaqueline Kirk and Dr. Michelle Lam talk with Dr. Aloysius Anyichie and City Councillor Sunday Frangi to learn more about why this is important and how to work towards it.

From BU CARES and Tech Manitoba, this episode involves a panel discussion with researchers involved in the Digital Realities in Rural Manitoba School Divisions project. They describe policy, practices, and infrastructure in rural places, along with educational inequity and innovation.

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!

Visit www.centreforruralmentalhealth.com/ to keep up to date on the Centre.

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!

Visit https://www.centreforruralmentalhealth.com/ to keep up to date on the Centre.

BU CARES and the Centre for Critical Studies of Rural Mental Health have teamed up again to launch this episode about suicide and suicide ideation 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!

Visit https://www.centreforruralmentalhealth.com/ to keep up to date on the Centre.

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.

BU CARES Research Centre hosts Jackie and Michelle join Eric Sagenes (MTS) and Dr. Cathryn Smith (Brandon University) as they discuss the teacher-led learning team model of professional development.

Join BU CARES Research Centre hosts Jackie & Michelle as they discuss sexualized violence on campuses with Carla Navid (Brandon University’s Sexual Violence Education and Prevention Coordinator) and Dr. Corinne Mason (Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Sociology at Brandon University).

In this third installment 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.

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-media.