The project is an interdisciplinary team with researchers from Saskatchewan Polytechnic, University of Saskatchewan, University of Manitoba, University of Regina, and Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Our researcher team is made up of farmers/ranchers, nurses, nurse practitioners, an online therapy business owner, a social worker, a psychotherapist, a rural massage therapist/acupuncturist, a rural physician and executive leader, a rural suicide interventionist, a biostatistician, and undergraduate student research assistants. Everyone on the team has a rural or farming background.

Team 

Dr. Michelle Pavloff
Dr. Michelle Pavloff
Registered nurse and rural health researcher
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Biography

Sharalee Laventure
Sharalee Laventure
Strategic marketing specialist
Cargill
Biography

Justine Lustig
Justine Lustig
Cattle rancher
Biography

Cyle Stewart
Cyle Stewart
Rancher
Biography

Vida Todd
Vida Todd
Retired from the healthcare industry
Biography

Elsie Duff RN, NP, PhD
Elsie Duff RN, NP, PhD
Nurse practitioner and assistant professor
University of Manitoba
Biography

Dr. Pamela Farthing RN, BA, MSc, PhD
Dr. Pamela Farthing RN, BA, MSc, PhD
Faculty
Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Biography

Cynthia Beck
Cynthia Beck
Master’s student
Clinical psychology program at the University of Regina
Biography

Kathy Disiewich RN, BSN, MSN/ED
Kathy Disiewich RN, BSN, MSN/ED
Registered nurse and instructor
Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Biography

Dr. Mary Ellen Labrecque NP PhD
Dr. Mary Ellen Labrecque NP PhD
Registered nurse practitioner and a rural nursing researcher
Biography

Alecia Weinheimer
Alecia Weinheimer
Farmer
Biography

Dr. Kevin Wasko
Dr. Kevin Wasko
Practicing emergency physician
Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ontario
Biography

Dr. Michael Szafron, PhD
Associate professor
School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan
Biography

Fred Entz
Registered nurse
Biography

Brandi Heuchert RMT DAc BA(Hons)
Brandi Heuchert RMT DAc BA(Hons)
Registered massage therapist
Biography

Courtney Andrews
Courtney Andrews
Student researcher
Biography

Joelle Glassford
Joelle Glassford
Student
Biography

Katherine Little
Katherine Little
Student
Biography

Allison Taylor
Allison Taylor
Support worker
Women Farmers
Biography