Annual Conference

5:00 – 8:00pm
Conference Registration

8:00pm
Hospitality Room (Business Suite)

8:30am
Breakfast snack (Des Plaines BC) Sponsored by AgSafe BC

9:00 – 10:00am
Keynote – Mental Health, Mental Wealth… change your thoughts, change your life with Stuart Ellis-Myers (Des Plaines A) Sponsored by Bayer Canada

10:00 – 10:30am
Networking Break (Des Plaines BC) Sponsored by IRSST

10:30 – 11:45am
Mental Health Safety – First Aid plus A.N.C.H.O.R.I.N.G. with Stuart Ellis-Myers Sponsored by Bayer Canada

12:00pm
Lunch (Des Plaines BC) Sponsored by UPA

1:00 – 2:30pm
Building an Ag Safe Canada – an interactive workshop envisioning CASA’s future – discuss current national ag safety priorities and programs; develop initiatives together. Facilitated by Dan Trottier, Tatonga Consulting  (Des Plaines A)

2:30 – 3:00pm
CASA’s AGM (Des Plaines A)

3:00 – 3:30pm
Networking Break (Des Plaines BC) Sponsored by MacDon

3:30 – 4:50pm
Concurrent Sessions – Learn about the latest agricultural safety research, initiatives, projects, and programs from across Canada (Des Plaines A, Grand Allée A, Grand Allée B)

5:30pm
(Optional) Walk the Old Town – During this nicely paced two-hour walking tour, you will see the Upper Town and the Lower Town of Old Québec through its history, architecture and culture.

Dinner on your own

9:00pm
Hospitality Room (Business Suite)

8:30am
Breakfast snack (Des Plaines BC) Sponsored by Les Producteurs de pommes du Québec

9:00 – 10:00am
Concurrent Sessions – Learn about the latest agricultural safety research, initiatives, projects, and programs from across Canada (Des Plaines A, Grand Allée A, Grand Allée B)

10:00 – 10:30am
Networking Break (Des Plaines BC) Sponsored by John Deere with fromages d’ici

10:30 – 11:50am
Concurrent Sessions – Learn about the latest agricultural safety research, initiatives, projects, and programs from across Canada (Des Plaines A, Grand Allée A, Grand Allée B)

12:15pm
Pick up boxed lunches and board buses for farm tours and social evening Transportation Sponsored by Fertlizer Canada

12:15 – 6:00pm
Farm tours
Ferme François Gosselin – This family farm crops over 300 acres and has a total of 120 employees. The farm promotes innovation through the research of new cultivars and new production techniques as well as through sustainable business development.
Ferme Onésime Pouliot – For over 25 years, the Onésime Pouliot family farm has provided high quality strawberries and raspberries grown with respect for the environment and its almost 200 employees.

6:00pm
Social evening – Sugar Shack supper and show at le Relais des Pins Sponsored by Novo Studio

9:30pm
Hospitality Room (Business Suite)

9:00 – 12:00pm
(Optional/limited to 30 participants) Professional Improvement Workshop * – Increasing competency and confidence of agricultural frontline workers: helping farm families in distress, facilitated by Kim Hyndman-Moffat, crisis counsellor, Manitoba Farm, Rural and Northern Support Services (Du Jardin) Sponsored by CaseIH Agriculture and New Holland Agriculture

* This workshop is designed for front line safety and health professionals in the agricultural industry who work closely with producers. We will look at the impact of current influences and challenges facing farmers today on their mental health and wellbeing. Participants will gain skills to both recognize and respond to farmers who may be showing signs of distress and in need of support. The issue of suicide in the farming community will also be addressed and participants will be given basic tools to help connect farmers to appropriate resources.

9:00 – 5:00pm
(By invitation) CSA Technical Committee on Agricultural Machinery