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Explore our Garnet Family resources for first responder, public safety, and defence families’ mental health, wellbeing, and more.

    Understanding the “Not Thereness” of PSP
    PSP Families’ Experiences with Trauma
    Understanding the “Not Thereness” of PSP
    Recognizing Trauma in Other Family Members
    PSP Families’ Experiences with Trauma
    Recognizing Trauma in Other Family Members
    Posttraumatic Stress Injury
    PSP Families’ Experiences with Trauma
    Posttraumatic Stress Injury
    Experiencing the Ripple Effects of PSP’s Unprocessed Trauma
    PSP Families’ Experiences with Trauma
    Experiencing the Ripple Effects of PSP’s Unprocessed Trauma
    Grappling with Sleep Disruptions
    The Impacts of the Job at Home
    Grappling with Sleep Disruptions
    Understanding Emotions and Behaviours
    The Impacts of the Job at Home 
    Understanding Emotions and Behaviours
    Recognizing Work Behaviours at Home
    The Impacts of the Job at Home 
    Recognizing Work Behaviours at Home
    Understanding Anxiety about PSP work
    The Impacts of the Job at Home 
    Understanding Anxiety about PSP work
    Confronting PSP Injury and Illness
    The Impacts of the Job at Home 
    Confronting PSP Injury and Illness
    Responding to Unpredictability
    The Impacts of the Job at Home 
    Responding to Unpredictability
    Providing Eldercare
    Roles and Responsibilities in a PSP Family 
    Providing Eldercare
    Managing Childcare
    Roles and Responsibilities in a PSP Family 
    Managing Childcare
    Juggling a Two-Career Household
    Roles and Responsibilities in a PSP Family 
    Juggling a Two-Career Household
    Feeling Overwhelmed
    Roles and Responsibilities in a PSP Family 
    Feeling Overwhelmed
    Bringing Work Home
    The Effects of PSP Work and Home Transitions on the Family 
    Bringing Work Home
    Acknowledging Transitions as a Source of Tension
    The Effects of PSP Work and Home Transitions on the Family 
    Acknowledging Transitions as a Source of Tension
    Understanding the Importance of Exit and Recovery Time
    The Effects of PSP Work and Home Transitions on the Family 
    Understanding the Importance of Exit and Recovery Time
    Living with Irregular Work Schedules
    Workplace Requirements, Public Expectations, and the Effects  
    Living with Irregular Work Schedules
    Having Mixed Feelings  
    Workplace Requirements, Public Expectations, and the Effects  
    Having Mixed Feelings  
    Encountering Work-Family Conflicts
    Workplace Requirements, Public Expectations, and the Effects  
    Encountering Work-Family Conflicts
    Understanding the Effects of Workplace Requirements on the Family
    Workplace Requirements, Public Expectations, and the Effects  
    Understanding the Effects of Workplace Requirements on the Family
    Understanding Resentment
    Workplace Requirements, Public Expectations, and the Effects  
    Understanding Resentment
    Thinking about Public Opinion
    Workplace Requirements, Public Expectations, and the Effects  
    Thinking about Public Opinion
    What family physicians need to know about Canadian military families
    Published Research
    What family physicians need to know about Canadian military families
    Geography mobility and special education services: Understanding the experiences of Canadian military families
    Published Research
    Geography mobility and special education services: Understanding the experiences of Canadian military families
    Caring for children and youth from Canada’s military families
    Published Research
    Caring for children and youth from Canada’s military families
    Use of mental health services by children and youth in Ontario military families compared with the general population
    Published Research
    Use of mental health services by children and youth in Ontario military families compared with the general population
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    PSPNET Families

    Check out PSPNET Families for their topics on navigating risk. PSPNET Families also offers a range of information and skill-building resources, along with internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy, in their Spouse & Significant Other Wellbeing course for public safety families.

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    Information

    To help address family issues related to the occupational risks and requirements of public safety work.

    Strategies & Skill-Building Exercises

    Tips and exercises are designed to address issues described in the information pages.

    Spouse or Significant Other Wellbeing Course

    A self-guided, cognitive behavioural therapy program for PSP spouses or significant others.

    Interactive events

    What about the PSP kids and youth?
    FMRG Interactive Series
    What about the PSP kids and youth?
    Seeing yourself within the GF Community
    FMRG Interactive Series
    Seeing yourself within the GF Community
    FMRG Interactive Series PSP Family Support: How can organizations get involved?
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    FMRG Interactive Series PSP Family Support: How can organizations get involved?
    Exploring the experiences and perspectives of parents of defence and PSP
    FMRG Interactive Series
    Exploring the experiences and perspectives of parents of defence and PSP
    FMRG Interactive Series: What I wish I had known Reflections on family life after PSP service
    Event
    FMRG Interactive Series: What I wish I had known Reflections on family life after PSP service
    PSPNET Families Virtual Wellbeing Hub
    FMRG Interactive Series
    PSPNET Families Virtual Wellbeing Hub
    FMRG Interactive Series: What about the Families
    Event
    FMRG Interactive Series: What about the Families
    Communicating about Trauma
    FMRG Interactive Series
    Communicating about Trauma

    Roundtables

    Navigating Change And Supporting Military, Veteran, And Public Safety Families
    December 2024
    Navigating Change And Supporting Military, Veteran, And Public Safety Families
    Families of Military Personnel, Veterans, and Public Safety Personnel are the Strength beside the uniform, doing their part toensure the safety and security of Canada, at home and abroad.
    April 2024
    Families of Military Personnel, Veterans, and Public Safety Personnel are the Strength beside the uniform, doing their part toensure the safety and security of Canada, at home and abroad.
    What About the Families? A Partnership to Enhance Services and Supports for Families of Military,Veterans, and Public Safety Personnel
    December 2022
    What About the Families? A Partnership to Enhance Services and Supports for Families of Military,Veterans, and Public Safety Personnel
    An Interactive Virtual Town Hall for the Families of Public Safety Personnel
    May 2022
    An Interactive Virtual Town Hall for the Families of Public Safety Personnel

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