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News Alert: We Need Your Help!

What does resiliency look like in your job? Share your stories!

At the Ontario SPCA Conference there will be the first call for volunteers who would like to share their stories and strategies for resiliency, beating caregiver stress, managing compassion fatigue and avoiding burnout. Who in your organization exemplifies the "resilient animal caregiver"? Be the first to share your strategies for resiliency! All animal caregivers are invited to participate. We will pool our findings and get back to you! Some of these stories, with the participant’s permission will be published in Pat’s book and online.

Please go to this site and complete the inventories!

Click Here to anonymously contribute to this research.

1. Who is eligible to take these inventories?

   Anyone working in the area of animal welfare is eligible. From cage cleaners, volunteers, board directories, receptionists, directors, managers, vets, vet assistants, animal welfare educators, etc. We will explore the results with respect to age, demographics, and specific careers with the system.

2. Will you personally receive the results?

   Online results will be instantly generated for each person who completes the inventories. Your identity will remain anonymous.

3. What is the impact of completing these inventories?

   Each animal care worker, who completes these surveys, will directly help the Canadian Animal Care Communities understand how Resiliency, Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction, and Burnout play out in the workplace.

4. Is there any Canadian Research for Animal Care Organizations at the present?

   Help us collect it (confidentially), pool our results, and strengthen our knowledge on people welfare in the animal welfare world! The first step is to understand what is happening. Armed with the results, we can begin to improve working conditions, on an organizational and individual level, for animal caregivers across Canada.

Refine the “Resilient Factor” by attending Pat’s presentations:

Animal Caregivers are invited to bring their colleagues and work as a group to strategize together. Pat visits shelters and other animal caregivers’ work sites, across Canada. Private presentations are also offered.

Presentations and personal consultations would be helpful for anyone who is involved in animal care or animal protection who feels the stress and strains of their daily dedication to animals.