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Mental health issues common in oilsands workers, University of Alberta study reveals

Mental health issues common in oilsands workers, University of Alberta study reveals

CBC
Sunday, October 31, 2021 12:53 PM GMT

After a failed marriage and heart attack, working in Alberta's oilpatch was too stressful for Darryn Ferguson.

When another opportunity arrived for love, he took it and changed careers to be closer to home in British Columbia. 

While working in the oilsands can come with big paycheques, a recent study from the University of Alberta suggests workers face significant mental health challenges. 

"Not one person I met had a good, solid relationship at home," said Ferguson. 

He worked for a decade in work camps near Fort McMurray before leaving the industry in 2019. 

Distance and time away from family was a major source of stress for participants in the study. Other factors included loneliness, poor morale in camp, difficulty maintaining healthy eating habits, discrimination and thoughts of suicide. 

To help cope with the camps' isolation, Ferguson started taking antidepressants. 

"I was a pretty calm guy my whole life and then working up there, I would instantly snap," he said.

It's one of the first studies in Canada to examine specifically the mental health of fly-in, fly-out employees who work in the oilsands. 

Researchers noted significant proportion of participants feared repercussions at their job if they went to seek help for their mental health. 

"I think that's a real concern, this culture of mistrust around employer support," said the study's co-author Sara Dorow, chair of the department of sociology at the University of Alberta, on CBC Edmonton's Radio Active. 

In an email to CBC, Canadian Natural Resources Limited, one of the operators of work camps in the oilpatch, said the company provides opportunities for employees to improve their mental health with a wellness program, which provides resources for workers to maintain a physically and mentally healthy lifestyle. 

Ferguson said there are programs in the oilpatch to help workers' well-being, but emphasized employers could be more proactive in getting staff to seek help, especially after tragedy. 

Over the years, Ferguson said he has lost count on how many of his coworkers have died from overdoses and suicides. 

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