Hay Are We Okay? Podcast: Shoulder to Shoulder: Men’s Sheds in Canada

Episode 005: Shoulder to Shoulder: Men’s Sheds in Canada

by The Do More Agriculture Foundation | Hay Are We Okay? Podcast

In this episode, we explore a simple idea with surprisingly deep impact: Men’s Sheds. Across rural Canada and around the world, men can slip into loneliness: after moving to a new community, after retirement, after losing a spouse, or after moving off the farm. Most don’t ask for help—they quietly retreat, isolate, and slowly disappear.

Men’s Sheds offer a different path; one that starts with coffee, a workbench, and an open door. We hear how the first Shed began in Australia, as a daughter watched her father slide into depression after losing his job, and decided to do something about it. Since then, the movement has grown to thousands of Sheds across Australia, Europe, and now Canada.

Punch Jackson and Brian Sawyer, leaders in the Men’s Sheds movement, tell host Merle Massie why men stand shoulder to shoulder, repairing tools, building picnic tables, sorting donated clothes, even working on giant jigsaw puzzles. These simple jobs help build a sense of purpose, connection, and belonging.







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