Promoting the Healing and Prevention of Operational Stress Injuries;
New Hope FIELD OF DREAMS - FAMILY REVIVAL Retreat
Our Mission
Our mission is to bring first responders, frontline workers, families, people with lived experience, healthcare and mental-health professionals, peer supporters, researchers, educators, legal professionals, organizations and decision-makers together to create meaningful change.
We believe that meaningful change requires more than treating the consequences of operational stress injuries. We must also work toward prevention and understand the organizational, workplace and systemic factors that contribute to these injuries in the first place.
Through collaboration, education, research and the sharing of lived experience, we aim to identify gaps, learn from what is already working, challenge what is not, and explore better approaches to prevention, early intervention, healing, family support and long-term recovery.
We also intend to create opportunities for constructive dialogue with organizations, government agencies, elected representatives and other decision-makers to explore improvements to policies, practices, legislation and systems that affect the health and wellbeing of frontline personnel and their families.
Our long-term vision is to create and support New Hope Field of Dreams locations—holistic family sanctuaries where people can find opportunities for healing, connection, peer support, education, recreation and family rebuilding.
We believe people should not have to navigate this journey alone.
By bringing the right people and resources to the same table, we hope to reduce stigma, strengthen families, prevent operational stress injuries from becoming life-altering or life-threatening, reduce suicide and help create healthier, safer communities.
The mission comes first. The people come first.
MAKING COMMUNITIES SAFER ACROSS ONTARIO — AND ULTIMATELY ACROSS CANADA.
New Hope Field of Dreams - Family Revival Retreat - VISIONS
Coming Together to Provide Solutions
Integrated, Functional and Collaborative
Integrated, Functional and Collaborative
By bringing together first responders, frontline workers, families, people with lived experience, healthcare and mental-health professionals, peer supporters, researchers, educators, legal professionals, organizations, government and other stakeholders, we will work collaboratively to develop and support meaningful solutions for operation
By bringing together first responders, frontline workers, families, people with lived experience, healthcare and mental-health professionals, peer supporters, researchers, educators, legal professionals, organizations, government and other stakeholders, we will work collaboratively to develop and support meaningful solutions for operational stress injuries.
Our vision is to bring the right people, knowledge and resources together to identify gaps, learn from what is already working, explore new solutions and create meaningful opportunities for prevention, healing, family support and long-term recovery.
We also believe that meaningful prevention requires us to look beyond treatment and support and examine the organizational, workplace and systemic factors that may contribute to operational stress injuries. Through collaboration, research, lived experience and constructive dialogue, we want to explore what can be changed—not only in how we respond to these injuries, but in how we prevent them from occurring in the first place.
Our long-term vision includes planning, developing and ultimately establishing New Hope Field of Dreams in Cambray, Ontario—a holistic family sanctuary focused on prevention, healing, connection, peer support, education, recreation and family rebuilding.
But New Hope Field of Dreams is only one part of a much larger vision.
We believe the solutions already exist in many places. What is often missing is the connection between people, resources, knowledge and systems.
By coming together, sharing what we know, learning from one another and working collaboratively, we can build something greater than any one person or organization could create alone.
Integrated, Functional and Collaborative
Integrated, Functional and Collaborative
Integrated, Functional and Collaborative
We envision a connected approach where existing knowledge, resources, services and expertise can work together rather than operating in isolation.
By bringing clinical expertise, lived experience, peer support, research, education, family support, complementary approaches and other relevant perspectives to the same table, we can develop mo
We envision a connected approach where existing knowledge, resources, services and expertise can work together rather than operating in isolation.
By bringing clinical expertise, lived experience, peer support, research, education, family support, complementary approaches and other relevant perspectives to the same table, we can develop more comprehensive and practical solutions for operational stress injuries.
Our approach will focus on prevention, early intervention, healing and long-term recovery, recognizing that no single approach will meet the needs of every person or family.
We also believe that prevention requires us to look beyond individual treatment and examine the organizational, workplace and systemic factors that may contribute to operational stress injuries.
We will continue to learn from what is already working, identify gaps, measure outcomes and explore opportunities to strengthen the resources, practices and systems available to first responders and their families.
The goal is not to create another isolated program. It is to connect the right people, resources, knowledge and systems so they can work together to provide better solutions.
Results Focused - Directing Funding Towards Proven & Reliable Resources
Results Focused - Directing Funding Towards Proven & Reliable Resources
Results Focused - Directing Funding Towards Proven & Reliable Resources
We believe resources should be directed toward approaches that demonstrate meaningful value to the people and families they are intended to serve.
Rather than assuming that one program, treatment or approach will work for everyone, we will explore a range of evidence-informed resources and supports that recognize the individual needs of ea
We believe resources should be directed toward approaches that demonstrate meaningful value to the people and families they are intended to serve.
Rather than assuming that one program, treatment or approach will work for everyone, we will explore a range of evidence-informed resources and supports that recognize the individual needs of each person and family.
Our goal is to bring together clinical expertise, lived experience, peer support, research, education, family support and complementary approaches so people can access more comprehensive and connected resources.
We will look at what works, for whom, and under what circumstances.
Where evidence and measurable outcomes are available, they should help guide decisions about how resources are used. Where evidence is still developing, we should remain open to learning, evaluating and improving.
We also believe this same approach should apply to prevention, workplace practices and systemic change. Where research, lived experience and measurable outcomes identify opportunities to prevent injuries or improve the systems that support frontline personnel, that knowledge should help guide future decisions.
We also believe resources should be accessible to the people who need them—not simply concentrated in one location.
Through collaboration and connected communities, we can help direct existing resources toward effective solutions, identify gaps and develop better ways of supporting first responders and their families.
The goal is simple: put resources where they can make the greatest difference.
Eco-Enhancing, Self-sustained and Self-Regenerative
Results Focused - Directing Funding Towards Proven & Reliable Resources
Results Focused - Directing Funding Towards Proven & Reliable Resources
We envision a sanctuary where nature is not simply the setting, but becomes part of the healing experience.
Inviting nature in to become part of the solution.
New Hope Field of Dreams will explore how the natural environment can support physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing while creating opportunities for connection, reflection, recr
We envision a sanctuary where nature is not simply the setting, but becomes part of the healing experience.
Inviting nature in to become part of the solution.
New Hope Field of Dreams will explore how the natural environment can support physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing while creating opportunities for connection, reflection, recreation and renewal.
We will strive to develop an environment that respects and enhances the land, incorporates sustainable practices and explores opportunities for environmental regeneration.
Our vision is to create a place where people can step away from the pressures of everyday life, reconnect with themselves, their families, one another and the natural world.
We believe healing can take many forms.
Sometimes it happens through conversation.
Sometimes through connection with others.
Sometimes through movement, meaningful activity or time with family.
And sometimes, simply through being surrounded by nature.
Nature can be part of the solution.
