A DEDICATED FOCUS
Isolation, camp life, and
Isolation, camp life, and
the distance from family, named directly.
Wood Buffalo's economy runs on a fly-in, fly-out workforce living in camps for rotations of six to twenty-one days, hours or flights from home. RES-Q builds programming specifically for that reality, grounded in Alberta-specific research, not adapted from generic workplace wellness content.
#1
Reported difficulty for FIFO workers: time away from home and family, more than any other single factor.
77%
Of surveyed oil sands camp workers reported meaningful stress connected to camp living conditions.
57%
Of workers with access to on-site health services said they were unlikely to use them, largely over job-security fears.
Isolation & Camp Life
Staying mentally strong on site, naming the regimentation, privacy loss, and loneliness of camp living directly.
Bridging the Distance
Communication strategies for rotational families, addressing the single largest stressor this workforce reports.
Doubt, Guilt & Missing Out
The hidden emotional cost of site work, delivered without minimizing it or rushing past it.
Reintegration
Coming home between rotations, renegotiating roles and reconnecting on a compressed timeline.
