About Us
Bridging research, practice, and global impact
Safe Roots Consulting is a Manitoba-based community mental health consultancy specializing in culturally responsive program design, training, research and evaluation, suicide prevention, and counselling services. We provide culturally grounded, evidence-based support in mental health, suicide prevention, and community well-being, working with international organizations, NGOs, governments, academic institutions, community agencies, and individuals and families. Our expertise spans Global South and West African contexts as well as local practice here in Canada.
Our work is built on a simple conviction: effective mental health solutions must be rooted in community, shaped by culture, and grounded in evidence. We work collaboratively with communities and organizations to develop approaches that are grounded in evidence, shaped by local knowledge, and responsive to cultural and service contexts.
Why Safe Roots
Safe Roots Consulting was founded to close a gap. Organizations working in international development and global mental health often lack access to consultants who have worked in the communities they aim to serve, speak the languages, understand the belief systems, and sat across from clients in under-resourced settings.
Safe Roots exists to close that gap. Every engagement draws on genuine field knowledge, rigorous research, and a deep respect for the communities at the centre of the work.
20+
Years of combined clinical, research, and policy experience
2+
Countries of active fieldwork and practice
Culturally grounded, trauma-informed, evidence-based practice