RESOURCES
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Get urgent mental health support.
Suicide National Suicide Crisis Helpline - 988
General Distress BC Mental Health & Crisis Response - 310-6789
BC Interior Mental Health and Substance Use Support Line - 310-6478
Abuse & Violence VictimLinkBC - 1-800-563-0808
Cree, Ojibway, & Inuktitut Hope for Wellness Helpline - 1-855-242-3310
BY IDENTITY
Child & Youth Kids Help Phone - 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868
Trans & Gender Diverse Trans Lifeline - 1-877-330-6366 Divested from police.
Indigenous KUU-US Crisis Line - 1-800-588-8717
Adults & Elders - 250-723-4050
Child & Youth - 250-723-2040
Métis - 1-833-638-4722
Residential School Survivors & Families Lamathut Crisis Line - 1-800-721-0066
Find someone to talk to. (non-crisis)
BY IDENTITY
2SLGBTQIA+ Youth Youth Line - Text 647-694-4275
BC Government Workers Connection to Care - 778-247-2273
Black Youth Black Youth Helpline - 1-833-294-8650
Christian Telecare Crisis & Caring Line - 1-888-852-9099
Elders Seniors' Distress Line - 604-872-1234
Health & Social Support Workers Care to Speak - 1-866-802-7337
Jewish Jewish Community Care Line - 604-558-5719
Men men& Get Help - 1-833-327-6367
Muslim Naseeha Helpline & Textline - 1-866-627-3342
Non-English S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Help Lines - 1-888-721-0596
Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Farsi-Dari, Ukrainian
BY CONCERN
Health & Illness HealthLink BC - 811
Chronic Pain Pain BC - 1-844-880-7246
Gambling Gambling Support BC - 1-888-795-6111
Grief & Loss BC Bereavement Helpline - 604-738-9950
Racism Racist Incident Helpline - 1-833-457-5463
Substance Use Alcohol & Drug Information Referral Service - 1-800-663-1441
Find a support service.
SERVICE DIRECTORIES
BC211 • BC Benefits Connector • HelpStartsHere • Pathways Community Services
HEALTH SERVICES
BC Urgent & Primary Care Centres • Find a Doctor BC • Healing in Colour • HealthLink BC
SEXUAL WELLNESS SERVICES
Options for Sexual Health • Smart Sex Resource
QUEER / 2SLGBTQIA+ SERVICES
Qmunity • Health Initiative for Men • Trans Care BC • Trans Rights BC
YOUTH SERVICES
Aged Out • Directions Youth Services • Foundry BC • Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
DISABILITY AID SERVICES
FindSupport BC • Canadian Disability Resources Society
SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES
BC Centre on Substance Use • BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services • Turning Point Recovery Society
EATING DISORDER SERVICES
Looking Glass Foundation • National Eating Disorder Information Centre
LEGAL AID SERVICES
Access Pro Bono • Community Legal Assistance Society • Justice Education Society (Multilingual) • Law Students' Legal Advice Program • Legal Aid BC • Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre
VICTIM SERVICES
Battered Women's Support Services • BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse • Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SERVICES
BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres • First Nations Health Authority • Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of BC
SEX WORKER SERVICES
Living in Community • PACE Society
IMMIGRANT / REFUGEE SERVICES
BC Refugee Hub • Immigrant Services Society of BC • Rainbow Refugee • Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture BC
AFFORDABLE THERAPY
Affordable Therapy Network • Free Counselling Society Canada • Moving Forward Family Services • Open Path Psychotherapy Collective • Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Fund
Learn something new.
My Youtube channel has a variety of educational content compiled into playlists that I occasionally update with fresh sources.
HELPFUL APPS
ACT Companion | How We Feel | Medito | Smiling Mind
READING LIST [Under Construction]
Updates coming soon!
Read ebooks and audiobooks free from your local library through Libby.
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors by Janina Fisher
Overcoming Internal Self-AlienationThe Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté
Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic CultureWaking the Tiger by Peter A. Levine, Ann Frederick
Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences
JUSTICE-ORIENTED EDUCATION
Inclusive Therapists Mental Health | Mikana | Naloxone 101 | Organizing 101 | Peer Support Training | Slow Factory Open Edu
TOOLKITS
Access is Love | Accessible Social | BCCLA Resources | The GEN Grief Toolkit | Harm Reduction Fundamentals
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