Mental Health Information
Provides online mental health information and resources for specific mental illnesses, treatment and recovery, alcohol and drug use, and coping with mental health crises and emergencies.
COVID-19 Stay Well in Uncertain Times
Provides a mental health check-in tool, information and online listing of supports, to help youth, adults, caregivers, and healthcare workers manage their mental health and wellness during COVID-19.
BC Disaster Stress
Provides resources to support BC communities with the stress and mental health concerns resulting from wildfires, floods and other natural disasters.
Resources include community talk events, telephone support, web links, mental health information, and tools to help manage stress, overcome challenges and feel better.
Fly Calm
Provides online information, video resources, colouring book, and resources to help travelers reduce the anxiety, stress, and uncertainty when flying. Provided in partnership with the Vancouver International Airport.
Care to Speak
Provides free, confidential peer mental health support to anyone working in the healthcare or social services sector. One-on-one support is available by phone, text and online chat.
Online information and resources are also available.
Buddy Up
Provides online information and resources for men, encouraging them to have real conversations with their buddies and to support them if they're struggling with thoughts of suicide. Topic areas include warning signs, masculinity and suicide, statistics, programs available, recommending reading, and suicide prevention.
People Working Well
Offers mental health resources and free training for employers and employees in BC who work in the tourism, hospitality and community social services industry. Resources include a range of tools to help with workplace concerns such as supporting colleagues through crisis, neurodiversity in the workplace and managing change effectively.
You can register for webinars, sign up for training, or connect to a workplace psychological consultant who can guide an individual, team or organization through making changes.
We Are Indigenous: Big Worries/Fears, Parent & Caregiver Support Program
Offers a free, virtual parent and caregiver coaching program to support First Nations, Métis and Inuit families across BC, whose children are struggling with the experience of big worries and fears, or what the Western worldview calls anxiety.
The program is guided by traditional knowledge from Indigenous communities and includes short online videos and scheduled telephone coaching sessions to provide families with tools to discuss what they are already doing, and to learn new practices and how to use these practices with their children.
Independent Rights Advice Service
Provides information and support to people who are detained and experiencing involuntary treatment under the Mental Health Act in BC. Rights Advisors meet with patients to explain their rights and options, as well as support patients to exercise these rights. Meetings are confidential and offered by phone and in-person depending on accessibility and cultural safety needs.
Work Well Resources
Provides a directory of provincial chronic pain services, programs, support groups, and organizations for easy access to resources related to chronic pain.