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Mental Health Information and Resources

The Mental Health Commission of Canada

Offers online resources, interactive tools and training programs aimed at increasing mental health literacy and improving mental health and well-being of Canadians. Website features include online library, webinars, newsletters and annual reports.

Available B.C. wide

Indigenous Health

Health Canada - BC region

Provides information on Health Canada programs that support healthy First Nations and Inuit individuals, families and communities.

Information includes family health, home and community care, social programs, nutrition and food safety, dental benefits, mental health and substance use, environmental health, and information on diseases and conditions affecting First Nations and Inuit peoples.

Available B.C. wide

Youth Mental Health Information and Resources

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides an online listing of mental health resources for youth in grades seven to twelve. Information, support, tips and techniques can be found on many BC websites, and free mental health and relaxation apps can also be downloaded for phones and mobile devices.

Available B.C. wide

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Ministry of Education and Child Care

Provides students, families, and educators with information and resources on online safety, bullying, sexual orientation and gender identify (SOGI), gender-based violence, mental health and well-being, substance use, school safety, and racism.

Its focus is about building safe and caring school communities. This includes empowering students, families, educators and the community partners who support them to get help with challenges, report concerns to schools, and learn about complex issues facing students.

Available B.C. wide

Positive Mental Health Toolkit

Joint Consortium for School Health

Provides an online tool kit to promote positive mental health perspectives and practices in the school environment. The kit serves to strengthen student engagement and academic functioning, while addressing key relationship concerns such as the prevention of bullying and oppositional behaviours and attitudes.

Topic areas include: components of positive mental health, social and physical environments, stages of change, teaching and learning, steps in implementation, and healthy school policy.

Available B.C. wide

Here2Talk

Ministry of Health

Offers single-session telephone and chat-based counselling to all students currently registered in a BC post-secondary school. The service is available 24-hours through an app, phone and chat.

The program can help with concerns such as stress, feelings of isolation or loneliness, anxiety, frustration, the balance between personal and academic priorities, adapting to new campus culture or city, time-management, and tension with family, friends or instructors.

Available B.C. wide

Emergency Shelter Program

BC Housing

Provides emergency shelter information and resources for anyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness. Shelters include year-round shelters, temporary shelters and extreme winter shelters.

Emergency shelters provide a place to sleep, eat and wash. Some shelters may offer additional services such as medical support, meals, access to support staff and individualized help from a case worker, a secure area for belongings, and resource room with library, computers, phone or TV.

Available B.C. wide

Public Housing Health Services

BC Housing

The service has Health Services Coordinators throughout the province that assists BC Housing tenants in public housing developments on a variety of health-related issues. The coordinators do not offer medical advice, but they can direct clients to community services for help, including referrals to mental health services, grief support after the loss of a loved one, community health care, diabetes clinics, domestic violence units, and addictions counselling.

Available B.C. wide

Alcoholics Anonymous Support Groups

Alcoholics Anonymous - BC Yukon Area 79

Provides an online listing of support groups available in BC for men and women who need support to stop drinking and recover from alcoholism. Twelve Steps of recovery and Twelve Traditions are used for knowledge and wisdom.

Available B.C. wide

Hospice Palliative Care Information

British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association

Provides information on hospice palliative care for professionals, volunteers and the public. Provides educational resources for the establishment and maintenance of organizations devoted to providing end-of-life care and has a network of communication and shared resources for all those concerned with the care of the dying and bereaved in BC.

Showing 131 - 140 of 528 Resources
Available B.C. wide

Mental Health Information and Resources

The Mental Health Commission of Canada

Offers online resources, interactive tools and training programs aimed at increasing mental health literacy and improving mental health and well-being of Canadians. Website features include online library, webinars, newsletters and annual reports.

Available B.C. wide

Indigenous Health

Health Canada - BC region

Provides information on Health Canada programs that support healthy First Nations and Inuit individuals, families and communities.

Information includes family health, home and community care, social programs, nutrition and food safety, dental benefits, mental health and substance use, environmental health, and information on diseases and conditions affecting First Nations and Inuit peoples.

Available B.C. wide

Youth Mental Health Information and Resources

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides an online listing of mental health resources for youth in grades seven to twelve. Information, support, tips and techniques can be found on many BC websites, and free mental health and relaxation apps can also be downloaded for phones and mobile devices.

Available B.C. wide

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Ministry of Education and Child Care

Provides students, families, and educators with information and resources on online safety, bullying, sexual orientation and gender identify (SOGI), gender-based violence, mental health and well-being, substance use, school safety, and racism.

Its focus is about building safe and caring school communities. This includes empowering students, families, educators and the community partners who support them to get help with challenges, report concerns to schools, and learn about complex issues facing students.

Available B.C. wide

Positive Mental Health Toolkit

Joint Consortium for School Health

Provides an online tool kit to promote positive mental health perspectives and practices in the school environment. The kit serves to strengthen student engagement and academic functioning, while addressing key relationship concerns such as the prevention of bullying and oppositional behaviours and attitudes.

Topic areas include: components of positive mental health, social and physical environments, stages of change, teaching and learning, steps in implementation, and healthy school policy.

Available B.C. wide

Here2Talk

Ministry of Health

Offers single-session telephone and chat-based counselling to all students currently registered in a BC post-secondary school. The service is available 24-hours through an app, phone and chat.

The program can help with concerns such as stress, feelings of isolation or loneliness, anxiety, frustration, the balance between personal and academic priorities, adapting to new campus culture or city, time-management, and tension with family, friends or instructors.

Available B.C. wide

Emergency Shelter Program

BC Housing

Provides emergency shelter information and resources for anyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness. Shelters include year-round shelters, temporary shelters and extreme winter shelters.

Emergency shelters provide a place to sleep, eat and wash. Some shelters may offer additional services such as medical support, meals, access to support staff and individualized help from a case worker, a secure area for belongings, and resource room with library, computers, phone or TV.

Available B.C. wide

Public Housing Health Services

BC Housing

The service has Health Services Coordinators throughout the province that assists BC Housing tenants in public housing developments on a variety of health-related issues. The coordinators do not offer medical advice, but they can direct clients to community services for help, including referrals to mental health services, grief support after the loss of a loved one, community health care, diabetes clinics, domestic violence units, and addictions counselling.

Available B.C. wide

Alcoholics Anonymous Support Groups

Alcoholics Anonymous - BC Yukon Area 79

Provides an online listing of support groups available in BC for men and women who need support to stop drinking and recover from alcoholism. Twelve Steps of recovery and Twelve Traditions are used for knowledge and wisdom.

Available B.C. wide

Hospice Palliative Care Information

British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association

Provides information on hospice palliative care for professionals, volunteers and the public. Provides educational resources for the establishment and maintenance of organizations devoted to providing end-of-life care and has a network of communication and shared resources for all those concerned with the care of the dying and bereaved in BC.

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