Help Lines
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- 7cups (online) - Free, anonymous and confidential online text chat with trained listeners, online therapists & counselors
- Bean Bag Chat (Canada - Toronto) - a place for people to receive the support they need online. Currently available to young adults (aged 16-29) in Toronto.
- Cybertips (Canada) - to report the online sexual exploitation of children
- Kids Help Phone (Canada - National) - Call 1-800-668-6868 - phone and web chat
- LGBT Youth Line (Canada - Ontario) - toll-free Ontario-wide peer-support phone line - 1-800-268-9688 - phone, text and web chat for lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited, queer and questioning young people
- Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team (Canada - Nova Scotia) - Call 902-429-8167
- Youth in BC (Canada - BC) is an online chat resource where youth who need assistance can get help via a real time online chat (every day from noon to 1 a.m. (PST) with a trained volunteer. Email support is also available from the Crisis Centre's professional staff by emailing to - youthinbc@crisiscentre.bc.ca
Mental Health Resources
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- Apps & Tools - The Foundry
- Canadian Association Suicide Prevention (CASP)
- Canadian Association For Mental Health (CAMH)
- Children's Mental Health Ontario
- Crisis Centre (BC)
- EPL - Early Psychosis Intervention (Canada)
- Family Smart (Canada)
- Jack.org (Canada)
- Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre (Canada)
- Kids Help Phone (Canada)
- Mental Health Commission of Canada (Canada)
- The Foundry (British Columbia)
- Stigma Free Zone Movement (Canada)
Other Resources
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- BC Council for Families - resources
- Youthspace.ca - is made up of a community of volunteers who are here to support you – whatever you are going through. All volunteers are trained in emotional support, crisis response, and ASIST Suicide First Aid.
