EXTERNAL RESOURCE CENTRE
External resources
This webpage suggests resources for issues related to mental health, addictions, violence, and more. Contact TAV College’s Mental Health Resource Counsellor, Mrs. Noémie Giguère, for more information: noemie@tav.ca
*If you are at risk of harm to others or yourself, call 9-1-1 or go to the nearest emergency room.
COVID-19 AND MENTAL HEALTH
Student Wellness and COVID-19
Psychology Works Fact Sheet: Student Wellness and COVID-19 – Canadian Psychological Association
“The information that follows is intended to help students cope psychologically in the face of health risks like COVID-19.”
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Free digital cognitive behavioral therapy
Free digital cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for COVID-19 related issues
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Virus anxiety
Listening services for youth (20 years old and younger)
Kids Help Phone
24 / 7 counseling and listening general helpline/texting service for young adults up to 20 years old
1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 for texting service
Tel-Jeunes
24 / 7 phone counseling service.
1-800-263-2266, or 514-600-1002 for text support (available between 8 am and 11 pm)
Listening services for everyone
Tel-Aide
Centre d’écoute et de référence multi-écoute
Centre d’écoute et de référence multi-écoute
Listening and assistance service available in English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Persian, Russian
514 -737-3604 (Monday – Friday, from 9 AM – 12 PM, and 1 PM – 5 PM)
Centre d’écoute et d’intervention face à face
Centre d’écoute et d’intervention face à face
Offers active listening, intervention, and collaborative support to vulnerable and isolated individuals, on the telephone and in-person
514-934-4546 (Monday – Friday, 9 AM- 5 PM)
McGill’s Students’ Nightline
A confidential, anonymous, and non-judgmental listening service run by McGill students. (Non-professional)
514-398-6246 (7 days a week, 6 PM to 3 AM, closed during summer)
Helpline for Parents
LigneParents (Helpline for Parents)
24/7 bilingual helpline and resource center for parents and/or new parents who have questions or are struggling with parenting challenges, emotions, and more. Available in English or French.
suicide prevention
Suicide Action Montreal
Suicide Action Montréal offers Montrealers who are either witnesses, distressed, worried, or bereaved, a range of support services to help them through their problems.
1-866-277-3553 (Available 24/7)
Crisis Services Canada
A national network of existing distress, crisis, and suicide prevention line services.
Call 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645
Helpline for Parents
“I’m thinking about suicide; I’m worried about someone; I’m grieving a loss by suicide.”
1-866-277-3553 or chat online (Available 24/7)
Addictions
Drug Help & Referral
24/7 listening and referral service that provides support, information, and referrals to anyone worried about their use of drugs, alcohol, and/or medication, as well as, to their loved ones.
Gambling Help & Referral
Gambling Help & Referral (SOS Jeux)
24/7 listening and referral service that provides support, information, and referrals to anyone affected by excessive gambling, across Québec
Al-Anon
Support community for someone with a drinking problem, or someone who is worried about someone with a drinking problem.
ANEB
Professional services offering hope and support to people suffering from eating disorders.
514-630-0907 (Available every day from 8 AM – 3 AM)
Alcoholics Anonymous
Professional services offering support to people with a drinking problem
514-350-3444 (Available 7 days a week, 9 AM and to 10 PM) or email helpline@aa87.org
Drug or Alcohol Abuse
Are you in crisis and distress because of the use of drugs, alcohol, or both? Is someone around you in this situation?
Call the Emergency Department immediately at 514 288-1515 or go directly to the emergency center at 110 rue Prince-Arthur Ouest, Montreal, QC.
LGBT+ Community members
Interligne
“We are here to listen to you and support you, no matter what you have to say, or the situation you are currently facing.”
Call or text 514 866-0103 (Available 24/7)
Report a situation of violence here.
Help for trans Quebec
“The staff tackle any issues or questions relating to the trans-identity, always without any judgment. Reach out to us if need be!”
1-855-909-9038 ext.1 or email ecoute@atq1980.org
Sexual and/or domestic violence
Sexual violence resource webpage
Crisis centers
Crisis Services Canada
A national network of existing distress, crisis, and suicide prevention line services
1-866-277-3553 (Available 24/7) or text 45645 (Available between 4 PM and 12 AM)
Tracom Crisis Intervention Centre
Tracom Crisis Intervention Centre
Bilingual psychosocial crisis intervention services offered to an adult clientele, as well as family members, caregivers, or friends of adults in distress.
514-483- 3033 (24/7 telephone support)
Mental health
Centre St-Pierre
Offering psychotherapy in English, French, and Spanish (sliding-scale fees): You can contact them to be put on their waiting list
Argyle Institute
AMI-Quebec
Helps families manage the effects of mental illness through support, education, guidance, and advocacy
Revivre
Helpline offering counseling assistance for feelings of anxiety, depression, and bipolarity.
1-866-738-4873 (Available Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM)
Newly arrived immigrants
PROMIS
Assistance to immigrants and refugees with language services, employment assistance, and food security
Facebook community group
International Students at TAV College
Support group to ask and answer general questions
OTHER RESOURCES
Information and Referral Center of Greater Montreal
Information and Referral Center of Greater Montreal
General support helpline for finding various other resources
2-1-1 (Available 7 days a week, from 8 AM – 6 PM)
Info-Social
Info‑Social 811 service professionals give advice and can answer questions about psychosocial issues. If necessary, they can also refer you to an appropriate resource in the health and social services network or to a community resource.
8-1-1 (Available 24 / 7)
Agence OMETZ
Counseling services and young adult center (L’annexe)
L'Annexe
FOOD BANKS
Food assistance services in the form of food banks, solidarity grocery stores, food vouchers, or health baskets.
2-1-1 (Available Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 6 PM)
Last updated: January 19, 2022