Due to professional restrictions, GBC Counselling Services can only offer mental health counselling to students who are located in the province of Ontario at the time of their appointment. However, there are other free, professional mental health counselling resources offered to students outside of Ontario as listed below. If your concerns are specific to your academic program (i.e., changes to your schedule, questions about academic pathway, adding/dropping classes, etc.), please contact your academic department.
If you are looking for urgent support because of an imminent threat of harm to yourself or someone else, we strongly encourage you to contact emergency services local to your area.
We encourage you to try the free 24/7 multi-lingual counselling services provided by: We Connect (services can be offered online via video, telephone, or in-person by a counsellor in your area).
Additional Resources
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, here is a list of additional resources you can use to find support in your province or country.
- Within Canada: Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health
- Outside of Canada: Suicide Stop, Open Counselling
- To talk to volunteer listeners online for free, 24/7, please visit 7 Cups
To learn more about mental health issues and useful strategies to address them, please browse our website where we maintain a curated list of up-to-date and relevant resources to help you get the answers and the tools you need to help you manage your mental health challenges on your own.
