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Resources for Indigenous & Racialized Students

This page provides a list of mental health and wellness resources that are designed to support the needs of racialized individuals.

If you need immediate crisis support, please see Crisis Lines & Resources.

Hate Crime Support
  • Call your local police for support with your investigation.
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Indigenous Culturally-Safe Supports

    • An Indigenous men’s wellness organisation that aims to To promote holistic, cost-effective men’s health through accessible dialogue, education, and health screening opportunities.
  • : 1-855-344-3800 (Call to book an appointment)
    • Provides virtual health care and referral support for people who do not have a doctor or are unable to get an appointment. It is for all First Nations people living in BC and their family members, including family members who are not Indigenous.
    • Doctors are available by video or phone from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day.
    • Provides free counselling to people of Indigenous heritage.
      • : Wellness Resources
  • : 1-800-721-0066 (toll free)
    • A partner with the FNHA in providing access to counselling, cultural and emotional support services to former students of residential and day schools, and their families, regardless of status.
    • MNBC Citizens are welcome to apply for 10 free counselling sessions with a counsellor, psychologist, or psychiatrist.
    • Provides culturally safe mental health and substance misuse services to the Indigenous community of Metro Vancouver.
  • : 1-855-550-5454 (toll free)
    • A national program administered in BC by First Nations Health Benefits. Services are available to survivors, family members and others who have been affected.
    • Fights barriers that limit access to healthcare and full reproductive choice for Canadian racialised women, two-spirit, and nonbinary people.
  • : 1-888-403-3123 (toll free)
    • Provides confidential outreach services such as counselling, cultural supports, and personal wellness programs.
    • Committed to providing culturally safe healthcare to Indigenous people in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
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    • A mental health space for Asian communities in Canada.
  • 604-597-0205
    • Offers peer support and mental health and substance misuse services to newcomers and racialised people.
    • Advocating for racial equity and inclusion for all Asian Canadians.
    • Emotional support in Mandarin, Cantonese, or Korean.
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