Local and Online Health Resources for Students
Links to resources on campus and within Antigonish:
- StFX Health and Counselling Centre
- Located on StFX campus, the Health and Counselling Centre offers mental health support through appointments with a counsellor, nurse, or doctor
- 305 Bloomfield Centre; 902-867-2263 (M+Th: 8:30 am- 8:00 pm T,W+F: 8:30 am- 4:30 pm)
- Visible@X Sexual Violence Prevention and Response
- StFX Sexual Violence Prevention and Support Advocate: 313D Bloomfield Centre
- Email: hblackbu@stfx.ca Phone: 902-867-5601
- StFX Peer Support program
- Service offered through the StFX Students’ Union. Trained student volunteers provide support to peers by listening and by helping to direct students to relevant resources
- The peer support program is open from 12-5pm on weekdays in Bloomfield 417
- Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre
- Offers information, support, and programs to women and adolescent girls. Includes advocacy, health services, crisis intervention, sexual assault services
- Men’s Health Centre
- Offers information, support, and programs to men and adolescent boys (aged 12 years an over) within areas such as physical health, mental and emotional health, and sexual health
- Naomi Society
- Offers support to those experiencing family and intimate partner violence
- Direct services are available for women and children, while referral services are available for men
Links to online resources and mental health information:
- Healthy Minds NS
- Includes five different online mental health supports for StFX students.
- These resources can help to complement in-person supports, but they can also be used on their own
- Kognito – offers mental health literacy training through training simulations
- 7-cups – connect to a trained listener through text (code: stfx)
- TAO self-help – includes a variety of interactive modules. Use your student email to create a personalized account.
- Good2Talk - This is a free helpline offering confidential support from professional counsellors to any university student who is studying at a university in Nova Scotia. To talk to someone just call 1-833-292-3698.
- Crisis Text Line – A volunteer support service providing text-based support to university students using the Kids Help Phone platform. To connect, just text Good2TalkNS to 686868
- NS Health COVID-Specific Mental Health Tools and Information
- A variety of free mental online eMental Health resources and tips, to support Nova Scotians through COVID
- Be There Resource from Jack.org
- Jack.org is a Canadian charity focused on providing mental health information and training supports to young adults so they can identify and eliminate barriers to help-seeking
- Be There is a resource that provides young adults with information and tips on how to recognize and best support someone who is struggling with their mental health
- Transitions
- Transitions is a document developed by teenmentalhealth.org to help university students make the transition to university. It includes information on mental health and mental illness, relationships, time management, sexual activity and more
- Heads-up Guys
- A mental health resource made for men by men. This resource provides information about recognizing the symptoms of Depression, managing symptoms, and help-seeking
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Mental Health 101 resource
- Online resource that provides free tutorials to learn about mental health
- Mental Health 101 resource