WELLNESS RESOURCES
On Campus - Mental Health & Wellness Resources
Counselling Centre offers FREE, confidential services to all registered and attending SMU students. Services include individual counselling, psychoeducational workshops, peer-based support (some specific to athletes and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community) and wellness events and programming.
Email: counselling@smu.ca
International Student Centre provides supports and resources to international students including, immigration guidance (Visa, study permits, etc.), cultural programming, academic support and community connections.
Email: international.centre@smu.ca
The Student Health Clinic offers private and confidential family practice services to Canadian and International students up to one year after graduation.
Email: student.health@smu.ca
Phone: 902.420.5611
The SMUSA Health Plan Office supports students with accessing their health/dental insurance, understanding their coverage, making claims, opting-out, & enrolling dependents.
Email: healthplan.smusa@smu.ca
Black Student Advisor
Ebun Oladele, Student Affairs & Services
Phone: 902.420.5761
Email: ebun.oladele@smu.ca
Indigenous Student Advisor
Kylar Johnson, Student Affairs & Services
Phone: 902.496.8291
Email: kylar.johnson@smu.ca
Chaplaincy Services
Phone: 902.420.5502
Email: chaplain@smu.ca
The SMU Community Food Room is the on-campus food bank for the Saint Mary’s University community, offering access to safe, nutritious, and culturally acceptable foods.
Email: food.room@smu.ca
Location: Student Centre, 5th floor (SC 526)
Mental Health & Wellness Resources (Provincial/National)
Suicide Crisis Helpline (9-8-8)
If you’re thinking about suicide, or you’re worried about someone else, this offers a safe space to talk, be heard, and receive resources. Support available 24/7/365.
Call or Text: 988
Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team provides 24/7 telephone support to people of any age who are experiencing a mental health crisis or distress.
Phone: 902.429.8167 or 1.888.429.8167
Good2Talk is a free, confidential helpline for NS post-secondary students offering mental health resources, crisis support, and professional counselling.
Phone: 1.833.292.3698
Text: Send GOOD2TALKNS to 686868
Kid’s Help Phone provides youth with mental health resources, crisis support, and professional counselling. Services are available online, by phone, and through text.
Phone: 1.800.668.6868
Text: 686868
Hope for Wellness Helpline Experienced and culturally competent counsellors are available 24/7 to all Indigenous peoples across Canada. Service is available in English, French, Cree, Ojibway (Anishinaabemowin) and Inuktitut.
Phone: 1.855.242.3310
Online Chat: hopeforwellness.ca
Togetherall is a safe, anonymous, and clinically moderated online peer community where people can share experiences, connect with others, and receive mental health support 24/7.
HealthyMindsNS is a suite of online mental health resources, available free to post-secondary students, to complement the mental health supports and services available on campuses.
Resources in the Community
Across Boundaries works within anti-racism/anti-Black racism and anti-oppression frameworks and provides community mental health, addictions support, and in-house programs that integrate individual support, community outreach, support groups, alternative and complementary therapies, skills building, and more.
Black Youth Helpline serves all youth and specifically responds to the need for a Black youth specific service, positioned and resourced to promote access to professional, culturally appropriate support for youth, families, and schools.
Pride Health works to improve access to health services that are safe, coordinated, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate for people who are two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community). They offer services including navigation through the health system, general health and wellness information, sexual health information, referrals, and more. To access these services, call 902-487-0470 or email prideHealth@nshealth.ca.
Black Women in Motion is a Toronto-based, youth-led organization that empowers and supports the advancement of black womxn and survivors of sexual violence. They work within an anti-racist, intersectional feminist, trauma-informed, and survivor-centered framework to create culturally-relevant content, educational tools, healing spaces, and economic opportunities for black womxn.
PFlag Canada offers peer-to-peer support to help with issues of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
Phoenix Youth is a non-profit, community-based organization located in K’jipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia. Phoenix Youth is dedicated to supporting youth between the ages of 11 and 24, their families, and communities across multiple locations in Halifax. They provide health services, housing support, crisis support, money management, counseling, and more. Call toll-free at 1-866-620-0676 or email pcfy@phoenixyouth.ca.