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Ottawa Campus – Counselling Services

Counselling Services provides professional, short term and confidential support.
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Ottawa Campus – Health Services

Health Services supports Algonquin College students through individualized and confidential health and wellness care.

By contacting Health Services, you can access physicians and nurses who can provide basic treatments for common mental health issues, refer to specialized care and treatment, and support ongoing care. They also have a mental health nurse and partnership with The Royal Ottawa through their Psychiatry Clinic.

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Algonquin’s Mamidosewin Centre

The goal of the Mamidosewin Centre is to empower and support Indigenous students at Algonquin College into the next phase of their lives (mino-biimaadizwin — “the good way of life”) in a way that is respectful and reflective of Indigenous cultures. The Mamidosewin Centre provides a variety of cultural programs and services to Indigenous learners attending Algonquin College.
Students are welcome to meet with an Indigenous Coiunsellor who integrates Indigenous traditional knowledge and ceremony into mental health support.
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Algonquin’s Centre for Accessible Learning

The Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL) is committed to ensuring students have equal access to all educational opportunities. Thier goal is to provide the necessary accommodations and support to help students meet their essential course or program requirements. This includes students attending Algonquin College with a mental health disorder.
Services are confidential, free, and voluntary. To learn more, click here.

WeSpeak Student (WeConnect)

The Algonquin Students’ Association student insurance provider for domestic students (and international students who choose to purchase the plan), includes legal advice, coaching, nutrition advice, financial advice, and counselling.
The WeSpeak Student insurance package includes access to the Student Assistance Program through the WeConnect link on the website. There are resources to find clinical support and assistance on your campus and in your community as well as coaching, tips, and tools available. Students can access supports by phone, email, chat, SMS, Snapclarity App.
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Good2Talk

Good2Talk provides free, confidential support services for post-secondary students in Ontario.
Students can receive professional counselling, volunteer crisis support and information and referrals about mental health services and supports on and off campus.
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Minwaashin Lodge

Provides a range of programs and services to Aboriginal women and children. Services include counselling, children’s and youth programming, women’s shelter, and employment and training resources.

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Tungasuvvingat Inuit

Inuit-specific urban services provider that offers community supports for all ages. They offer social support, cultural activities, employment and education assistance, youth programs, counselling, crisis intervention and more.

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Wabano Indigenous Centre for Excellence in Health Care

Primary health care clinic, community programs, homelessness outreach, counselling services, health programs, and children’s/youth activities.
Wabano’s Mental Wellness team is unique because we merge Indigenous practices with contemporary therapeutic methods. Whatever path you choose, Wabano is a safe space for you and your family to explore your inner strength and resilience.
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Kind Space

Kind Space offers several services for free or sliding scale to community members. “Be Kind to your Mind” is a short-term, individual therapy funded through the “Mental Health & Wellbeing” grant from the Canadian Red Cross & Public Health Agency of Canada

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Centretown Community Health Centre

CCHC offers treatment and support on a broad range of health and wellness issues for adults, such as counselling, mental health and addictions, harm reduction, problem gambling, free showers, etc.
Services are delivered from a perspective of anti-opression, equity and empowerment. At the Centre, you can access a LGBT2SQ+ Walk-in Counselling Clinic.
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Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

The Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy provides assessment and therapy services (individual, couples, and group) for a wide range of mental health problems, and are one of the few clinics in Canada that offers intensive day treatment programming for anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression. They also provide training to students and health professionals, as well as consultation services to organizations.

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Ottawa Family Services

Offers a wide range of counselling, educational workshops and support programs for everyone in our community.
This includes counselling for the 2SLGBTQI+ community by counsellors, who themselves identify as part of that community.
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Counselling Connect

Counselling Connect provides free phone or video counselling. This service is for everyone: children, youth, adults and families in Ottawa and the surrounding area.
Counselling Connect services are provided by counsellors of diverse backgrounds and experience including Indigenous communities; African, Caribbean and Black communities; other racialized communities; and LGBT2SQ+ communities. Available in English, French, and Arabic.
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Lanark County Mental Health

Responds to the mental health needs of adults and youth 17 years and over. Provides individual and group psychotherapy, practical and supportive counselling, and limited crisis services.

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Keel Mind

Keel Mind is a digital platform that provides mental health support to students at colleges and universities across Ontario at no cost. Delivered through secure text, audio, and video sessions, all appointments are confidential, easily accessible and offered online.

Through Keel Mind, you can access:

  • Self-Assessment: Complete their Self-Check to measure your burnout, stress, and fatigue. It’s a simple, non-clinical way to understand your well-being at your own pace.
  • Self-Help: Browse the Wellness Hub for articles, videos, and podcasts designed to support your well-being whenever and however you need.
  • Counselling: When you’re ready, connect with a Care Provider. Their smart-matching system recommends the top five providers so you can choose the one that feels right for you.

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