IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY:
Dial 911 (Ambulance, Fire, Police) and call VIU Campus Security - Local 6600
Support is available through Vancouver Island Crisis Line at 1-888-494-3888
To speak to someone outside our regular business hours or for emergencies:
- Vancouver Island Crisis Line at 1 888 494 3888 (24 - 7)
- Crisis Chat VI Crisis, & text (250 800-3806) 6 pm - 10 pm, 7 days a week Please note that, due to a staff shortage, Crisis Chat and Crisis Text services may not be available.
- Crisis Chat VI Crisis, & text (250 800-3806) 6 pm - 10 pm, 7 days a week Please note that, due to a staff shortage, Crisis Chat and Crisis Text services may not be available.
- Youth in BC - for youth 25 > 24 hr suicide 1 800 784-2433; chat, noon - 1 am PST; other mental health #'s
- Kuu-us Aboriginal Crisis Line (24/7);
- First Nations & Inuit Hope for Wellness Helpline & Chat 24-7, 1-855-242-3310, culturally competent counsellors, services in English, French, Ojibway, Cree,& Inuktitut
- Crisis Centre Chat - adults 25 +, 24 hr suicide 1 800 784-2433, other mental health #'s; chat noon - 1 am PST
- Crisis Services Canada - Suicide prevention & support 1 833 456-4566 (24/7) text (4546) & chat (2 pm - 10 pm PST)
- Brooks Landing Walk-in Counselling Clinic (Mental Health & Addictions) M-F 10 - 6:15 pm; 203-2000 Island Highway North, 250 739 5710
- Haven Society for women who have been sexually assaulted or in situations of domestic violence 24 crisis line 1 888 756-0616
- Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital provides specialized mental health and addiction services for acute and critical situations
- Virtual Mental Health Supports in BC - resources for everyone