Emergency On-Campus
Emergency, First Aid, Security, Ambulance, Fire, Police, Bomb Threat
7 days a week / 24 hours a day
Office/Internal Phone
- Nanaino/Cowichan:
Phone: 6600 - Powell River Phone:
8121 or 911 - Parksville Phone:
951-3000 or 911
Emergency Phone Push button
- Pay Phone Nanaimo Phone:
250-740-6600 - Pay Phone Cowichan Phone:
1-250-740-6600 - Pay Phone Powell River Phone:
604-485-2878 - Pay Phone Parksville Phone:
250-951-3000 or 911
Emergency Off-Campus
Police, Fire, and Ambulance Services
7 days a week /24 hours a day
Phone: 911
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
7 days a week/24 hours a day
- Phone: 250-754-2141
- Location: 1200 Dufferin Crescent, Nanaimo, BC V9S 5R6
Need Help Now?
Vancouver Island University Counselling Services
Monday - Friday; 8:30 am - 4 pm
- Nanaimo Campus Phone:
250-740-6416 - Cowichan Campus Phone:
250-746-3509 - Parksville Campus Phone:
250-248-2096 - Powell River Campus Phone:
(604) 485-2878
Other Supports & Services:
- 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.
- First Nations & Inuit helpline & chat 24-7, 1-855-242-3310, culturally competent counsellors, services in English, French, Ojibway, Cree,& Inuktitut
- youthinbc - for youth 25 > 24 hr suicide 1 800 784-2433; chat, noon - 1 am PST; other mental health #'s
- crisiscentrechat - adults 25 +, 24 hr suicide 1 800 784-2433, other mental health #'s; chat noon - 1 am PST
- Crisisservicescanada.ca/ - 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 Brooks Landing Access & Crisis Services 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
- see website for a variety of services Haven Society