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Mental Health Resources

FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES PLEASE DIAL 9-1-1
Learn more about mental illness and substance use disorders here. ​

Helplines

Suicide Prevention Service
  • (833) 456-4566
  • Text 45645 from 4pm-12am EST

Mental Wellness Counselling Team Same Day Service (Maamwesying/N'Minoeyaa)
  • (844) 864-0523

Hope for Wellness Help Line (Indigenous geared)​
  • ​1-855-242-3310 (24/7)
  • Online Chat Service

Kids Help Phone (Youth in distress and crisis)
  • (800)-668-6868
  • Text CONNECT to 686868
  • Facebook Messenger Chat
  • Live Chat with a Professional Counsellor (7pm - 12am EST)

Your Community Assistance Program
​(Anishinabek Nation First Nation members)
  • Online Counselling Request Form
  • (800) 663-1142 (press 1 for English, then 1 for crisis, or 2 for supports)

The National Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line
(Available to former students of Indian Residential Schools and their family members)
  • 1-866-925-4419 (24/7)

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis Line
  • 1-844-413-6649 (24/7)

Resources

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | CAMH

​Mental Illness and Addiction: Facts and Statistics | CAMH

Mental Health and Wellness | Canada.ca

Ontario Mental Health Resources PDF

Find Mental Health Support | Ontario.ca

Togetherall
Where to start
Some suggestions of where to start looking for support in your area are:
  • Your community health centre or nursing station
  • Local Indigenous organizations
  • A nearby Friendship Centre
    • Find a Friendship Centre
  • Your nearest Canadian mental Health Association branch
    • Find your closest branch
Mental health counselling
​Trained healthcare workers (like psychologists and social workers) who are approved by the government and Indigenous Services Canada can provide mental health counseling. They help Status First Nations and Recognized Inuit through the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program. Also, they can help anyone in Canada, including former students of Indian Residential Schools and Federal Indian Day Schools, and people impacted by Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

You can get more information by contacting an Indigenous Services Canada regional office or the ON First Nations Health Authority.
sTIGMA
  • In a 2019 survey of working Canadians: *
    • 75% of respondents said they would be reluctant – or would refuse – to disclose a mental illness to an employer or co-worker.
    • Respondents were nearly 3 times less likely to want to disclose a mental illness like depression than a physical one like cancer.
    • Top reasons for this reluctance were:
      • the belief that there is stigma around mental illness,
      • not wanting to be treated differently or judged, and
      • being afraid of negative consequences, such as losing one’s job.
    • However, 76% of respondents stated that they themselves would be completely comfortable with and supportive of a colleague with a mental illness.
* Ipsos (2019). Mental illnesses increasingly recognized as disability, but stigma persists. Retrieved from https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/news-polls/mental-illness-increasingly-recognized-as-disability
To learn more facts and statistics click here.

Office Hours

MONDAY | 8:30AM-12PM 1PM-4:30PM
TUESDAY | 8:30AM-12PM 1PM-4:30PM
WEDNESDAY | 8:30AM-12PM 1PM-4:30PM
THURSDAY | 8:30AM-12PM 1PM-4:30PM
FRIDAY | 8:30AM-12:30PM
SATURDAY | CLOSED
​SUNDAY | CLOSED

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64 Park Road, P.O. Box 1299
Blind River, Ontario P0R 1B0
Tel: 705-356-1621 | Fax: 705-356-1740
Toll Fee: 1-877-356-1621

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850
  • Community
    • Events & Notices >
      • Annual Pow-Wow
      • Weekly Newsletter
      • Minwaajim - Smoke Signal
    • Health Services >
      • In Motion Fitness Centre
      • Covid-19 Resources
      • Addiction Resources
      • Mental Health Resources
    • Social Services >
      • Food Security Program
      • Red Pine Lodge
      • Apo-way-a-in Wigamin (Women's Shelter)
      • Support for Families
      • After School Program
      • Daycamp Program
      • Youth Program
    • Member Services >
      • Update Contact Information
      • Mississagi Trust
      • Membership & Status Cards
    • Employment
    • Business Directory
    • Emergency Services >
      • Police Services
      • Fire Department
  • Governance
    • Laws & Policies
    • Notice of Assertions
    • Chief & Council >
      • Previous Councils
      • Meeting Calendar
      • Meeting Packages
      • Band Council Resolutions >
        • Trespassers
    • Committees >
      • Non-Political Committees
    • Affiliations & Relations >
      • Nisoonag Partnership
    • Reports & Publications
    • RHT Litigation Fund
  • Departments
    • Administration >
      • Finance >
        • Annual Audit
        • Lottery License
        • Financial Resources
      • Human Resources
    • Education >
      • Binojee Nagadawenjigamik (Daycare)
      • Post-Secondary
      • Anishnaabemowin (Language Program)
      • Library
    • Chi-Naakinagewin (Law Development) >
      • Sustainable Harvesting
      • Safe Separation Law
      • Residency Law
      • Family Unity Declaration - Abinojii Adziwin Project
    • Economic Development >
      • Chiblow Lake Lodge
    • Health Services
    • Social Services
    • Infrastructure >
      • Housing >
        • Radon
        • Funding
      • Public Works
      • Fire Department
    • Lands & Resources >
      • Membership
      • By-Law Services
      • Land Use Map
    • Mississagi Trust
    • Niigaaniin
  • Staff Directory