Need Help?

Counselling Services provides confidential, non-judgmental, free counselling for students. To connect with a counsellor about harm reduction and substance use, call 613-727-4723 ext.7200, or stop by the Welcome Centre reception desk (3rd floor, Student Commons, E building).

Algonquin College Mamidosewin Indigenous Centre provides confidential, non-judgemental, free counselling for First Nations, Inuit and Metis students. The Mamidosewin Centre also provides cultural events. 613-727-4723 ext. 7186.

The Student Health & Wellness Zone provides students with an opportunity to chat with a trained Algonquin College student peer about mental health, sexual health and sexual violence, and substance use. Support is offered in a one-on-one, drop-in, non-judgmental, confidential, and accessible virtual space. 

Community Support Services

• Stop Overdose Ottawa
• Alcoholics Anonymous Ottawa
• Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre
• Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre
• Narcotics Anonymous Ottawa
• Sandy Hill – CHC
• Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI)
• You and Substance Abuse
• Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services is a non-profit organization that provides a range of outpatient treatment programs and support for youth, adults who are struggling with alcohol, drug, and/or gambling addiction, and their families, in the Ottawa area. 613-724-4881.
• Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health offers a full medical clinic, mental health clinic, community and cultural programs along with community outreach to provide a place that people can call home. 613-748-0657.

Online Resources

• National Overdose Response Service
• Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse
• Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Healthy Minds/Healthy Campus
• FRANK
• Here to Help
• Gabor Mate, author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts
• Reducing Alcohol Harms Among University Students
• LiveAnotherDay

Videos

• Nuggets (What addiction feels like on the inside)
• Roots of Addiction – Gabor Mate