HEALTH / WELLBEING / SUPPORT

• Unison Benevolent Fund
  Unison Benevolent Fund is a non-profit, registered charity that provides counselling and emergency relief services to the Canadian music community. The Unison Benevolent Fund is an assistance program – created and administered for the music community, by the music community – designed to provide discreet relief to music industry professionals in times of crisis. There are two distinct types of support available through the fund, Financial Assistance and Counselling & Health Solutions. For immediate assistance call toll free 1-855-9UNISON (1-855-986-4766)
• Canadian Mental Health Association: Protecting your mental health
• National Depression Hotline: A free resource that helps people find the correct Mental Health and Crisis Hotlines in their area
• Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services: Alberta’s One Line for Sexual Violence is a toll-free talk, text, and chat service that provides emotional support, information, and referral to anyone who has experienced or been impacted by sexual violence
• Better Help: Talk with a licensed, professional therapist online
• Alberta Health Services
  • Mental Health Help Line: The Alberta Health Services Mental Health Help Line is a 24 hour, 7 day a week, 365 days a year, confidential service that provides support, information and referrals to Albertans experiencing mental health concerns.

• Mental Health Foundation
• Africa Centre Yeg -Alberta Black Therapists Network: Africa Centre is pleased to partner with Alberta Black Therapists Network (ABTN) to bring free counselling from various licensed therapists. These services provide formal, one-hour, one-to-one counselling sessions in the form of short-term intervention utilizing solution-focused therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy. Sessions are available online or in-person in Edmonton or Calgary.

• Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS): The Indian Residential School Survivors Society Counselling Services ream supports emotional, mental, and spiritual development, along with healing and recovery, through culturally-based values and guiding principles for Survivors, families and communities.

• My Mental Health Resources: Community Partners, Crisis Services, Suicide Prevention, Affordable Housing, Youth & Senior Mental Health Support, Food Bank, Legal Aid, Shelters & Addiction Support Information:
  • Medicine Hat & Area
  • Red Deer & Area
  • Grande Prairie & Area
• Calgary Resources for Crisis and Mental Health: For Calgarians in crisis or in need of mental health and addiction support, these resources provide education, assessment, medical attention and other useful resources.

Mindfulness Apps

• Headspace: Meditation and mindfulness for your everyday life
• Wellness: Setting small, doable health goals in areas that matter to you.
• Mindshift: Helps you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.
• Calm: Sleep, meditation, music, mindful movement, nature scenes
• Rootd: Anxiety relief
• 10 Percent Happier: guided meditations and practical teachings
• Simple Habit: Sleep, meditation, mindfulness
• iBreathe: Deep breathing exercises