Mental Health 101

  • What's Up
    App
    This free app combats symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress by helping you track your mood, engage in grounding techniques, and transform negative thought processes.
  • SuperBetter
    App
    Building resilience – the ability to stay strong, motivated and optimistic – even in the face of change and difficult challenges is tough; but the makers behind the SuperBetter app believe that using their tool will unlock your heroic potential so you can overcome tough situations and achieve goals that matter most. Available in Google Play and the Apple App Store.

  • College of the Overwhelmed (for supporters)
    Book/Audiobook
    A hands-on guide for helping students overcome stress and succeed in a college environment, accompanied by personal narratives and some warning signs you should look out for.
  • The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to finding your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life’s Hurdles
    Book/Audiobook
    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used to provide techniques to strengthen one’s own resilience to handle life’s blows in both short and long-term situations for; emotion regulation, impulse control, empathy, causal analysis, self-Efficacy and reaching out.
  • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
    Book/Audiobook
    The power of mindset; success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavour can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities.
  • Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
    Book/Audiobook
    Guide to stress, stress-related conditions, and coping that focuses on the biological machinery of the body and offers self help techniques.
  • When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
    Book/Audiobook
    In this National Bestseller, Dr. Gabor Mate provides insight and moving stores about real people regarding how emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness; provides ways to help prevent further potential damage.
  • The Stress Management Workbook
    Book
    Learning how to manage your stress shouldn't be stressful. With The Stress Management Workbook you'll get the relief you need in a time frame that works for you. With concrete exercises that require no more than 10 minutes each, The workbook will help you build sustainable stress management skills for significantly reducing stress―now and for the future.

  • LGBTQ+ Youthline
    Helpline
    Youth Line offers resources for youth, parents, and allies, as well as confidential and non-judgemental peer support through telephone, text and chat services.
  • Call 211
    Helpline
    2-1-1 is a helpline for people suffering from a mental health crisis that is accompanied by a helpful website with links and resources available for everyone around Ontario.
  • Hope for Wellness
    Helpline
    The Hope for Wellness Help Line offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada.
  • Across Ontario
    Helpline
    A list of helplines that are available in different areas around Ontario.
  • Good2Talk
    Helpline
    A free and confidential phone or textline specifically for post-secondary students who want professional counselling and information/referrals for mental health, addictions, and well-being; available 24/7/365.

  • Are u ok?
    Podcast
    According to their website, "Are u ok?" walks listeners through the most commonly asked questions about mental health and the process of getting help.
  • Mentally Yours
    Podcast
    "Mentally Yours" investigates a variety of mental health issues from clinical diagnoses to emotions you may not be able to explain, all the while taking into account the changing dynamics of the world with social change and physical distancing.
  • Being Well Podcast with Dr. Rick Hansen
    Podcast
    In the first episode of Season 2 of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Rick Hanson starts a series on Resilience by explaining the importance of Resilience and HOW we can begin to grow this key strength. Listen from their website or download from your preferred podcast platform.

  • Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated
    Movie
    Demi Lovato, a long-time advocate for mental health awareness, reveals her struggles with eating disorders, pressures from her friends and family, and mental health issues; she may be a celebrity but you might have more in common than you'd think.
  • Brené Brown on Empathy (for supporters)
    Video
    This short, animated video provides information and tips on how to be more supportive and empathetic.
  • Smudging explanation
    Video
    Trent University shares what smudging entails and reminds us that Indigenous healing traditions are valid and accessible.
  • Wonder
    Movie
    Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
  • The Power of Belief - Mindset and Success
    Video
    The way we understand our intelligence and abilities deeply impacts our success. Based on social science research and real-life examples, Eduardo Briceño articulates in this TED Talk how mindset, or the understanding of intelligence and abilities, is key. 
  • Overcoming Perfectionism: Why Good Enough Is Great
    Video
    What's wrong with being a perfectionist and how can we cope with perfectionism? Perfectionism takes a toll on our mental health. Instead, we can strive for excellence, or just good enough.
  • Ways to Improve Your Self-Esteem
    Video
    This animation is one of a series of videos to support students with their mental health, produced by Mind’s Mentally Healthy Universities Programme. It focusses on ways to help improve your self-esteem. Don’t worry if some ideas don’t work for you – just enjoy the ones that do.

  • Campus Mental Health
    Website
    A resource you can use to read literature, research, guidelines, and toolkits to navigate the ever-changing learning environment on campus and best serve those around you.
  • FNHA
    Website
    The First Nations Health Authority explores the traditional sense of wellness in a variety of settings, such as the association of wellness with the environment or with family matters, and provides resources for people who need help.
  • Rainbow Health Network
    Website
    Rainbow Health Ontario creates opportunities for the healthcare system to better serve LGBT2SQ communities.
  • Campus Health Centre
    Website
    A medical team is in attendance at the Campus Health Centre and available to all students Monday to Friday. Summer hours and evening clinics are offered.
    Visit the website for more information.
  • Peak Resilience
    Website
    Check out this website (and their social media accounts) to learn and be part of the narratives of resilience in Indigenous Teachings; rooted in culturally distinctive concepts of the person, the importance of collective history, the richness of Aboriginal languages and traditions, and the importance of individual and collective agency and activism.
  • Positivity Guides
    Website
    This website offers practical tips for a happier, satisfying, and more fulfilled life and here to help you to overcome obstacles by offering personal and professional development in the form of courses, books, and blogs.
  • Managing Stress and Loneliness
    Website/Online Module
    This course gives you a foundation in key strategies to address stress and loneliness and equips you to find resources to help you manage your situation. While this course was created with international students in mind, domestic students and others may also find this resource valuable.
  • Improving Your Sleep Course
    Website/Online Module
    In this module, you’ll reflect on the role of rest and sleep in your life. You’ll also review some important concepts and strategies that can help you improve your rest and sleep.
  • Sleep tips: 6 steps to better sleep
    Website
    You might not be able to control the factors that interfere with your sleep. However, you can adopt habits that encourage better sleep. Start with these simple tips.
  • How to Sleep Better
    Website
    Take a closer look at how to get better sleep, with clear steps on ways to improve sleep.