Mental Health Advising
Indigenous Advisors are available to meet with all students for support and for any questions or needs you may have. Indigenous Advisors create a welcoming environment and ensure students are supported throughout the course of their college experience. They bring a cultural lens to supporting students and their opportunities for success.
Timmins Campus – Joseph Nakogee, nakogeej@northern.on.ca
Kirkland Lake & Haileybury Campus – Monique Lafond, lafondm@northern.on.ca
Moosonee Campus – Willard Small, smallw@northern.on.ca
Tailwind is a student development organization focused on providing proactive support to set students up for success as they transition into post-secondary education.
In collaboration with Advising Services, Tailwind has created a myWELLNESS at Northern program, designed to orient students to life in college, teach proactive wellness strategies, and connect students to on/off campus supports.
By signing up for the program, Northern College students can connect with a Peer Support Counsellor at Tailwind and join the Tailwind Northern Community.
TalkCampus is a peer support service providing you with instant support for your mental health. Balancing your studies, work, home, family and life can be overwhelming. TalkCampus is here for you day and night for anything you want to talk about, for when you just need a friend. Talk anonymously to students from universities and colleges around the world going through the exact same hurdles you are.
This free app provides instant support for your mental health any time of the day or night.
- Talk about the ups and downs of life in a safe and supportive environment that’s just for students like you.
- Share your own experiences and support others, It’s amazing how helpful you can be to someone out there, just by being you!
- Open up or post anonymously – it’s totally up to you. However you want to talk, we let you do it just that way.
- Safely share struggles with anxiety, depression, stress, bipolar, self-harm, anorexia or suicidal feelings. Whatever is going on for you right now we’re here.
To sign up to TalkCampus, please use your Northern College email which will unlock the app free of charge. You will be asked to verify your email before posting. You can read the privacy policy and learn more about TalkCampus by connecting with our Mental Health Advisor at mywellness@northern.on.ca
Interested in becoming a TalkCampus Volunteer? TalkCampus designed their volunteering opportunities to fit into your busy schedule and to provide a flexible way of getting involved with the community.
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) – Cochrane Temiskaming Branch: provides mental health support services throughout the region.
Good2Talk: 24/7 helpline for post-secondary students in Ontario – Call 1-866-925-5454, text GOOD2TALKON to 686868.
NANHope: 27/7 phone or text – 1-844-NAN-HOPE (1-844-626-4673) – and live chat helpline for the Nishnawbe Aski First Nations communities.
BounceBack: free skill-building program managed by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression and anxiety, stress or worry.
ConnexOntario: confidential health services information for people experiencing problems with alcohol and drugs, mental illness and/or gambling, funded by the Government of Ontario. Call 1-866 -531-2600, text CONNEX” to 247247 or use the live chat online.
Canadian Centre on Substance Use & Addiction (CCSA): an organization providing national leadership on substance use and to advance solutions to address alcohol- and other drug-related harms. Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health provides people living in Canada with the information they need to make well-informed and responsible decisions about their alcohol consumption.
A 90 minute, online certificate program that teaches trainees to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to help and support. This powerful four-step model aims to keep someone safe from suicide, and you’ll have a chance to practice it with impactful simulations. Safety resources and support are available throughout the program.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem, experiencing a mental health crisis, or a worsening of their mental health.