Government of Nunavut – Department of HealthTobacco Information Services
- 1-866-368-7848
Addiction Treatment
Service provides:
an online campaign to help individuals who are ready to quit smoking
Includes:
a free, private helpline with general or specific information about tobacco
How To Quit guides for pregnant women, youth, family, and friends
savings calculator
facts about tobacco and additional information
counselling services
live chat support
support for individuals who want to quit smoking, already have quit and need extra support, anyone supporting a friend or family member with quitting, or health and wellness workers who want more information about tobacco
Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre
- 867-645-6400
Mental Health Counselling and Support Groups
Service provides:
mental health counselling
follow-up support to communities and families who have experienced a tragic event
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
- 1-844-413-6649
Crisis Lines / Help Lines
Service provides:
an independent inquiry to examine and report on the systemic causes behind the violence that Indigenous women and girls experience
Includes:
community visits and hearings to hear from the people who have experienced violence firsthand (to be privately or publicly shared)
institutional hearings examining the systemic causes of institutionalized violence
expert panel hearings
stories can be shared through any artistic expressions of choice
crisis support phone line for any persons requiring support (1-844-413-6649)
Tungasuvvingat Inuit Mamisarvik Healing Centre and Transition House
- 613-792-8132
Addiction Treatment & Mental Health Counselling and Support Groups
Service provides:
an 8 week, 12 bed residential program and a 10 bed Transition House to individuals who are suffering from trauma and addiction issues
a holistic approach to treatment
participates in the Indian Residential School Resolution Health Support Program that provides counselling and cultural-support services to residential-school survivors and their families
Includes the following services:
Alcoholics Anonymous and Smart Recovery meetings
Continuing Care Program that features relapse prevention
Gender-group discussions
Group and individual counselling
Life skills
Traditional healing knowledge from Elders
Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line
- 867-979-3333
Crisis Lines / Help Lines & Youth Mental Health Support
Service provides:
24 hour anonymous and confidential telephone counselling for northerners in crisis by trained volunteers
confidential and anonymous telephone counselling on sexually transmitted infections (STI), including acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and all sexual health issues
Elders Support Phone Line
- 1-866-684-5056
Crisis Lines / Help Lines
Service provides:
peer to peer counselling for unilingual (Inuktitut-speaking) Elders, including elder abuse counselling