Support for Faculty and Staff
Enhance your mental health with these supports
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Staff Wellness
Staff WellnessÌýleads a number of programs, resources and services, to help promote, support, and sustain the health and wellness of faculty and staff at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½.
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Employee and Family Assistance
²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½'s Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) provides well-being support forÌýbenefit-eligible employees.ÌýServices provided include short-term professional counselling and are confidential. You and your eligible dependents have access to EFAP at no cost to you.Ìý
Call toll-free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to book appointments or access immediate help.
Phone: 1.866.424.0699
TTY: 1.877.338.0275Any employees who currentlyÌýhave a case with previous ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ EFAP vendors will continue to receive support from that provider until the sessions are completed. For any future assistance, reach out to the toll-free phone number listed above.
Contact HR to confidentially ask questions or get direction and support regarding your employment, special leaves, benefits or payroll and other related inquiries.
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Resources
For additional crisis and off campus resources.
Local and national mental health resources
Crisis and distress resources
For local 24/7 mental health support, call at 403-266-4357 to speak with a highly trained volunteer who can connect you to further resources.
For Canadians aged 5-29, operators are professional counsellors, call 1-800-668-6868 to access or text CONNECT to 686868. To access the support you need in the country you reside in, visit the .
Ìýis a confidential 24/7 service that provides support, information and referrals to Albertans experiencing mental health concerns. Call 1-877-303-2642 (toll free) to access.
Ìýhas call and text services, visit for more information for how to connect to a trainee counsellor or social worker.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text , where you will be connected with responder who will listen to you, support you, and keep you safe. Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý
For Indigenous peoples, is operated 24/7 by experienced and culturally sensitive counsellors. Call 1-855-242-3310 to be connected or .
Additional resources
Ìýconnects Calgary's communities with affordable and barrier-free access to in-person, phone or video counselling sessions. .
Counselling Alberta provides affordable counselling with same-day appointments available. Virtual and in-person options are available. or call 1-833-827-4230 (toll-free).