Links & resources
Use these links and phone numbers to access information and assistance that will help you make healthy choices and/or manage various mental health challenges and illness.
UBCO student counselling & mental health resources
BC Mental Health Information
24 hr Support Line: 310 6789
(do not add area code before this number)
Email: bcpartners@heretohelp.bc.ca
BC Schizophrenic Society
Tel: 604 270 7841
Toll-Free: 1 888 888 0029
Kelowna Community Resources
620 Leon Avenue, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, V1Y 2G5
Tel: 250 763 8008
Crisis Line
Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC
763 East Broadway, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V5T 1X8
Tel: 1 800 661 3311 or 1 800 784 2433
HealthLinkBC
Tel: 811
Central Okanagan Division of Family Practice
Request for Support
Email: tsmith@divisionsbc.ca
Fax: 1 888 577 1472
SMART Recovery
Self Management Addiction Recovery Training
Toll Free: 1 866 951 5357
Fax: 1 440 951 5358
Local Meetings
Leave the Pack Behind
Brock University
Tel: 1 905 688 5550 ext. 4992
Fax: 1 905 984 4847
Email: ltpboffice@brocku.ca
QuitNet
Me You Health
Email: info@meyouhealth.com
Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Services
Interior Health, Lower Mainland
Tel: 1 604 660 9382
Toll-Free: 1 800 663 1441
Narcotics Anonymous
Help Line: 1 877 604 7613
Tel: 250 861 0354
QuitNow
Text: QUITNOW to 654321
Tel: 1 877 455 2233
Email: quitnow@bc.lung.ca
Urban Outreach Health Service
Needle exchange, drug and alcohol counselling
Tel: 250 868 2230
Kelowna Women’s Shelter
PO Box 20193, RPO Towne Centre, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, V1Y 9H2
24-hr helpline: 250 763 1040
Crisis Email: counsellor@kelownawomensshelter.ca
RCMP Victim Services
Kelowna RCMP Detachment
1190 Richter Street, Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Tel: 250 470 6242
Province-wide Suicide Line
Tel: 1 800 suicide
VictimLinkBC/ Sexual Violence
Tel: 1 800 563 0808
Kelowna General Hospital
2268 Pandosy Street, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, V1Y 1T2
Tel: 250 862 4000 or 1 888 877 4442
People In Motion
Kelowna District Society for People in Motion
23 – 1720 Ethel Street, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, V1Y 2Y7
Tel: 250 861 3302
Email: info@pimbc.ca
Lifestyle Equity Society
Kelowna District Society for People in Motion
1726 Dolphin Avenue, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, V1Y 9R9
Tel: 250 869 0186
Government of Canada
– recent food recalls and alerts
Dial-a-Dietician
Tel: 1 800 667 3438
Kelowna Eating Disorders Program
By family doctor referral
505 Doyle Avenue, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, V1Y 6V8
Tel: 250 469 7070
Kelty Eating Disorders
Crisis line: 310 6789
Options for Sexual Health Clinic
102 – 285 Aurora Crescent, Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Sex Sense Line: 1 800 739 7367
Kelowna Public Health Unit
505 Doyle Avenue, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, V1Y 6V8
Tel: 250 868 7700
UBCO Pride Resource Centre
University Centre 109, 3272 University Way, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, V1V 1V7
Email: prc@ubcsuo.ca
Options for Sexual Health Clinic
102 – 285 Aurora Crescent, Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Sex Sense Line: 1 800 739 7367
Living Positive Resource Centre
255 Lawrence Avenue, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, V1Y 6L2
Tel: 1 778 753 5830
