Resources

Community Resources

Help Ahead
https://www.helpahead.ca/
1-866-585-6486
Centralized resource and intake phone line for multiple trusted community-based mental health organizations in Toronto.

What’s Up Walk In
www.whatsupwalkin.ca
See locations on website for phone number and hours. Free walk-in mental health counselling for infants, children, young adults and families.

One Stop Talk
www.onestoptalk.ca
1-855-416-8255
Free and confidential service for children and youth (ages 0-17) to get brief mental health services.

Distress Centres of Toronto
(416) 408-HELP (4357)
www.torontodistresscentre.com

Canada Suicide Prevention Service
https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/
1-833-456-4566, Text: 45645

Good2talk
https://good2talk.ca/
1-866-925-5454

Gerstein Centre (Non-Hospital Crisis Intervention)
www.gersteincentre.org
416-929-5200

Toronto Rape Crisis Centre
www.trccmwar.ca
416-597-1171

Assaulted Women’s Help Line
www.awhl.org
416-863-0511
Toll free outside of Toronto: 1-888-863-0511

Hassle Free Clinic (Sexual Health)
www.hasslefreeclinic.org
Men’s Clinic: 416-922-0603
Women’s Clinic: 416-922-0566

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
www.camh.net

Mental Health Works (Mental Health in the Workplace)
www.mentalhealthworks.ca

Kids Help Phone (age 20 and under)
www.kidshelpphone.ca
Toll free: 1-888-668-6868

LGBTTQQ2SI YouthLine
https://www.youthline.ca/
Phone: 1-800-268-9688
Text: 647 694 4275

519 Community Centre
www.the519.org

Trans Life Line
https://translifeline.org/
1-877-330-6366

First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness
https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/
1-855-242-3310

Canadian Indian Residential School Crisis Line
https://www.irsss.ca/
1-866-925-4419

Anishnawbe 24/7 Mental Health Crisis
https://aht.ca/
416-891-8606

Wellspring (Cancer Support)
www.wellspring.ca
416-961-1928

Bereaved Families of Ontario – Toronto
www.bfotoronto.ca
416-440-0290

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Print and Digital Resources

(Books/articles/websites/blogs/IG/podcasts)

Books for Adults/Caregivers

Art and Creativity

The Artful Parent: Simple ways to fill your family’s life with art and creativity
By Jean Van’t Hul

Your Brain on Art: How art transforms up
By Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross

Zentangled Untangled: Inspiration and prompts for meditative drawing
By Kass Hall

Art is a Way of Knowing: A guide to self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment through creativity By Pat B. Allen

Pregnancy/Parenting

The Attachment Connection
By Ruth P. Newton

The Birth Partner: A complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and all other labor companions
By Penny Simkin

Brain Storm
By Dan Siegel

Fair Play
By Eve Rodsky

Feminist Parenting By Lynn Comerford, Healther Jackson, and Dandee Kosior (Eds).

The Fourth Trimester
By Kimberly Ann Johnson

Good Inside: A guide to becoming the parent you want to be
By Becky Kennedy

Supporting the Highly Sensitive Child: Making sense of meltdowns
By James Williams and Lucy Skye

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-involved parents By Lindsay Gibson

Parenting from the Inside Out
By Dan Siegel

Infertility/Loss

Interrogating Pregnancy Loss: Feminist writings on abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth
By Emily R. M. Lind and Angie Deveau (Eds.)

Motherhood Lost: A feminist account of pregnancy loss in America
By Linda L. Layne

Through Not Around: Stories of infertility and pregnancy loss
By Allison McDonald Ace, Ariel Ng Bourbonnais, and Caroline Starr (Eds.).

Trauma/Grief

Burnout: The secret to unlocking the stress cycle
by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

Rest is Resistance: A manifesto By Tricia Hersey

Hell Yeah! Self-Care: A trauma-informed workbook
By Meg John-Barker and Alex Iantaffi

It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok: Meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn’t understand
By Megan Devine

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life (30th anniversary edition). By Jon Kabat-Zinn

My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts By Reesma Manakem

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-involved parents By Lindsay Gibson

Truth and Repair: How trauma survivors envision justice By Judith L. Herman

Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence- from domestic abuse to political terror By Judith L. Herman

Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, narrative, and history By Cathy Caruth

The Complex PTSD Workbook: A mind-body approach to regaining emotional control and becoming whole By Arielle Schwartz

The Courage To Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (20th anniversary edition). By Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

Allies in Healing: When the person You love was sexually abused as a child, a support book. By Laura Davis

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma By Bessel Van Der Kolk

Books for Children and Teens

From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea
By Kai Cheng Thom

IntersectionAllies: We make room for all
By Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi

Breathe Like a Bear: 30 mindful moments for kids to feel calm and focused anytime, anywhere
By Kira Willey

Here we are: 44 voices write, draw and speak about feminism for the real world
By Kelly Jensen (Ed.).

Foods with Moods: A first book of feelings
By Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers

Consent (For Kids!): Boundaries, respect, and being in charge of you
By Rachel Brian

Lost and Found
By Oliver Jeffers

Why do I (Sometimes) Feel Sad?
By Katie Daynes

How Long Does It Hurt: A guide to recovering from incest and sexual abuse for teenagers, their friends, and their families. By Cynthia L. Mather

Websites

Families Change Ontario- Guide to Separation and Divorce
(see parent guide, teen guide, and kids guide)
https://on.familieschange.ca/

Mino Care: Pregnancy and Reproductive Justice Support for Black and Racialized Families
https://www.minocare.ca/

Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)
sexualassaultsupport.ca

Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
rainn.org

Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes (AOCVF) aocvf.ca

Ontario Women’s Justice Network (OWJN)
owjn.org

Ministry of the Attorney General – Independent legal advice for sexual assault victims If you are a victim of sexual assault living in Ontario and would like to speak to a lawyer, you may be eligible for up to four hours of free legal advice by phone or video conversation (for example, Skype or Zoom). This service does not include legal representation in court. ontario.ca/page/independent-legal-advice-sexual-assault-victims

The Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC)
metrac.org

Sheltersafe sheltersafe.ca

DisAbled Women’s Network Ontario (DAWN)
dawncanada.net

CLEO – Community Legal Education Ontario
cleo.on.ca

Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) onwa.ca