Resources.
“There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it’s now okay to express ourselves publicly. We make that day by doing things publicly until it’s simply the way things are.” – Tammy Baldwin
You aren’t alone.
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Maltby provides community-based mental health and autism services to children and youth in Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (KFL&A).
We provide counselling and resource support for kids, youth and families around any issue, and we have dedicated support for LGBTQ+ folks, including individual or family counselling.
Services available:
*walk-in locations
*virtual and phone sessions
*counselling and therapy
*intensive services
*parent education and capacity building
*translation services for languages other than English or French
Youth 12 and up can access services without guardian consent.
31 Hyperion Court
Kingston, ON K7K 7G3
Phone: 613-546-8535
Email: inquiry@maltbycentre.ca
Website: http://www.maltbycentre.ca
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The Regional Warm Line is a peer-run pre-crisis phone line. Peer support workers receive training in line with the mental health commission of Canada's guidelines, but more importantly, they learn to use their own experience to support our callers through whatever challenges or concerns they are facing.
Sudbury, ON
Phone: 705-222-6472
Pre-Crisis Line: 866-856-9276
Email: info@nisa.on.ca
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Pathways to Education is a community base program that supports youth living in the Rideau Heights and Inner Harbour neighbourhoods of Kingston to graduate from high school and move on to post-secondary education, vocational training or meaningful employment. We offer opportunities to low-income youth to become engaged in their learning and become leaders in their communities.
The program focuses on helping high school youth through tutoring, mentoring, financial support, and advocacy.
The Pathways to Education program offers:
• Academic tutoring sessions in all subjects
• Mentoring activities including field trips, campus tours, YMCA memberships, training and skill-building opportunities
• Financial incentives such as school lunch vouchers and No Frills grocery cards
• Post-secondary scholarships for $500 for each year enrolled in the program
up to $2000 after four years
• Assistance with career exploration and planning post-secondary options for all students
263 Weller Ave.
Kingston, ON K7K 2V4
Phone: 613-507-7107
Email: pathwaystoeducation@kchc.ca
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Item description equip is a student-run, education-based, LGBTQ+ initiative at Queen's University. Some of our work includes holding weekly discussions on relevant topics/issues, organizing social and political events, and doing outreach work (i.e. educational campaigns). Our physical location in the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC), room 342, also works as an inclusive space where folks can meet and get resources.
John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC), 342
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Phone: 6474561912
Email: equip@ams.queensu.ca
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HARS is the coordinator for FUSE, and LGBTQ2S+ Youth group that meets weekly at One Roof, 426 Barrie Street
Kingston, Ontario.
844a Princess Street
Kingston, ON k7l1g5
Phone: 613-545-3698
Email: whai@kingston.net
Website: http://www.hars.ca
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Weekly night of friends and beer for members of Kingston’s LGBT community and their allies, all identities and orientations welcome.
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Celebrates queer media arts and contributes to community vitality by programming materials that focus on issues of sexuality, race, culture, religion, class, gender, ability, health and age, thereby purposefully drawing together and initiating challenging dialogue among disparate members of the queer communities in Kingston and the surrounding area as well as between the larger Kingston community and the queer community.
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ROCQY is a collective of rural 2SLGBTQ+ youth from across what is currently colonially known as Ontario. Created by and for rural and Northern 2SLGBTQ+ youth ROCQY was founded to address the barriers that rural 2SLBTQ+ youth face in accessing mental health care. Together we work to build leadership skills, foster a sense of community, and address social justice issues. ROCQY meets bi-weekly with virtual synchronous gatherings and will have an in-person gathering annually. ROCQY’s purpose is for Two-Spirit, queer and trans youth to have fun, learn, and grow.
https://www.facebook.com/ROCQY.rural.ontario.community.of.queer.youth
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Trans Family Kingston are a diverse group of transgender people, family members, friends and allies in the Kingston Ontario area. They gather at least once a month to share stories and experiences, provide peer support, and assist each other in navigating the various barriers faced by trans people and by their supporters.
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Located on Queen's campus the SHRC is open to students and the wider Kingston community. They are an LGBTQ+ positive space and provide information and referral service for questions regarding sex, sexuality and sexual health.
Website: https://www.shrckingston.org/?fbclid=IwAR3xA8gaUpsRnDF-Z64JQhkcqHlfAXHbZk4av3g_WKy378vSVgU9k6dJu_o
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shrckingston
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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital and one of the world's leading research centres in its field. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.
Simply call 416 535-8501, option 2.
With one phone call, Access CAMH can provide patients, families, friends and health care professionals with:
General information about our services
Information regarding eligibility requirements and instructions on how to make a referral to CAMH, including self-referrals
Family members and friends may contact Access CAMH if they are concerned about a loved one’s mental health or substance use
Access CAMH answers phone calls Monday – Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. The line is closed weekends and statutory holidays. Interpreters are available to assist callers in their language of choice.
Website: https://www.camh.ca/
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Metis Nation of Ontario offers various support programs are run through this organization, including:
Mental Health and Addictions assessment which includes digital dependency, gaming, and gambling support
Individual counselling for crisis, trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, anger management, digital dependency, and gambling
Couples counselling, Family therapy
Parenting coaching
Addictions counselling
Individual counselling services are offered by Métis clinicians who provide services using a Métis cultural lens
To access confidential support services contact us at: Toll Free Number: 1-800-263-4889 Ext. 7
Email: MHA@metisnation.org
24 hour crisis line: 1-877-767-7572 services available in French and English
Website: https://www.metisnation.org/
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The Youth Outreach program is a prevention and intervention program that supports at-risk youth to make healthy life choices and is designed to connect youth, 12 to 21 years of age, and their families to services in the community. Further, the Youth Outreach Workers (YOWs) will seek to help youth and their families navigate systems and to engage youth in pro social activities in their community. As such, our YOWs can be seen at a variety of events as well as walking/talking around Kingston.
Our program also links to an Enhanced Youth Outreach Worker (E-YOW) from Maltby Mental Health & Autism Services for Children and Youth who are available to assist with clinical advice and support. Meanwhile, our YOWs remain connected to a wide variety of social, employment, health and partner services that might be called upon to resolve ongoing risks/challenges with the youth and family. YOWs invite referrals from other connector organizations, schools, families and even self-referrals.
Email:amcparland@youthdiversion.org
Phone Number: 613-548-4535
Website: https://www.youthdiversion.org/programs/youth-outreach-worker-program/
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Rainbow Health Ontario
“Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO) is a province-wide program of Sherbourne Health that works to promote the health of Ontario’s LGBT2SQ communities and improve their access to services. RHO creates resources, provides information and consultation services, delivers education and training, and supports research to develop evidence-based practice and informed public policy.”
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LGBT Youthline
Here you will find information on different topics that come up for us when we’re working on the helpline. If you want to learn more, this is a great place to start.
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Pronouns 101
Has someone in your life recently decided they would like to go by new pronouns? When someone asks you to use their pronouns, they are asking for you to respect their identity. When someone refers to another person using the wrong pronouns, especially on purpose, that can feel disrespected and can lead to dysphoria, exclusion, and alienation.