This is a website dedicated to compiling resources specifically for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) mental health in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Mental Health Professionals (Calgary Only)
Calgary Counseling Centre: Sliding scale fee based on income. Ask for Sonam if you want a POC counselor
Simply Counseling: Majority of the counselors are POC (make sure you check to see if Blue Cross/ insurance will cover)
Elbow River Lodge (Calgary): The Elbow River Healing Lodge offers a full range of primary care services and visiting specialists to First Nations (Status and Non-Status), Métis, and Inuit peoples and their families.
Awo Taan: A shelter for women fleeing abuse. Indigenous centered.
QYOC - Queer Youth of Colour (Calgary): A collective dedicated to the safety of queer youth of colour in YYC -- Email is the best way to contact QYOC
Recovery College (Calgary) Free mental health classes on a variety of subjects to help with your healing and recover. Indigenous smudge and resources are available. There are two Black peer support workers at the downtown location.
YYC Voices: VOICES is a coalition of people of colour–both trans & cis, queer and straight–committed to advocating for racialized and marginalized communities in the City of Calgary.
Redirect: A program that works to prevent radicalization to violence through community education and awareness, as well as prevention and intervention. Not BIPOC specific.
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Ayana Therapy: App which matches you with a POC mental health professional (U.S. Only)