Good2Talk (24/7 support for post-secondary students in Ontario)

A free, confidential support service for post-secondary students in Ontario, open 24/7. By phone a Community Navigator welcomes you and can connect you with a professional counsellor; by text you reach a trained volunteer crisis responder.

Program in Ontario-wide. Students Mental health Counselling Health & care

How to reach them

1. Go to the phone line.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• Message Good2Talk onlineMessage Good2Talk online
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• PhoneCall 1-866-925-5454
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Where else they are

Their website is good2talk.ca/ontario. You can also find them on Instagram.

Good to know

• For whomCurrent students at an Ontario post-secondary institution, such as a college, university, trade school or Indigenous institution, including full-time, part-time and international students.
• CostFree
• LanguagesEnglish, French, Mandarin, Over 100 languages by interpreter
• Their stepsCall 1-866-925-5454 any time, 24/7, and choose English, French or Mandarin, or ask for a trained interpreter in your own language (over 100 languages). A Community Navigator answers and can connect you with a professional counsellor to talk through what you are going through and your options. Prefer texting? Text GOOD2TALKON to 686868 any time to reach a trained volunteer crisis responder.

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