Resources

Government of Canada resources:

🔹 Your departmental Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
🔹 PSPN's Gender Expression and Identity Committee: A safe place for trans, gender-diverse, and non-binary employees to connect and support each other. If you would like to join this committee, email us: 𝗣𝗦𝗣𝗡-𝗥𝗙𝗙𝗣@𝗵𝗰-𝘀𝗰.𝗴𝗰.𝗰𝗮
🔹 Centre of Expertise on Mental Health in the Workplace
🔹 Canada School of Public Service: Mental Health Learning Series 
🔹 Organizational Pride Network Contacts: Connect with your local or national Pride Network or Positive Space Ambassadors for community and support.

In addition to these, you can reach out to a trusted colleague, a mentor, a mental health or community-based resource available to you, such as: 

🔹 Canada Suicide Prevention Service: 1-833-456-4566
🔹 Hope for Wellness Help Line (for Indigenous communities) : 1-855-242-3310 or connect to the online chat at hopeforweellness.ca 
🔹Kids Help Phone : 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868
🔹 Trans Lifeline: (support for transgender people by transgender people) 1-877-330-6366
🔹 LGBT Youth Line: Text 647-694-4275
🔹 Interligne : (Services d’écoute, d’intervention et de sensibilisation pour la communauté LGBTQ+) Téléphone + texto 1-888-505-1010
🔹 Aide aux Trans du Québec : (soutien pour les personnes trans, non binaires et en questionnement) 1-855-909-9038