Your health and safety are always important! Please take care of yourself and treat yourself with kindness!
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911.
For urgent health concerns, you can also contact Health Link at 811 available 24/7.
You can also call the Edmonton Distress Line 780-482-4357 (HELP) to talk to someone right away, 24 hours a day.
The Peer Support Centre provides a space for confidential one-on-one support. They provide peer support, crisis management, and information and resources.
www.su.ualberta.ca/these-are-your-resources/this-is-your-wellness/peer-support-centre/
The University Health Care Centre offers a walk-in clinic for all students located at SUB 2-200. They also offer health information and resources.
University Health Pharmacy is an on-campus pharmacy located on the first floor of SUB. Pick up your prescriptions, get vaccinations, and travel advice from their team.
Mental Health Resources for Students is a webpage with an organized list of resources and supports for student mental health. This includes access to counselling services, other resources, and the UCommons Calm Room, a quiet, mindful place on campus to take a break.
www.ualberta.ca/en/campus-life/health-wellness/mental-health/index.html
The Health and Wellness Access for Students Living Outside of Alberta is a webpage that provides information on health plans and resources for both Out-of-Province-Students and Out-of-Country-Students.
www.ualberta.ca/en/campus-life/health-wellness/students-living-outside-alberta.html
A free service for students to use to get home from campus safely at night. They generally will walk with you on campus and within a 20-minute, radius from almost any LRT station. If you prefer subtlety, they have options for an IncognitoWalk too.
su.ualberta.ca/these-are-your-resources/this-is-your-wellness/safewalk/
A free service for students to use to get home from campus safely at night. They generally will walk with you on campus and within a 20-minute, radius from almost any LRT station. If you prefer subtlety, they have options for an IncognitoWalk too.
su.ualberta.ca/these-are-your-resources/this-is-your-wellness/safewalk/
The Safe House Program supplies students with temporary emergency accommodations for students and their children.
This applies to any student in immediate danger of safety risk (including emotional, physical, or sexual harm), intolerable living conditions, or extreme financial difficulty, for anytime between 2 days to 2 weeks.
www.ualberta.ca/en/student-success-experience/services/safe-house.html
Sexual Violence Information and Resources supplies help survivors of sexual violence and provides a few additional resources.
Substance Awareness and Recovery is a website that supplies students with resources to help recover from substance abuse.
www.ualberta.ca/en/campus-life/health-wellness/substance-aware/index.html
The Student Success Centre provides students with all of the resources listed here (excluding Student Health Insurance) and more at the bottom of their main page.
They also provide academic support with navigating administrative processes (tuition, transcripts, etc.).
www.ualberta.ca/en/services/student-service-centre/index.html
Wellness Supports provides students with access to social workers and other health and safety resources.
www.ualberta.ca/en/current-students/wellness-supports/index.html
The Campus Food Bank grants students access to free and affordable food options. Also supplying other low-cost and free resources.
Curious about your student health and dental insurance?
The University of Alberta partners with GreenShield Insurance to provide students with health and dental coverage as part of tuition costs. Explore this website to find out what is covered and what is not. This insurance is also completely opt-outable.