GameSense Info Centres (GSIC) are interactive kiosks located on or near the gaming floor in all BC casinos and community gaming centres that provide information and resources to help make informed gambling decisions. Trained GameSense Advisors are also availab...

Provides information about resources and services available to people struggling with depression, anxiety, or other mental health or substance use conditions. Resources include an online screening quiz (not a diagnosis) and recommendations for relevant online ...

Protects individuals living in BC assisted living residences through the registration of residences, administration of assisted living health and safety standards, and investigation of complaints related to health and safety concerns. Seniors assisted living r...

Provides assessment, addresses immediate safety concerns, and offers ongoing support to hoarders in Greater Victoria through collaboration between fire departments, bylaw enforcement, Island Health services, SPCA, concerned nonprofits, for-profit landlords, vo...

Works with individuals, friends and families to reduce isolation due to mental illness and addictions. The REES Resource Centre and Outreach provide information and referral to community resources, assistance and advocacy navigating income assistance and disab...

Provides outpatient services to adults who are experiencing substance use issues. Services may include group counselling, limited individual counselling, intensive educational groups, intensive day treatment groups, assessments for the purpose of treatment pla...

Provides harm reduction supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports. Needle exchange services include distribution of clean needles, sterile water, and alcohol wipes; disposal o...

Harm reduction organization run by and for people with lived experience of drug use, criminalization and poverty. Offers outreach, harm reduction services and supplies, education, advocacy, and support groups for people who use or used illicit drugs. Peer Syst...

Intake service provides screening, assessment, treatment recommendations, and referrals to Island Health mental health and substance use services and external community programs in the Greater Victoria area. Open referral; call for intake and assessment. Offic...

Provides free and confidential outreach nursing care to residents of downtown Victoria who do not have a primary physician, and/or have challenges accessing traditional health services, including intravenous drug users, sex workers, and street-involved or home...

Delivers psychosocial rehabilitation programs and services for adults with mental health and/or substance use issues to achieve personal recovery. Also provides information and referrals to services including housing, employment, education, and recreation. Ser...

Provides support to individuals and their loved ones struggling with substance use issues. The outreach team works one-on-one with individuals struggling with substance use, providing support and helping them navigate the system and access community resources....

Provides counselling for youth ages 13 to 19 who are experiencing difficulties related to their own or someone else's alcohol or use. Services include assessment, treatment, individual and family counselling, education, early intervention and prevention initia...

Provides services to Indigenous individuals who identify needing support with substance abuse issues, providing harm reduction, abstinence and recovery approaches. Services include individual counselling, wellness and recovery support groups, and referral to c...

Provides mental health and substance use information and resources, assistance navigating the mental health system, as well as free personalized support from parent peer support workers. Services are available to families across BC and Yukon with children and ...

Through phone and web-based consultation, supports community care providers with information, advice, and resources they need to deliver appropriate and timely care to children and youth with mental health and substance use concerns. Multi-disciplinary team in...

Responsible for the training and clinical care guidance activities for all health care professionals in the province who are prescribing medications to treat opioid addiction including oral opioid agonist treatment (methadone, buprenorphine/naloxone, and slow-...

Provides free, confidential, multilingual information about free gambling support and treatment services for individuals in BC struggling with their own or another's gambling. Resource navigators provides referrals to free counselling services, prevention and ...

Provides free, confidential, multilingual, information and referral regarding community resources for people in BC dealing with substance use and addiction issues. Resource navigators provide information about detox, counselling, treatment programs, recovery h...

Develops and disseminates information and resources on eating disorders, and food and weight preoccupation; staffs a national helpline that provides information on treatment and support. Runs prevention and awareness campaigns like Eating Disorder Awareness We...

Aims to prevent adolescent drug use by raising awareness and disseminating information about drug abuse. Also offers outreach programs developed for and with youth who may be using, have used, or are likely to use drugs. Nonprofit society, registered charity.

Maintains a comprehensive website designed for parents to learn about drugs and teen drug use. Provides education to parents and grandparents on the effects of drug use by children and youth, and offers tools to help parents talk to their children. Works with ...

Provides resources and information for individuals, as well as public, private, and non-governmental organizations working to prevent and reduce harms associated with substance use. Provides national leadership on substance use and advances solutions to addres...