Supports and Resources for Athletes

Student Health and Wellness

Student Affairs

• Thunder Bay
• Orillia

LUSU

• Real Campus- covered through LUSU's student health plan, instant access to a counsellor via chat, phone, text or video chat as well as a suite of online wellness resources.

• Wellness Together Canada provides free online resources, tools, apps and connections to trained volunteers and qualified mental health professionals when needed 
  
• Good 2 Talk- Ontario’s 24/7 helpline for post-secondary students. 1 866 925 5454 or text GOOD2TALKON to 686868
• TalkCampus-A global online peer-to-peer support community for student, available 24/7 anywhere in the world. Log in with your lakehead email address.
• BounceBack- BounceBack is a free skill-building program managed by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). It is designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression and anxiety, stress or worry.
• More Resources

• Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Sport
• The Sport Information Resource Centre
• Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
• Expand the Reach
• Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity
• Mind, Body and Sport - Understanding and Supporting Student-Athlete Mental Wellness
• Unit3d - Podcast where sports psychologists and mental health professionals team up to hold conversations for student-athletes on mental health
• Real Pod w/ Victoria Garrick- Podcast series with former D1 volleyball player and mental health advocate
• Heads Up Guys- Health strategies for managing and preventing depression for men
• The Hidden Opponent- StudentAthleteAdvocacy group raises awareness and combats stigma