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Support for Faculty and Staff

Enhance your mental health with these supports

  1. Staff Wellness

    Staff WellnessÌýleads a number of programs, resources and services, to help promote, support, and sustain the health and wellness of faculty and staff at UCalgary.

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  2. Employee and Family Assistance

    UCalgary's Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) provides well-being support forÌýbenefit-eligible employees.ÌýServices provided include short-term professional counselling and are confidential. You and your eligible dependents have access to EFAP at no cost to you.Ìý

    Call toll-free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to book appointments or access immediate help.

    Phone: 1.866.424.0699
    TTY: 1.877.338.0275

    Any employees who currentlyÌýhave a case with previous UCalgary EFAP vendors will continue to receive support from that provider until the sessions are completed. For any future assistance, reach out to the toll-free phone number listed above.

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Contact HR to confidentially ask questions or get direction and support regarding your employment, special leaves, benefits or payroll and other related inquiries.

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  1. Resources

    For additional crisis and off campus resources.

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Local and national mental health resources

Crisis and distress resources

For local 24/7 mental health support, call at 403-266-4357 to speak with a highly trained volunteer who can connect you to further resources.

For Canadians aged 5-29, operators are professional counsellors, call 1-800-668-6868 to access or text CONNECT to 686868. To access the support you need in the country you reside in, visit the .

Ìýis a confidential 24/7 service that provides support, information and referrals to Albertans experiencing mental health concerns. Call 1-877-303-2642 (toll free) to access.

Ìýhas call and text services, visit for more information for how to connect to a trainee counsellor or social worker.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text , where you will be connected with responder who will listen to you, support you, and keep you safe. Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý

For Indigenous peoples, is operated 24/7 by experienced and culturally sensitive counsellors. Call 1-855-242-3310 to be connected or .

Additional resources

Ìýconnects Calgary's communities with affordable and barrier-free access to in-person, phone or video counselling sessions. .

Counselling Alberta provides affordable counselling with same-day appointments available. Virtual and in-person options are available. or call 1-833-827-4230 (toll-free).