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Please donate to the Spruce Grove GSA Society
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Each month we see an increase of new youth. Your donation will directly support our youth program. Our costs average over $200 per month. This includes food, crafts, games, insurance, and any extras that go into making our community GSA a success! We do a lot of research, visit schools, as well as speak to and meet with youth and adults whenever they need to talk. 
We have increased our meetings from once to twice a month! Without your donation, it would be difficult or impossible to do this. Please consider helping out our Community GSA. We are a 100% volunteer-run, non-profit organization. We rely on donations, fundraising efforts, and the generosity of people in our community.


Alberta Bullying Recover, Resources, Research Centre Inc.
http://abrc.ca
To inspire hope and contribute to the safety and well-being of people of all ages, faiths, cultures, communities, and professions, concerned and/or affected by bullying.
Phone: 
780-965-7480
Email: ABULLYRC@gmail.com
Facebook: Alberta Bullying Research, Resources, and Recovery Centre

Alberta GSA Network
http://albertagsanetwork.ca 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AlbertaGSANetwork/
The purpose of a GSA is for students to meet, do fun activities, socialize and support one another in a way that is inclusive of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions, and many other interests.
‘GSA’ began as an acronym meaning “Gay-Straight-Alliance” but now GSA is meant to encompass many club names such as Queer-Straight-Allliance (QSA), Gender & Sexual Orientation Alliance, Pride Clubs, Rainbow Alliances, and many others.

The Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association: ANFCA
http://anfca.com/friendship-centre-supports-programs-initiatives/
(780) 423-3138 
The Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association is committed to providing the highest caliber of services and supports to community-based Friendship Centres. As part of this ongoing commitment, the ANFCA offers a range of key services to member Friendship Centres.

Altview Foundation
http://www.altview.ca
https://www.facebook.com/altview/
(780) 666-5428
In addition to the wide range of programs it offers, AltView also provides in- and out-of-school support to Public Schools’ Gay/Straight Alliances, providing resources and support to students and staff who wish to work to make their schools safer spaces for LGBTQ students. AltView is a safe place for people who identify with a sexual minority or gender variant; the organization strives to foster the inclusion of individuality and diversity in terms of gender and sexuality. AltView focuses on building community through social support, advocacy, empowerment and education

​Aspire Psychological Services
https://www.aspirepsychologicalservices.com/melodie-brousseau
Melodie.Brousseau@AspirePsych.ca
Mélodie J. Brousseau
Phone: 780-719-5121​
Individual counselling is an excellent way to determine what it is that has been holding you back from your defined sense of happiness. As counsellors, we look forward to celebrating you - as you are - in all your uniqueness.  
“I have started to specialize in working with teens, and this has included LGBTQ2S+ teens, providing all with a safe space for managing feelings of anxiety, or depression, and helping them navigate their teen years. I love working with teens and love to connect with them on any issue.”

​BriteLine
1-844-70(BRITE)
1-844-702-7483
https://www.briteline.ca/?fbclid=IwAR2asFXkxu7gOt7w5RR6mf_SdfGcVOe7MsuT7RKri9-6QXP2JupmV1ts1ks
BriteLine provides resources and help for youth and adults by giving much needed advocacy and support.
The assistance BriteLine offers is essential for people who have been marginalized, face violence increased by – but not limited to – factors such as legal status, age, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or disabilities.
Having inclusive organizations visible and active in our communities, allows our 2SLGBTQIA+ folk to seek help and resources, from people who are already familiar with the challenges they may face.

Bully Free Alberta 
Call: 1-888-456-2323
http://www.humanservices.alberta.ca/abuse-bullying/bullying-get-help.html
Bullying | Get Help
If you’re a victim of bullying or abuse, call trained staff at any time of day, or chat online from noon to 8 pm. Online chats and calls to the helpline are anonymous.

​Canadian Mental Health Association-Edmonton 
http://edmonton.cmha.ca
24 hour distress line: 
(780) 482-4357
When you see someone in distress, you can help before police or emergency services are needed by calling 211 and pressing 3 to dispatch the 24/7 Crisis Diversion Team.

CASP Canadian Association For Suicide Prevention
https://suicideprevention.ca/need-help/ 
There are many crisis centres available 24 hours a day to talk to you. This website lists contacts in cities for provinces across Canada.

Centre For Sexuality 
https://www.centreforsexuality.ca/
(403) 283-5580
We offer information, resources, and support for topics related to sexuality including youth and family support, resources for teachers and students starting a GSA/QSA, the Calgary GSA/QSA Network, Gay Men’s Health programming including two STI testing nights a week, and professional development training as well as LGBTQ2S+ organizational audits through our Training Centre. 
Our services are available across the Province although some accommodations may be made (such as phone or Skype calls) based on services requested.  

CHEW Project YEG
chewprojectyeg.org 
https://www.facebook.com/chewprojectyeg/
(780) 263-2221
CHEW provides frontline support, resources, and education for LGBTQ2S+ youth and young adults (ages 14-29) facing barriers. These barriers may include mental health, violence, poverty, homelessness, substance use, sexual health, sexual exploitation/sex work, and others. We provide a safe place for youth to get basic needs, get off the street, and find hope.
We offer inclusive and confidential STI testing, counselling and crisis intervention, Indigenous peer support, a safe place where youth can access harm reduction and basic needs supplies, and so much more! Come check us out at our downtown office, the OUTpost, or on campus at the University of Alberta.

Child Abuse Hotline 
310-0000
1-800-387-KIDS
http://www.humanservices.alberta.ca/abuse-bullying/15393.html
If you are affected by family violence, know someone who is, or simply want to learn more about the issue, our site contains information that can help you be safe or be part of the solution. Our goal is to see youth happy and hopeful!

Children’s Mental Health Crisis Line
Call: (780) 427-4491

​DOCHAS Psychological Services Inc.
https://dochaspsych.com
Phone: (780) 446-0300
Email: hello@dochaspsych.com
At Dochas, we enable adolescents, adults, couples, first responders/veterans, and seniors just like you to feel safer in an unpredictable world by empowering you to trust what your mind, body, and emotions tell you.

​EMHC - The Edmonton Men’s Health Collective
https://ourhealthyeg.ca
The EMHC is a grassroots health organization run by and for queer and trans community members. Our vision is for Edmonton queer and trans community members to have equitable opportunity to experience positive health and wellbeing. Our mission is to provide a representative voice that addresses the specific health determinants and needs of queer and trans community members through community education, support, and capacity-building; provider training and professional development; and community-based research and advisory.

The Family Centre
https://www.the-family-centre.com
(780) 900-5934
#20, 9912 106 Street NW
Edmonton
The Family Centre provides workshops, therapy, family support services, interpretation, and translation services to foster healthy families in healthy communities. We empower children, youth, and families to effectively navigate through change, raise healthy children, develop strong and healthy relationships, and heal from trauma.

(FCSS) Family and Community Support Services - Spruce Grove 
https://www.sprucegrove.org/government/departments/community-and-protective-services/family-and-community-support-services-fcss/
(780) 962-7618
Spruce Grove Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is a partnership between the City of Spruce Grove, Parkland County and the Government of Alberta. The mandate of FCSS is to provide locally-driven, preventative social programs and initiatives to enhance the well-being of individuals, families and the community.Our programs enable people of all ages to improve their quality of life and their ability to prevent and / or deal with crisis situations should they arise. Our support resources connect people with programs and services

​(FCSS) Family and Community Support Services – Stony Plain
https://www.stonyplain.com/en/live/family-and-community-support-services.aspx
(780) 963-8583
FCSS Stony Plain supports families and individuals in all life stages through prevention - focused programs to promote and maintain social wellness for a healthy community.

Free Food Directory – Healthy Eating Starts Here! (food banks)
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/nutrition/Page16163.aspx
Free Food in Alberta directories list information about where to find free food including food banks, food hampers, and free meals. The information describes programs and provides contact information.
To find programs in your community, look for your zone and find your community’s name and click on it.

FYrefly 
https://www.ualberta.ca/camp-fyrefly
(780) 492-4909
Email: fyrefly@ualberta.ca
Camp fYrefly is an educational, social, and personal leadership retreat for queer and trans youth. It focuses on building and nurturing their leadership skills and personal resiliency in an effort to help them learn how to make significant contributions to their own lives and to their schools, home/group-home environments, and communities. Camp is designed for queer and trans youth between the ages of 14 and 24.

Insight Psychological
https://www.insightpsychological.ca/sexuality/lgbtq/
(780) 962-3310
If you are struggling with your sexual or gender identity and are having difficulty coming out, or if you have come out, and are feeling isolated or shame – you might want to consider therapy. It’s possible that there is literally no one else you can talk to about some of these issues and a trained therapist can help.

Institute for Sexual Minority Studies & Services
Family Resilience Project
https://www.ualberta.ca/ismss/community/family-resilience-project
(780) 492-5205
families@ualberta.ca
Through a partnership with the University of Alberta’s Counselling and Clinical Services, the Family Resilience Project offers free short-term counselling to sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ) children, youth, and families.

Kid's Help Phone
https://kidshelpphone.ca/what-is-kids-help-phone
1-800-668-6868
Text CONNECT 686868
Kids Help Phone is always there for you. No matter what you want to talk about, we're here to listen. No judgment, totally private, 24/7.
Our service is completely anonymous and confidential - we don't trace calls, we don't have call display. You don't even have to tell us your name if you don't want to.

​The LGBTQ+ Wellness Centre
https://www.wellnesscentreab.ca/
info@wellnesscentreab.ca
9117 82 Avenue NW
Edmonton
The Centre aims to provide quality and timely care to the transgender, non-binary and gender diverse persons in northern Alberta. The Centre focuses on crisis support, outreach to individuals seeking healthcare, education opportunities for family doctors and other healthcare providers, as well as engagement with grassroots organization and other professionals who are interested in or are currently providing care.

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta 
http://www.ocya.alberta.ca/
1-800-661-3446
NORTHERN ALBERTA
(780) 422-6056
SOUTHERN ALBERTA
(403) 297-8435
The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate is an independent office of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, mandated to work with vulnerable young people.
The OCYA provides individual and systemic advocacy for children and youth receiving “designated services” as defined under the Child and Youth Advocate Act. This includes young people receiving or attempting to access services under the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act and the Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act, as well as youth involved with the youth justice system. 

PFLAG Alberta Locations
http://pflagcanada.ca/pflag-chapters/alberta/
PFLAG Canada is a national charitable organization, founded by parents who wished to help themselves and their family members understand and accept their non-heterosexual children. The "coming-out" process can be a critical time for families. When the adjustment period is particularly long or painful, relationships can become permanently damaged, resulting in a lifetime of emotional scars. People cannot always rise above the challenge of accepting themselves or their family member, and the results can be devastating, even fatal. We support these families through today, and give them hope for a better tomorrow.

The Pride Centre of Edmonton
http://pridecentreofedmonton.ca
(780) 488-3234
The centre hosts LGBTQ events as well as has a youth space, resources, and a library on their website. Services include drop in programs for youth and adults, information and resources, programming, counselling provided by qualified counsellors, peer support groups, outreach programs, and workshops.

​Queer YEG
https://www.queeryeg.ca
Serving Edmonton's LGBTQ+ community and its supporters by providing a directory of businesses and organizations that are welcoming of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions. 
Browse through the Queer-Friendly Business Directory for a safe space to find people who are open-minded  and happy to serve you - no matter how you identify or express yourself.

The Rainbow Pages LGBTQ+ Youth Resource Guide
https://www.therainbowpages.ca/?utm_source=Link&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=TRP%20Blog%20Update
Transitioning into adulthood can be tough, finding resources shouldn’t have to be! The upgraded platform is a safe space where youth can find the support they need, whether they are clear about their sexual orientation and gender identity, or are still figuring it out.
The Rainbow Pages Youth Resource Guide was developed by The Family Centre to provide LGBTQ+ youth and the youth-serving community a consolidated guide of the supports available in Edmonton.

Risen Health
https://risenhealth.ca
780-988-5462A true multidisciplinary approach to your health.
At Risen we aspire to meet your health needs related to sports injuries, nutrition, mental health, along with work and motor vehicle sustained injuries.
We believe in working together for a healthier you…. this is our team.
We offer a safe and judgement free environment where we can focus on helping people grow into becoming the best version of themselves.

The Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE)
http://sace.ca
780-423-4102
The Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE) believes that unique and specialized services should be available to all people, regardless of ethnicity, heritage, faith, gender, culture, age, social and financial status, ability, or sexual orientation.

Skipping Stone Foundation 
https://www.skippingstone.ca/
(403) 988-9138
The Skipping Stone Foundation is a Calgary-based not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support and empower trans and gender diverse youth and their families in the province of Alberta.
Having observed that historically, far too often trans and gender diverse youth are subject to significant negative stigma and substantially increased barriers to equitable care, support and quality of life, the Skipping Stone Foundation was formed with the goal of breaking down those barriers and giving youth positive and affirming opportunities surrounding their gender identity.

SOGI 1 2 3
https://www.sogieducation.org/
email: info@sogieducation.org
SOGI 1 2 3 helps educators make schools inclusive and safe for students of all sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI). At a SOGI-inclusive school, students' biological sex does not limit their interests and opportunities, and their sexual orientation and how they understand and express their gender are welcomed without discrimination. 

Trans Equality Society of Alberta
http://www.tesaonline.org
TESA's mission is to be a witness to and a voice for matters concerning trans Albertans.
TESA was formed in the hopes that building a traditional non-profit advocacy group would open opportunities for formal engagement with authorities who otherwise overlook the unique needs of the larger trans community.

Translifeline
http://www.translifeline.org
The Hotline:
US: 1-877-565-8860
Canada: 1-877-330-6366
Need to talk? Call! Our peer support hotline is run by and for trans people.
Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives by responding to the critical needs of our community with direct service, material support, advocacy, and education. Our vision is to fight the epidemic of trans suicide and improve overall life-outcomes of trans people by facilitating justice-oriented, collective community aid. 

YESS Youth Empowerment Support Services
https://yess.org
To walk beside traumatized youth on their journey towards healing and appropriate community integration.
Based in Edmonton, YESS provides immediate and low-barrier shelter, temporary housing, and individualized wraparound support for youth ages 15-24.
We focus on working collaboratively with our youth-supporting partners on prevention and diversion out of homelessness. And ultimately, we aim to walk beside traumatized youth as they heal through relationships.

YWCA Compass Sexual Wellness
https://www.ywcaofedmonton.org/programs-and-services/sexual-health-and-wellness/
Comprehensive sexual health education and resources are vital for everyone in our society.  Through a sex positive lens, our Sexual Wellness programs provide folks with the tools and supports they need to live happy, healthy lives.

​Youth Emergency Shelter 
(780)484-4600

Youth Homelessness Initiative
http://www.humanservices.alberta.ca/homelessness/youth-homelessness-initiatives.html
The Government of Alberta, along with its community partners, is working to reduce youth homelessness, including homelessness among LGBTQ2S youth. Homelessness is a complex issue and young Albertans who identify as sexual or gender minorities are at more risk of experiencing homelessness.

Youthsafe
http://www.youthsafe.net/
(403) 220-2505
Youthsafe provides links to information and resources, in Alberta, for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (“LGBT”) people and allies. The website is focused on services for youth and young adults.

Youthspace
http://youthspace.ca
Youthspace is a place for any youth across Canada, under 30, that is experiencing any sort of crisis to come and talk. We are open every day between 6pm and midnight Pacific Standard Time!
We are a diverse community of trained volunteers who would love to listen to how things are going for you. We care, and believe that talking can help you sort through your feelings and thoughts. We hope that you feel less alone after chatting with us. All volunteers are certified in ASIST (Applied Suicide Interventions Skills Training).
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