Emergency Contacts

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call 9-1-1, contact your local crisis centre, or go to the nearest hospital.

Canada Suicide Prevention Service:  1 (833) 456-4566

Assaulted Women’s Helpline:  1 (866) 863-0511

Kids Help Phone:  1 (900) 668-6868

First Responders & Helping Professionals (Books)

Slay the Toxic Dragon: Police Leadership Impacting Member Wellness, Sylvio (Syd) A. Gravel M.O.M., Brad McKay CTSS, Barbara L. Anschuetz EdD RP CTTS

POWER: Police Officer Wellness, Ethics, and Resilience, Konstantinos Papazoglou & Daniel Blumberg

Walk the Talk: First Responder Peer Support, Sylvio (Syd) A. Gravel & Brad McKay

How to Survive PTSD and Build Peer Support, Sylvio (Syd) A. Gravel M.O.M.

Dare to Lead, Brené Brown

Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges, Steven M. Southwick & Dennis S. Charney

Reducing Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout: A Trauma-Sensitive Workbook, William Steele

Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel: Strengthening Your Mental Armor, Stephanie M. Conn

Boots on the Ground: Peer Support for First Responders Website

First Responders First Website

Wings of Change – Peer Support Website

Badge of Life Website

Trauma

Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine & Ann Frederick

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk MD

About EMDR Website

First Responders & Helping Professionals (Websites)

Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation Website

Boots on the Ground: Peer Support for First Responders Website

First Responders First Website

Wings of Change – Peer Support Website

Badge of Life Website