Indigenous Wellness Supports
Transitioning to college life can be difficult. You don't have to do it alone.
The Indigenous support services team is here to help.
Like other supports, wellness is connected to other aspects of our services.
Some things such as links to our wellness services team are obvious parts of wellness support. Providing Otôtemiwewin, the Indigenous Lounge for cultural practices is another part of wellness.
Check out the specific supports services below.
If you have questions or want help you can always:
- stop by our office in Lloydminster (Room 2023 between the hair salon and Otôtemiwewin, formerly known as the Indigenous Student Lounge)
- stop by our Vermilion office (in the Commons, basement Alumni Hall)
- email indigenous@lakelandcollege.ca
Lakeland services
Campus counsellors and wellness advisor |
Lakeland College provides free, confidential counselling through staff on both campuses. Our wellness advisor helps with all aspects of wellness. This includes:
If you're ensure who to talk to, you may start with either Indigenous support team, Rikki Ducharme or Madeleine Hayes, our wellness advisors,
Vermilion: Lloydminster: |
On campus nurse |
Visit the campus nurse if you need medical help. |
Help and crisis lines
Hope for Wellness Help Line |
The Hope for Wellness Help Line offers immediate help to all Indigenous peoples across Canada. It's available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to offer:
You have two options to reach the help line:
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Indian Residential School Survivors and Family |
1 866 925 4419 is the toll-free number for the Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line. The line is available 24-hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience, or for family members who are effected by those experiences. |
Non-insured Health Benefits (NIHB) |
NIHB provides eligible First Nations and Inuit clients with coverage for a range of health benefits that are not covered through other:
The program provides coverage for the following medically necessary goods and services: |
e-Mental Health |
This database of a variety of mental health services lists resources for people who identify as Indigenous or Aboriginal, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis |
Talk Suicide Canada |
Call toll-free every day, every hour all year long 1 833 456 4566. Text 45645 between 4 pm and midnight Eastern time (2 pm and 10 pm Mountain time). If it's an emergency, cal 911 |
Housing options
Our campus residence villages are only one housing option. We offer both single student and family housing on both campuses.
Other low income rentals are available. Here are some of those options.
- Carleton Housing, based in Lloydminster, is a non-profit that offers affordable housing to Indigenous tenants. A two-part Carleton Housing application is available online as 2 PDFs.
- The Lloydminster Housing Authority doesn't have a website, but you can call 306 825 5376.
- There's also just a phone number for the Lloydminster Region Housing Group. Call 780 875 9131.
- The Lloydminster Métis Housing Group Inc. was founded in 1977.
- Lloydminster Métis Housing has 138 units on the Alberta side of Lloydminster. Applications (in PDF format) are available online through Lloydminster Métis website.