BIPOC Resources

On Campus Groups

• Queen’s Black Academic Society 

• African & Caribbean Students’ Association (ACSA) 

• Queen’s Committee Against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination 

• The Queen’s Student Diversity Project 

• Queen’s Coalition Against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination 

• Queen’s South Asian Association

• AMS Social Issues Commission 

• Committee against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination (CARED; under AMS SIC)

• Queen’s Asian Students’ Association (QASA)

• The Great Panda Society (GPS)

• Queen’s South Asian Association (QSAA, not to be confused with Queen’s Student Alumni Association)

• Queen’s Pakistani Student Association (QUPSA)

• Queen’s Punjabi Student Association (QuPunjab)

• Queen’s Tamil Students’ Association (QTSA)

• Arab Students' Association (ASA)

• Organisation of Latin American Students (OLAS)

• Queen’s Women of Colour Collective

Local Groups

• Black Luck Collective  

• OPIRG Kingston 

• AKA Autonomous Social Centre 

• Urban Alliance on Race Relations

• Black Women in Motion

Well-Being

Educational Resources

On Campus Groups

Well-Being

Educational Resources

On Campus Groups

Well-Being

Two-Spirit

BIPOC

Faith-Based

• EmpowerMe

  • Empower Me is a 24/7 phone service for crisis situations and scheduled sessions that allows students to connect with qualified counselors, consultants, and life coaches for a variety of issues. The password required to access the service is  studentcare. 

• Call Blackline (QTBIPoC) 

  • Call 1-800-604-5841 or email at info@callblackline.org.

• Therapy for Black Girls 

• BIPoC Talks (AMS)

• Good2Talk

  • Good2Talk is a free confidential mental health helpline.  

• Student Wellness Services

• Telephone Aid Line Kingston
  TALK is a confidential, anonymous and non-judgemental volunteer-based support service. 

• Peer Support Centre (PSC)

• Canadian Federation of Students' Anti-Racism Toolkit

• Living In Colour: The history of anti-Black racism in Canada (Global News): https://youtu.be/RoJPO1PsRnw?si=5fWOjLQzRqdV7Tz1 

• The Shift Project (Queen's)

• Queen’s Equity Conference (QEC; under ASUS)

• Queen’s University Human Rights

• Queen’s Equity, Diversity, and Anti-Racism Resources

• Queen’s University Equity Services

Indigenous Resources

• The Four Directions Indigenous Centre 

• National Indigenous Women's Resource Centre

• Indian Residential School Survivors Society

• First Nations Child & Family Caring Society

• The Four Directions Indigenous Centre 

• Queen’s Native Student Association (QNSA)

• Residential School Survivor Crisis Line

  • Call 1-866 925 - 4419

• FN and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line

• Call 1-855-242- 3310

• Hope for Wellness Hotline 

  • Call 1-855-242-3310 or use the virtual chat on the website.

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action 

• National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women 

• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

• Indigenous Allyship Toolkit

• Learn What Land You are Situated On

• Assembly of First Nations

• Orange Shirt Society

• Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

• Sovereign Bodies Institute

• National Indigenous Women's Resource Centre

• Indian Residential School Survivors Society

• First Nations Child & Family Caring Society

• Queen’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives 

• Our Sisters In Spirit (MMIWG Documentary)

• CBC's Taken

• Our Sisters In Spirit (MMIWG Documentary)

2SLGBTQIA+

• Education on Queer Issues Project (EQuIP; under AMS SIC)

• Levana Gender Advocacy Centre (LGAC)

• Trans Lifeline 

  • Call 1-877-330-6366

• Talk 4 Healing

• Call or text 1-855-554-HEAL(4325) or use the live chat on the website

• Queers 4 Peers (Q40, AMS) 

  Rainbow Health Kingston 

• Call 416-324-4100 or email info@rainbowhealthontario.ca. 

• Suicide Prevention Lifeline (24/7)

• Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

• Translifeline

• Call 1-877-565-8860

• The Trevor Project

• Distress Center of Greater Toronto

• Friends of Ruby (Toronto)

• LGBTQ+ Youthline (Ontario)

• The 519

• Queen's U Student Wellness Service

• Queen's U Empower Me

• ItGetsBetter.org

• Transgender Sexual Assault Survivors

• LGBTQ2S Toolkit: Making it better now for LGBTQ2S Youth Experiencing Homelessness

• Briarpatch Magazine: Hearing Two Spirits

• Kanawayhitowin: Two Spirit Aboriginal People- Building Inclusive Communities

• We Are Part of A Tradition: A Guide On Two-Spirited People for First Nations Communities

• Two Spirits One Voice

• Youth Migration Project: 2 Spirit Youth Talk About Coming To Toronto

• Resources for QTBIPoC Communities From Mental America

• National Black Justice Coalition (USA)

• National Center for Black Equity (USA)

• Black Transmen Inc. (USA)

• List of faith-based resources from the HRC

• Salaam Canada (National Queer and Trans Muslim Community)

• Open Hearts: Resources for Affirming Ministries in the United Church of Canada

• transACTION: A Transgender Curriculum and Learner's Guide For Churches and Religious Institutions

• LGBTQ-Positive Faith Groups and Places of Worship in Toronto