Recommendation Resources

Keep.meSAFe is a Mental Wellness Student Support Program offered by the insurance company guard.me. Students can only access this service if their university pays for access to it. According to the Keep.meSAFE website, "keep.meSAFE’s innovative Student Support Program (SSP) helps students by promoting early intervention and 24/7 access to mental health support. We help students manage their mental health so they can fully participate in academic life and complete their studies. keep.meSAFE is the first support program to use linguistically and culturally matched licensed clinicians, providing your students a welcoming place where they are comfortable to seek help."

Naseeha is a mental health hotline and so much more. 7 days a week we answer calls from around the world from Muslim and non-muslims. Naseeha Mental Health has been a great bridge for individuals who are going through life’s challenges. Where hope is lost, Naseeha is found. We provide a safe zone for youths and individuals to talk and get the help they need. We provide workshops to youth across North America, web therapy sessions, and offer texting mental health support 7 days a week.

Nisa Helpline is a non-profit organization launched in 2014. We assist Muslim Women across North America, by providing free, anonymous, confidential, and non-judgmental peer-to-peer counselling. Callers also have the option to receive faith-based counselling! Our toll-free number, 1-866-315 NISA (1-866-315-6472), is accessible anywhere in North America, 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. When you call the toll-free number, you will be directly connected to a Helpline counselor. Our counselors have had extensive training, and provide assistance and guidance for issues such as, but not limited to: Stress Management | Depression | Anxiety | Eating Disorders | Sexual, Emotional, or Physical Abuse | Anger Management | Gender Issues | Intimidation or Harassment | Substance Abuse | Relationship Counselling | Career or Work Related Crises | Sexual Issues | Islamophobia | Bullying | Mental Health | Addiction | Self-Esteem | Marital Discord

This webpage provides information about work on "intersectional and anticarceral approaches to sexual violence in the academy" emerging from the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.

According to its homepage, "This training is designed to help you learn more about sexual violence and how to support someone who has survived it. It is for service providers, friends, family members, neighbours, teachers, first responders, counselors, and anyone who is acting as a support person, or is concerned about sexual violence." The introductory module includes an exploration of "The Intersections of Sexual Violence."

2SLGBTQ+ Inclusive Trauma-Informed Care Webinar (Western University Learning Network): http://www.vawlearningnetwork.ca/webinars/recorded-webinars/2021/webinar-2021-2.html

This 2020 book chapter is part of the edited volume Violence Interrupted: Confronting Sexual Violence on University Campuses, edited by Crocker, Minaker, and Neland, and published by McGill-Queen's University Press.

Western University's VAW Learning Network offers several recorded webinars about Trauma Informed Practice, many of which focus on this framework in relation to a specific marginalized population or populations.

"This report summarizes and builds upon the findings of Across Boundaries May 2007 report, Clarifying Anti-Racism, Holistic Service Delivery Model in a Toronto Mental Health Agency." Authors are Sarang, A., Ocampo, M., Durmin, J., Strike, C., Chandler, C., Connelly, J., Berkley, N., & Hanson, E.