FAQ

Have a question about… (Resources and useful links)

emergency?

Health – Fire – Police – Other 9-1-1

24 hour pharmacy (514) 738-8464

Quebec Poison Control Centre 1-800-463-5060

Spousal Abuse (S.O.S) (514) 873-9010 or 1-800-636-9010

Parents line (514) 288-5555

Suicide Action (514) 723-4000

Kids Help phone 1-800-668-6868

Tel-Aide (514) 935-1101

Sexual Assault crisis line and Counselling (514) 934-4504

Multi-Ecoute (multilingual listening on the phone or face to face) (514) 737-3604

general health?

Info-Santé line 8-1-1 You can call your Info-Santé number – 24 hours a day 7 days a week – to speak with a nurse who will give you information and advice on any problem of a physical or social nature, and refer you as needed to the most appropriate resources.Information and Referral Centre of Greater Montreal: (514) 527-1375
Monday to Friday 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Public Health Agency of Canada

Concordia University Health Services

MayoClinic

Columbia University Health Services

Ask Dr. T.: McGill University
You will find frequently asked questions on health topics by students to Dr. Tellier (McGill Health Services).

Quebec health card and insurance?

Régie de l’Assurance Maladie du Québec
Phone line: (514) 864-3411 M-F 8:30 to 4:30 (except wed. 8:30 to 10:00)
Quebec Health Insurance- lost/expired cards, drug benefits, etc.

sexual health?

Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of CanadaInformation and games on sex, pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), contraception, sexual and gender orientation, drug facilitated sexual assault and more!Centres for Disease Control and Prevention STD fact sheets

Women’s health matters from Canadian Health Network

American Social Health Association: Information on STIs

Canadian Federation for Sexual Health

Pregnancy help web site and phone line: (514) 271-0554

Confidential helpline for unplanned pregnancies: Monday to Friday 9:00 to 9:00 and Saturday – Sunday 10:00 to 2:00.

AIDS Community Care Montreal line: (514) 527-0928

HIV prevention

Rézo website and line (French):  514-521-7778

Confidential and free information on sexuality, sexual orientation, STIs, etc, for gay men.

Gay Line: (514) 866-5090 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. every evening. and website

Gai Ecoute : (514) 866-0103 8 :00 a.m. to 3 :00 a.m. every day and website

Concordia University Health Services website

alcohol and drug use ?

Erowid: the most complete website about drug information
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Addiction Intervention Resources
The Real Facts about Drugs

ToxQuebec (French):

Groupe de recherche et d’intervention psychosociale (GRIP) (French)
Harm-reduction approach to drug use. You can find a table of the detection periods of substance in blood and urine.

Drugs: Help and Referral: (514) 527-2626
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Phoenix House

Public Health Department

Alcohol and drug abuse resources

Concordia University Health Services

gambling?

Gambling: help and referral: (514) 527-0140
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

smoking?

Ministry of Health:
J’arrête, j’y gagneInfo and support line: 1-866-jarrête (527-7383) M-F 8:00 a.m to 9:00 p.m.Lung Association:
To quit or not to quit?If you consider quitting smoking, here are some tips to help you:

Health Canada
On the road to quitting Program

Questionnaire to create your personal smoking profile and a guide to become a non-smoker.

Quit4Life program
Quit smoking

Canadian Cancer Society

Concordia University Health Services

exercise?

Health Education Centre:
Call (514) 934-0354 or your local CSSSCanada’s Physical activity Guide for YouthConcordia University Health Services

healthy lifestyle?

Concordia University Health Services:Changing health behavior
Sleep

self care?

Concordia University Health Services
Fever, flu, antibiotics, sore throat, cough, headaches, gastroenteritis, minor burn, sunburn, strain and sprains, cuts, scrapes and puncture wounds, conjunctivitis (red eye).



Last Modified: January 14, 2016