Student Resources

MRU Wellness Services

Wellness services provide a number of services for Mount Royal students. The services include the following: mental health services, medical services, MRU Injury and Prevention Clinic, Workshops, Groups and Volunteer opportunities, Healthy Campus, and Resources.

Mental Health Services

Mental health services provide services such as student counselling, mental health nurses, and physicians and psychiatrist.
Student Counselling services provide personal counselling supports, career counselling supports, workshops and group supports.
To book an appointment call (403) 440-6362 or email counselling@mtroyal.ca between Monday-Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Health Services Clinic

Health Services provides students and employees comprehensive services Mount Royal University such as:
Mental health and addictions support
Sexual health, education and STI testing
Birth control, PAPs and pregnancy testing
Male health
Immunizations
Musculoskeletal injuries
Colds, sore throat and flu treatments
Referrals to community specialists
Cholesterol and blood pressure screening
Skin conditions, warts and moles treatments
Stitches and dressing changes
Emergency appointments

To book an appointment call: (403)440-6362
Location: Mount Royal University Room U216

Fall, Winter and Spring hours
Monday to Thursday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed for lunch Friday: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Summer hours – July 1st to August 30th
Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed for lunch daily: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Limited physician hours in July and August

MRU Injury and Prevention Clinic

Their services include acupuncture, athletic therapy, chiropractic care, custom-built orthotics, massage therapy, physiotherapy, and sports medicine physicians.

Book online through the following website:
https://mruclinic.janeapp.com/login
Or call (403)440-6917 or email the clinic at mruclinic@mtroyal.ca

Workshops, Groups and Volunteer

Webinars and workshops are offered through MRU and provide a number of informative topics for students.

The healthy campus provides:
ASIST (Applied Suicide Interventions Skills Trainings)

• Harm Reduction & Naloxone training
• Suicide prevention training
• Stepping up – Dating violence Prevention
• The Inquiring Mind mental health workshop
  

Student Counselling Services Provides:

• Daring Greatly Book Club
• Grief and Loss Supports (supporting yourself and others through grief and loss)
• Motivation, procrastination, and online learnings
• Managing stress
• The five love languages
• Managing anxiety and worry
• Career and mental health
• ABZzzzs of sleep
• Happiness and Resilience
• Exam Anxiety
• Graduating! Now what?
  

MRU also provides workshops for:

• Dating, domestic & sexual violence
• Supporting survivors of sexual violence
• Creating a culture of consent
• Bystander interventions to sexual violence
• Building the Love you Want: Creating and Sustaining Love
  

Groups

• Groups provide counselling groups for students. They Currently have 6 groups which are Indigenous Women’s group, global wellness community, pride centre, A- team, student support webinars, and SMILE (student with mental illness in the learning environment).
  

Resources provided through Mount Royal University

• Breathing Room – This is an eight-module online resiliency program to improve mental health and transform lives. The modules can be done at your own pace and will provide coping skills and ways to increase resilience.
• Campus Well an online magazine that offers wellness tips for students
• Tools for Success – A toolkit for mental health
• Access to a mental health module on Blackboard
• MRU library guide to wellness
• Blogs and writings written by MRU counsellors
• Video and Audio tips for wellness
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Workshops and
• Resources for Students

SAMRU programs and services

Food Security
Financial security
Student health benefits
Student toolkit
Business services
Housing Support

Off-campus crisis contacts

Emergency
Police, Ambulance, and Fire: Call 911

Non-emergency
Police non-emergency: 403.266.1234
Ambulance non-emergency: 403.261.4000

Crisis Lines and Counselling
Distress Centre – 24/7support and crisis line: Call 403.266.HELP (4357)
*CONNECT Family Abuse Network: Call 403.234-7233 OR 1.866.606.7233
CONNECT Sexual Abuse Network: Call 403.237.5888 OR 1.877.237.5888*
Alberta Mental Health Help Desk: Call 1.877.303.2642
Child Abuse Hot Line: Call 1.800.387.5437
Kids Help Line: Call 1.800.668.6868
Calgary and Area Child and Family Services: Call 403.297.2995
Calgary Counselling Centre: 403.691.5991
Catholic Family Services – 403.233.2360
Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse – Sexual abuse and sexual assault crisis support and education: Call 403.237.5888
Family Violence Info Line: Call 403.310.1818
Bullying Help Line: 1.888.456.2323

Hospitals and Alberta Health Services
Health Link – A free 24/7 telephone service providing advice from a nurse: Call 811
Sheldon M. Chumir – Emergency Health Centre: call 403.955.6200
Alberta Children’s Hospital: Call 403.955.7211
Foothills Medical Centre: Call 403.944.1110
Rockyview General: Call 403.943.3000
Peter Lougheed Centre: Call 403.943.4555
South Calgary Health Centre: Call 403.943.9300

Shelters
Alpha House Shelter: Call 403.234.7388
Brenda’s House (for families): Call 403.242.8575
Inn From the Cold (for families): Call 403.263.8384
Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre: Call 403.266.3600
Mary Dover House Emergency Shelter (for women): Call 403.263.1550
Mustard Seed Foothills Shelter: Call 403.723.9422
Salvation Army Centre of Hope (for men): Call 403.410.1111
Salvation Army Women’s Integrated Supportive Housing: Call 403.930.2711
YMCA Sheriff King Shelter: Call 403.266.0707
Calgary Women’s Shelter: Call 403.234.7233
Awo Taan Native Women’s Shelter: Call 403.531.1972

Legal Resources
Legal Aid: Call 1.866.845.3425
Family Law Office – Emergency Protection Order Program: Call 403.297.6380
Calgary Legal Guidance: Call 403.234.9266
Lawyer Referral (Law Society of Alberta): Call 403.228.1722
Dial-A-Law: Call 403.234.9022
Alberta Justice – Crown Prosecutor: Call 403.297.8444
Calgary Provincial Court – Criminal: Call 403.297.3122
Calgary Provincial Family & Youth: Call 403.297.3471

AHS Addictions Helpline
Free addictions support information and referral to services including free
addictions counselling24/7 helpline: Call 1.866.332.2322
First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness
For a 24/7 helpline and immediate counselling and crisis intervention to all
Indigenous peoples across Canada: Call 1.855.242.3310
Legal Aid: Call 1.866.845.3425
Family Law Office – Emergency Protection Order Program: Call 403.297.6380
Calgary Legal Guidance: Call 403.234.9266
Lawyer Referral (Law Society of Alberta): Call 403.228.1722
Dial-A-Law: Call 403.234.9022
Alberta Justice – Crown Prosecutor: Call 403.297.8444
Calgary Provincial Court – Criminal: Call 403.297.3122
Calgary Provincial Family & Youth: Call 403.297.3471

AHS Addictions Helpline
Free addictions support information and referral to services including free addictions counselling 24/7 helpline: Call 1.866.332.2322

First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness
For a 24/7 helpline and immediate counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada: Call 1.855.242.3310