Personal counselling is available through Registrarial Services, and the University Health Service offers psychiatric consultation and counselling. Talking with counsellors can often help students more clearly understand their personal situations, and identify ways of coping with personal concerns. Campus personal counselling services maintain professional confidentiality. Information is available regarding budget planning and management, academic and leadership-based scholarships, government financial assistance programs such as OSAP, and bursaries that help students meet unanticipated financial hardships. Students are encouraged to discuss concerns about contraception, substance abuse, unplanned pregnancies, sexual life and sexually transmitted disease.
Contraceptive medications are available at a modest cost.
Psychiatric consultation and counselling to assist students with emotional and social problems are available. Students seek counselling for a wide range of concerns, including feelings of despondency, apathy, inadequacy or inferiority and with problems in areas of sexuality, substance abuse, parental conflict, dating, peer relationships, inability to concentrate and examination anxiety. Information acquired from students will not be given to anyone at any time without the written permission of the student. Extensive instructional programs are offered to assist students in the use of information technology, and help with other specialized reference material is provided at the Librarians' Desk. A Special Services Resource Room provides equipment such as microcomputers with voice output and large print readers.