Intimate images crisis support and resources

Support is available, whenever you need it.

• Call 911 if you or someone else is in immediate danger.

• VictimLinkBC – 1-800-563-0808 (call or text)

  • A multilingual service that provides crisis and emotional support for victims of family and sexual violence.

• Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre – 1-877-392-7583, online chat or text (604-245-2425)

  • Crisis and information line that provides immediate emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• Lamathut Crisis Line for Indigenous People – 1-800-721-0066

  •  A crisis line for Indigenous people that includes gender-based violence support.

• Suicide Crisis Helpline - 9-8-8 (call or text)

  • Help for people who are feeling hopeless, struggling, thinking about suicide, or worried about someone else.

• Kids Help Phone (for all ages) – 68-68-68 (text) or 1-800-668-6868 (call)

  • Connect with a volunteer crisis responder who can talk to you about any issue — big or small.

Accessing some of these services may take some time. If you need help right now, please reach out for crisis support.

• Stand Informed – Legal Advice
  • The Community Legal Assistance Society’s Stand Informed service is providing up to 3 hours of free and confidential legal advice for people in B.C. whose intimate images have been shared without consent.
  • Contact 604-673-3143 or 1-888-685-6222 (toll free)
  • standinformed@clasbc.net
• VictimLinkBC – 1-800-563-0808 (call or text)
  • A multilingual service that can connect you with services across BC, including community-based victim services and counselling. They also provide 24/7 crisis and emotional support.
• Legal Aid BC 
  • Offers a range of free legal services that may help you. They prioritize people with low incomes, but many services are available to all British Columbians.
• Child and Youth Legal Centre
  • Provides legal support for young people who are dealing with many different legal issues. They help children and youth to make sure that their rights, interests, and points of view are heard and respected.

•  Victim Services & Violence Against Women Program Directory
  • Searchable contact information for BC service providers that assist victims of crime and people impacted by gender-based violence.

‘Sextortion’ is when someone threatens to send intimate images to others if you don’t send them money, more intimate images, or something else they want.

If you think you are a victim of sextortion, please contact us at the Intimate Images Protection Service for help.

If we are not available right away, you may want to:

1. Learn what steps you can take now

• Sextortion and webcam blackmail ­­- Revenge Porn Helpline 
• For Teens - Exploitation Education Institute 

2. Get crisis support

• VictimLinkBC – 1-800-563-0808 (call or text)
• Suicide Crisis Helpline - 9-8-8 (call or text)
• Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre – 877-392-7583 or online chat
• Lamathut Crisis Line for Indigenous People – 1-800-721-0066
• Kids Help Phone (for all ages) – 68-68-68 (text) or 1-800-668-6868 (call)

3. Leave a message (voicemail or email) for the Intimate Images Protection Service.

• We will connect with you as soon as possible.

If you choose to report or apply to the Civil Resolution Tribunal, you may want to capture evidence of what happened. Tech Safety Canada has a toolkit that can guide you through this process:

• Toolkit – Preserving Digital Evidence

• Toolkit - Tech Safety Planning
  • Includes 10 Easy Steps to Maximize Tech Use Privacy
• Do-It-Yourself Online Safety (multilingual)

• Compass tool for navigating non-consensual image sharing in B.C.

• Tech Safety Canada – Information, resources, and toolkits focused on harm or control caused using technology (“technology-facilitated gender-based violence”)
  • If you are experiencing harm
  • If you are supporting someone else
  • Access resources & learn more
• Tech Without Violence
• Quick guide to sexual image-based abuse - YWCA Canada

For Youth

• For Teens - Exploitation Education Institute
• Toolkit - Teen Digital Dating Violence

For Parents, Teachers, and Others Supporting Youth

• Raising Digitally Responsible Youth
• Digital Sexual Exploitation of Youth - Resources for Parents & Teachers
• Online Safety – Tips for Parents and Teachers
• A Guide for Trusted Adults: Practical Tips and Tools for Supporting Girls and Young Women Navigating Life Online