Overview
- Ontario’s Bayridge Counselling Centres and B.C.’s No Fear Counselling merged under a new First Nations–owned parent called Ch’íyáqtel Wellness.
- Ch’íyáqtel describes the combined group as the country’s largest First Nations–owned integrated mental health network.
- Bayridge and No Fear will keep operating locally as subsidiaries while the parent centralizes resources to support growth.
- The organization says clients can visit dozens of clinics in Ontario and British Columbia or use a virtual care network that serves all of Canada.
- Leaders highlight trauma‑informed, culturally safe care backed by Shxw Kwimel Cha investment, though the release does not provide staffing counts, exact site numbers or rollout timelines.