Sexual Health Services

How to book a sexual health appointment

Appointments for sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing can be booked directly online or in person, without an Intake Assessment. For other sexual health concerns, please book a “Medical Intake” appointment, and the Nurse will speak with you privately about your concern and recommend a plan for follow up, which may include an appointment with a physician or a specialized nurse.

First time booking? See general information about booking appointments.

Book a Sexual Health Appointment

Sexual health services offered

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STI Testing

For individuals who are sexually active, we recommend regular STI testing twice a year, once per term, or if anything concerns you. Have questions? – arrange an appointment to see the intake nurse.
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Nurse Appointments

The nurses provide many services to students such as health education, pregnancy testing, and emergency contraception.  The nurses are happy to meet with you to help you with your health concerns.

How to access our services

General information about booking appointments
  • All students must register with Pomelo before they can book their appointments online. Please register for Pomelo here.
  • Once you have registered for Pomelo, you can book appointments here.
  • When you book online, you will see all available appointments for the next 7 days. We also reserve several appointments every day for same-day access. Each weekday morning at 7:30 am new appointments open up, including the same-day access appointments for that day. If you try to book online and it looks like nothing is available, check back at 7:30 am the next day and the newly opened appointments will be showing. 
  • When you receive an email reminder for a booked appointment, please check carefully for the time zone indicated in your reminder. The correct time for your appointment is Nova Scotia time (Atlantic Standard Time); not the time zone of your home province, as may be indicated in your reminder. 
  • If you need to cancel your appointment, you have several options: 1) cancel in Pomelo, 2) call 902-867-2263, 3) stop by the Health and Counselling Centre, or 4) email @email.
  • If you wish to cancel a scheduled appointment, we require 24 hours notification prior to your scheduled appointment time, or a late fee of $50.00 will be charged to your student account. This allows us to offer that space to another student who needs it; please help us in not wasting any of our valuable health care resources. 
  • If you have trouble registering or booking an online appointment, please call the Health and Counselling Centre at 902-867-2263 during office hours for assistance.
Confidentiality

Please note that the services you receive at the Health and Counselling Centre are confidential. We do not release information to your parents, your professors or anyone else without your permission or unless legally required to do so. 

For more information please see our Confidentiality Statement and information on the Personal Health Information Act.

Contact

Health and Counselling Centre

305 Bloomfield Centre
5555 Union Place
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Canada

If you are experiencing an emergency, the following resources are available 24/7:

  • Proceed to St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Emergency Department (25 Bay Street) or your nearest hospital emergency department.
  • Call 911
  • NS Mental Health Crisis Line: 1-888-429-8167
  • Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988
  • Good2TalkNS (mental health counselling): 1-833-292-3698
  • Crisis Text Line: Text GOOD2TALKNS to 686868