Vent Over Tea

Vent Over Tea Vent Over Tea is a free volunteer-run active listening service based in Montreal, Quebec. Are you dealing with a problem and need to talk?

Meet with one of volunteers at a nearby coffee shop to vent over a cup of tea. Our name says it all – we are here to listen. Vent over Tea is a Montreal-based, volunteer-run listening service aiming to provide a casual, confidential and non-judgmental outlet for stressed members of our community. The program is based on the proven benefits of sharing your personal problems with a compassionate lis

tener. Our volunteers are here to help you work through your problems by allowing you to vent about the source of your distress. Vent over Tea volunteers are university students and recent grads who are trained in active listening and, just like you, have been in difficult situations. All of our volunteers are caring and compassionate listeners, and they are here to provide support. The service is free and easily accessible. Let us know you want to meet with a volunteer through our website and one of our volunteers will set up a time to meet with you promptly.

Connection is more than just a conversation—it’s preventative mental healthcare. ✨This Mental Health Week, we’re highlig...
05/07/2026

Connection is more than just a conversation—it’s preventative mental healthcare. ✨

This Mental Health Week, we’re highlighting the vital role of community care in Quebec. With waitlists for traditional services often stretching from 6 to 24 months, many Quebecers are left navigating their mental health journey alone.

We believe you shouldn't have to reach a "tipping point" to be heard. Statistics show that a strong sense of community belonging makes us 61% more likely to report excellent mental health.

Community organizations are the frontline of prevention, acting as a "pressure valve" to break isolation and build resilience before a challenge becomes a crisis. But for this safety net to hold, we need to value and invest in the community spaces that keep us connected.

How to find support today:
🗓️ Book a free active listening session and connect with an empathetic listener: https://ventovertea.com/vent-sessions/

📂 Consult our Resource Directory to find a curated list of mental health services in Quebec: https://ventovertea.com/resources/

No matter where you are, you shouldn't have to wait to feel lighter. We’re here to listen.

POV: you’ve been spotted with Vent Over Tea merch 👀
05/01/2026

POV: you’ve been spotted with Vent Over Tea merch 👀

04/21/2026

In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café centering those doing care-centered and community-rooted work, a meditative journaling workshop, and a spring photo walk, each nurturing connection, reflection, and shared care. Through these offerings, we’re creating space to slow down, be in community, and strengthen the relationships that support our mental wellbeing. We’d love to see you throughout the week:
✩ Tuesday, May 5 (10am-12pm): Community Care Café
✩ Wednesday, May 6 (6-8pm): Connections Through Writing: A Meditative Journalling Workshop
✩ Sunday, May 10 (11am-1pm): In Bloom: A Spring Photo Walk

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Vent Over Tea is excited to be collaborating with photographer and community organizer, Saria and photographer and visual storyteller Zak, to bring you along on our bi-annual photo walk taking place in the Verdun neighborhood. 🌷

This photo walk invites you to take in the beginnings of spring as you meet new people and get creative together!
We’re looking forward to walking through the Verdun neighborhood with you and ending our walk at a cafe where we can all continue to connect.

This event is open to ALL, you do not need to be a photographer!

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🗓️ Sunday May 10 2026
📍 Verdun Metro
🕚 11am - 1pm
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Things to consider bringing to the photo walk:
💦 Water
👟🧢 Comfortable shoes/weather-appropriate attire
📷 📱 Device to take photos
🧍 A friend

🎟️ RSVP at https://inbloomphotowalk.eventbrite.com

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Saria (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and community organizer based in Montreal. Her work explores culture, identity, mental health, and what it means to be human. She also works with Vent Over Tea, where she puts her passion for mental wellness into practice by helping create spaces for others to show up for themselves, while meeting like-minded people along the way.
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Zakaria (he/him) is a passionate photographer and visual storyteller with roots in the vibrant city of Casablanca and a creative home base in Montreal. He specializes in capturing the essence of everyday moments, blending emotion, atmosphere, and detail to create images that speak beyond the frame.

In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café c...
04/21/2026

In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café centering those doing care-centered and community-rooted work, a meditative journaling workshop, and a spring photo walk, each nurturing connection, reflection, and shared care. Through these offerings, we’re creating space to slow down, be in community, and strengthen the relationships that support our mental wellbeing. We’d love to see you throughout the week:
✩ Tuesday, May 5 (10am-12pm): Community Care Café
✩ Wednesday, May 6 (6-8pm): Connections Through Writing: A Meditative Journalling Workshop
✩ Sunday, May 10 (11am-1pm): In Bloom: A Spring Photo Walk

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Through Writing, a meditative journaling workshop to explore the connection between mindfulness and creative expression. During this workshop, we will learn how writing can be a surprising tool for introspection, as well as an accessible skill to cope with stress.

Through gentle prompts, guided meditations, and periods of free writing, participants are encouraged to let go of perfection and simply observe what arises on the page. No prior writing experience is needed. Together, we will cultivate a practice of writing that is less about crafting and more about listening to thoughts and to feelings.

Join us:
🗓️ Wednesday May 6 2026
🕕 6:00 - 8:00pm
📍Virtual (Link will be sent to you by email!)

✍️Bring something you would feel comfortable to write with, pen, notebook, computer, and maybe even a nice cup of tea
🎟️ This event is free! RSVP now (https://connectionsthroughwriting.eventbrite.com)

Although led primarily in English, this event is open to French speakers as well as our facilitator is bilingual.

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About your facilitator 📝
Nikita Chigoho (she/they/elle) is a writer & community organizer born and raised in Montréal. Her experience in the arts and non profit sector inspires her to give back to the BIPOC and Q***r communities by facilitating and creating inclusive spaces to foster wellness and community through writing. She currently runs the Blackout Productions’ writers circle and has been published in the Pit Periodical. She mainly writes poetry and non-fiction.

In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café c...
04/21/2026

In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café centering those doing care-centered and community-rooted work, a meditative journaling workshop, and a spring photo walk, each nurturing connection, reflection, and shared care. Through these offerings, we’re creating space to slow down, be in community, and strengthen the relationships that support our mental wellbeing.

We’d love to see you throughout the week:
✩ Tuesday, May 5 (10am-12pm): Community Care Café
✩ Wednesday, May 6 (6-8pm): Connections Through Writing: A Meditative Journalling Workshop
✩ Sunday, May 10 (11am-1pm): In Bloom: A Spring Photo Walk
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Join us for a warm Tuesday morning for the second iteration of our gathering, Community Care Café! This event is for people doing care-centered and community-rooted work, including organizers, facilitators, mental health and cultural workers, and community builders.
Community Care Café is not a panel, workshop, or traditional networking event. It’s a place to slow down, share honestly, and connect without pressure. Whether you come to vent, reflect, dream up collaborations, exchange resources, or simply sit with others who understand the weight and beauty of this work, you’re welcome here.

The gathering will be lightly structured with small discussion circles guided by optional prompts, followed by open time to mingle, rest, or linger. There is no expectation to speak, produce, or perform. Come as you are.

Participants are warmly encouraged to bring along any resources they’ve found helpful in their work; tools, readings, organizations, practices, or connections they’d like to share. Resource-sharing is optional and informal.

Meet us:
🗓️ Tuesday May 5, 2026
🕙 10:00am - 12:00pm
📍Café Pista | Quartier des Spectacles - 1587 Boul. Saint-Laurent

☕🍪To help us thank Café Pista for hosting us, we kindly ask each participant to purchase a drink or a pastry during the event.
🎟️ RSVP for the event is free (https://communitycarecafe2.eventbrite.com)! Capacity is limited.

If your work involves holding others, this space is for you ✨

In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café c...
04/21/2026

In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café centering those doing care-centered and community-rooted work, a meditative journaling workshop, and a spring photo walk, each nurturing connection, reflection, and shared care. Through these offerings, we’re creating space to slow down, be in community, and strengthen the relationships that support our mental wellbeing.

We’d love to see you throughout the week:
✩ Tuesday, May 5 (10am-12pm): Community Care Café
✩ Wednesday, May 6 (6-8pm): Connections Through Writing: A Meditative Journalling Workshop
✩ Sunday, May 10 (11am-1pm): In Bloom: A Spring Photo Walk

🎟️ All events are free! Register at the link in our bio.

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Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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