Dr. Gina Ogilvie wins YWCA’s 2018 Women of Distinction Award!

On June 7th Dr. Gina Ogilvie, Senior Advisor of Research at BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre and WHRI’s Assistant Director, was given the YWCA 2018 Women of Distinction Award in the category of Research and the Sciences.

A huge congratulations to Dr. Ogilvie for this achievement, and for continuing to inspire us with her hard work toward the eradication of cervical cancer.

The Women’s Health Research Institute would like to acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lo, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.

As a provincial research institute committed to improving the health outcomes of women, including those across the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, we recognize our responsibility in the collective effort towards establishing culturally safe health care systems and services that address health inequities among Indigenous peoples, especially Indigenous women, girls, and Two-spirit peoples.

We encourage all people involved in research to read both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the In Plain Sight Report, and reflect on ways we can incorporate the recommendations into our work. As we gather in spaces together, we encourage you to reflect on your positionality on these lands and your personal commitments to reconciliation.

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