MenopauseandU | World Menopause Day
October 18th is World Menopause Day, a day to raise awareness and spark a larger conversation about support, research, and treatment in the area of menopausal health.
October 18th is World Menopause Day, a day to raise awareness and spark a larger conversation about support, research, and treatment in the area of menopausal health.
On October 9th, 2019 the BC Women’s Health Foundation, in partnership with Pacific Blue Cross, released the In Her Words report, exposing women’s experience with the healthcare system in BC.
The study, in partnership with the BC Centre for Disease Control, shows that BC’s HPV immunization program has cut pre-cancer rates in half for women.
In honour of World Mental Health Day 2019 we interviewed Dr. Nichole Fairbrother about what fuels her research and how we can make a difference
Congratulations to the recipients, which included students from several WHRI-affiliated research teams.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Learn about breast density and why it’s important to your overall breast health in this article by Dr. Paula Gordon.
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.