Celebrate World Sexual Health Day 2025 with the WHRI
CELEBRATE SEXUAL HEALTH World Sexual Health Day (WSHD), observed annually on September 4, is led by the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)—a global organization committed
CELEBRATE SEXUAL HEALTH World Sexual Health Day (WSHD), observed annually on September 4, is led by the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)—a global organization committed
Announcing the Women’s Health Research Institute Spring 2025 Trainee Travel Grant Recipients The WHRI congratulates the recipients of the Women’s Health Research Institute’s 2025 Spring
Reflecting on the past to build a collaborative future June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to honour the diverse cultures, histories, and contributions
The most recent Beyond the Binary chapter took the BC-based guide through a national scale-up and French translation through a collaboration with the Partnership for
WHRI member Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin’s career as a family physician in Vancouver took a transformative path when a part-time role in prison medicine changed her life. Her innovative participatory research has greatly improved the well-being of incarcerated women and their infants.
Celebrating Success: Fellowships, Team Grants, and Planning and a Dissemination Grant Congratulations to the WHRI Members and Trainees who led or are partners on successful
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.