Kate Wahl named one of the 2021 CIHR & Michael Smith Health Research BC co-funded Health System Impact Fellows

Congratulations to Kate Wahl who has been named a 2021 CIHR & Michael Smith Health Research BC co-funded Health System Impact Fellows.

Kate’s work is in support of equitable access to contraception, and will contribute to the policy roll out of free prescription contraception in British Columbia.

You can learn more about Kate’s work here.

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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