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World AIDS Day 2025

December 1, 2025 3:38 pm

World AIDS Day 2025 Today, on December 1—World AIDS Day and the start of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week in Canada—we reflect on the progress made

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A photo of a woman standing on a beach looking at the ocean at sunset. The lighting is very dim.

Honouring the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

December 1, 2025 10:16 am

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence are an annual observance running from November 25 to December 10. This year we spoke with Dr. Cheryl Lea Wellington, whose research into intimate partner violence-related brain injury is helping to improve care and outcomes for survivors.

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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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