
Indigenous Peoples Day
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day! At the WHRI, we operate on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples – specifically,
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day! At the WHRI, we operate on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples – specifically,
This week, myPostCare, a comprehensive web-based tool which provides support people after surgical abortion, is launching to the public. myPostCare was developed by researchers from
Your grant applications and research ideas are needed! Are you searching for youth or families with lived experience to collaborate on your mental health research?
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By Frannie MacKenzie Over the past year, the landscape for research recruitment and communications has quickly evolved to meet the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week the University of British Columbia announced thirty-five Research Excellence Clusters funded for the 2021/22 academic year. The clusters “are inter-departmental networks of researchers
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.