
In the Media: Dr. Glen Pyle Speaks on a New Women’s Health Strategy
Dr. Glen Pyle spoke with Stephen Quinn on Vancouver CBC Radio’s “The Early Edition” about the misunderstandings around women’s health.

Dr. Glen Pyle spoke with Stephen Quinn on Vancouver CBC Radio’s “The Early Edition” about the misunderstandings around women’s health.

Registration is now open for the Eleventh Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium. Join us on Friday, March 6th, 2026 in-person at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on the UBC campus or virtually via live-stream.

The Vancouver Sun recently profiled research led by Dr. Gillian Hanley showing how opportunistic salpingectomy — the removal of the fallopian tubes during another gynecologic or abdominal surgery — can drastically reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.

The WHRI congratulates the recipients of the Women’s Health Research Institute’s 2025 Fall Trainee Travel Grant competition.

The Canadian Gender & Sex in Methods and Measurement Research Equity Toolkit is a resource led by WHRI member Dr. A.J. Lowik and developed in collaboration with research and community partners.

This autumn, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health released a new report titled Women’s Health in Canada: Closing the Gender Gap.
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.