WHRI celebrates World Sexual Health Day
World Sexual Health Day is an awareness day managed by the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), a global advocacy organization committed to promoting best
World Sexual Health Day is an awareness day managed by the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), a global advocacy organization committed to promoting best
In celebration of World Microbiome Day, The Maternal Microbiome LEGACY Project team is excited to share some study updates!
The awards were presented to Kalysha Closson, PhD candidate, School of Population & Public Health, UBC, and Amanda Rowlands, Master’s of Science candidate, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU.
There were an estimated 1550 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in Canada in 2017, with approximately 400 women dying from this preventable disease. Cervical cancer remains a public health threat to women at the prime of their lives. With access to highly effective HPV vaccines and screening technologies, we have reached a time when elimination of cervical cancer in Canada is entirely possible and within our reach.
Over 8,000 people from 160+ countries congregated in the Vancouver Convention Centre on June 3-6, 2019 for Women Deliver. The environment was electrifying.
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.