Women’s Health Research Month – Women's Health Research Institute

In March 2023, our philanthropic partners, the BC Women’s Health Foundation (BCWHF), announced the inaugural Women’s Health Research Month. Over the course of the month, Cally Wesson, BCHWF CEO, and Dr. Lori Brotto, WHRI Executive Director, had opportunities to speak about the importance of funding women’s health research.

Health Matters: Women’s health research
by Global News Morning BC

Women’s health research has come a long way, but inequities remain
by CityNews

Clip from Cally Wesson and Dr. Lori Brotto Interview (more clips to come soon on social)
by RED FM

Thank you to the BCWHF for launching this important month and continuing to fund and fundraise for innovative, groundbreaking research.

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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