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The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children (School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University), in partnership with the Alliance of Canadian Research Centres on Violence, the Canadian Observatory on the Justice System’s Response to Intimate Partner Violence, the Ending Violence Association of British Columbia, and FREDA's National and Regional Advisory Committees invites you to submit presentation proposals for their National Research Day 2012, November 7-9, in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Conference Theme:
Sexual violence, domestic violence: Exploring the continuum of violence against women and girls

The conference will bring together community-based anti-violence organizations and service providers; social workers, health care providers, and criminal justice personnel; women in all their diversity who have lived experiences of violence; government and policy makers; and academic and community-based researchers to explore the continuum of violence against women and girls.

Call for Presentations

Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2012

The FREDA Centre

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It is time to register!

Once again Girls Action is hitting the road with their Regional Events to be held in a location near you. 

Zoom in on Girls will continue its tradition as a forum for girls’ programmers to learn, share, strategize and celebrate. The Zoom events aim to support and strengthen action strategies, networking, and the exchange of skills and resources on a regional level. On the agenda are workshops and break-out sessions throughout the day. In the evening, participants will celebrate with an intergenerational networking cocktail!

Locations for Zoom in on Girls 2012…

WINNIPEG (MB): March 22nd & 23rd….deadline to register February 19th
MONTREAL (QC): April 18th & 19th….deadline to register March 18th
TORONTO (ON): May 10th…deadline to register April 8th
VANCOUVER (BC): May 31st….deadline to register April 29th

Zoom is also coming to the ATLANTIC region this fall (city and date to be confirmed).

Space is limited so apply early!

Click here for more information and to register on-line for the Zoom in your area! For more information on Zoom in on girls, contact Janine: janine@girlsactionfoundation.ca or call 514.948.1112; Toll Free: 1.888.948.1112

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Participants needed for a digital storytelling workshop

The BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (located at BC Women's Hospital) is looking for volunteers to help them with a digital storytelling project.

For the past 10 years, the BCCEWH has been doing women-friendly research on smoking in pregnancy and in the postpartum period and developing information and tools to support women to find ways of quitting smoking that makes sense for them. They also work with nurses, physicians, midwives, and other folks who work with pregnant women and new moms. They'd like you to share your stories with them so they can learn more about what helps, what doesn't work, and ways they can change to better support women. 

If you're pregnant or have had a baby within the past 18 months and have tried to or quit smoking during this time and this sounds interesting to you, let them know!

They're holding a two day digital storytelling workshop on Feb 21 + Feb 22, 10-4!

* Learn how to create a digital story with basic computer software, photos and simple drawings.
* Meet other women and hear about their experiences around smoking and pregnancy.
* Have the chance to share your story with a broader audience - other women, physicians, nurses, midwives and others who work with pregnant women and new moms.
* Lunch and honorarium provided.

 For more information please contact: Eliza at 604-875-2424 ext. 5351 or Eliza.Seaborn@cw.bc.ca

"Every woman has her own reasons for smoking. Every woman can find her own way of quitting and staying smoke-free in her own time."

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7:30 pm, Thursday, February 9, Royal Bank, Cinema UBC Vancouver Campus

Seats are limited. To guarantee a seat, please RSVP to OrgasmIncScreening@gmail.com

In Orgasm Inc, filmmaker Liz Canner uncovers a plot – would the pharmaceutical industry take advantage of women’s pursuit of pleasure in their pursuit of billion-dollar profits? The film presents a powerful look inside the medical industry and the way it’s reshaping our ideas of health, illness, desire and...orgasm.

Followed by a Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Joy Johnson, CIHR Institute of Gender and Health, featuring Dr. Lori Brotto, UBC Dept. of ob/gyn, Dr. Jeannie Shoveller, UBC School of Population & Public Health, and Dr. Thea Cacchioni, University of Victoria Women’s Studies.

And for more on this film and the issues it deals with, read an interview with Orgasm Inc. filmmaker Liz Canner. Blogger Tamara McClintock Greenberg makes some interesting comments about women and hysteria and the history of pathologizing women's health: Orgasm Inc.: Filmmaker Liz Canner on Women and the Orgasm Industry

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Advancing Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research
Montréal, Canada,
October 29-31, 2012

The conference will explore advances in our understandings of how sex and gender influence the health of women, men, and people of diverse gender identities over the lifespan. It will showcase excellence across the full scope of health research, from cell to society, offering a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary learning and exchange. The conference will feature dynamic presentations on new discoveries and innovative interventions, interactive poster sessions, lively discussions and valuable networking opportunities with leaders in the field. It is open to all researchers, policy-makers, health care providers, non-governmental organizations, students and others with a shared interest in gender, sex and health.

More information  
View the call for abstracts  
Submit an abstract

Deadline: Feb. 15, 2012

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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) will be launching Innovation Team Grants to fund research that improves the delivery of high-quality, Community-Based Primary Healthcare (CBPHC) across Canada this month. The Institute of Gender and Health will contribute funds to support a team to develop CBPHC models that tailor their approaches on the basis of gender.

CIHR is hosting an information webinar for interested applicants to learn more about the CBPHC Innovation Team Grant funding opportunity (e.g., objectives, eligibility, review process, etc.). We invite you to RSVP for the webinar, which will be held on February 9 at 2.30pm EST. 
 
Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, Scientific Director for the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, and Dr. Nancy Edwards, Scientific Director for the Institute of Population and Public Health, will provide an overview of the Innovation Team Grant funding opportunity and will be available to answer questions from interested applicants. A copy of the presentation along with a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document will available after the presentation.
 
For further details about the Initiative, please visit the CIHR CBPHC website  or contact erik.landriault@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

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The Aboriginal Women Reclaiming Our Power Project (Moon Voices) of Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc., and the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg invite you to attend “Moon Voices Share! Indigenous Mothering: Creating a Place of Love for the Next Seven Generations”.

This event will take place on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 from 6-8 pm in the Bulman Students’Centre at the University of Winnipeg, and is free and open to all. Food, bus tickets and child-minding will be available for all participants. Please RSVP to Kim at 786-9921 by Monday February 6th if you require child-minding.

From birthing and midwives, to breast-feeding, daycare, language, and traditional grandmothers' teachings, they will talk about some of the many ways Indigenous women create a place of love every day.  They sincerely hope that you are able to join the women of Moon Voices and their friends as they talk together about what Indigenous mothering means to them – the challenges, the strengths, and the way that mothering connects to the reclamation of power.

Attached you'll find an invitation letter and a poster for the event - Please share with your networks!

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This has been a wild - and eye-opening - few days in the women's health movement in America, and for those of us watching from afar.

First, Susan G. Komen for the Cure (premier organizer in the US of pink ribbon campaigns for breast cancer) withdrew its funding for Planned Parenthood (which offers breast cancer services) without fully explaining why, although anti-abortion forces that support Komen are strongly suspected, as are other political motivations. A blog post on Our Bodies Ourselves yesterday (Feb. 2) saw the roots of Komen's decision in "pressure from anti-abortion activists who refuse to acknowledge Planned Parenthood’s delivery of vital health care services."

When news of Komen's decision got out, there was a massive outcry via social media.

Today, Komen reversed its decision, still not fully explaining why an organization supposedly devoted to women's health would defund another organization devoted to women's health.

One thing that's clear in this chain of events is the incredible power of social media in mobilizing for change, and how the women's movement should well be paying attention to and remembering how these days have just played out.

Read some of the commentary so far:

6 Things You Need To Know About the Komen Foundation/Planned Parenthood Controversy (Alternet) 

Now, About Planned Parenthood and the Bishops … (Our Bodies, Ourselves)

Healthy Barbs (Barbara Brenner's blog)

Komen executive Karen Handel, who drove the decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, has resigned (Huffingont Post).

The War on Women’s Health Care: Judy Norsigian Joins Discussion on Influence of Conservative Groups

Susan G. Komen is also in the spotlight in Canada this week, as the riveting documentary Pink Ribbons Inc. has just been released today in major cites across the country.

Pink Ribbons, Inc. looks at how the breast cancer movement has moved from activism to consumerism and challenges viewers to rethink their assumptions about the meaning of breast cancer in our society.

View the trailer at www.nfb.ca/pink

"Pink Ribbons, Inc. resoundingly pops the shiny pink balloon of the breast cancer movement." Variety
"...a powerful film... fascinating and thoughtful." - Montreal Gazette

Directed by Léa Pool
Produced by Ravida Din
Written by Patricia Kearns & Nancy Guerin and Léa Pool
Inspired by the book Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the
Politics of Philanthropy by Samantha King

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DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN) Manitoba has a contract position available for a Wellness Project Researcher/Facilitator to carry out a Wellness Project concerning Women with Disabilities.

This Project will build knowledge and accessible resources available to women with disabilities in Winnipeg in order to maintain and maximize their health and quality of life.

DAWN Manitoba is a non-profit women’s organization of, by and for women with disabilities.  We work towards eliminating the barriers that exist in society that affect women with disabilities.

The successful candidate will be required to research and identify existing affordable and  accessible wellness resources in Winnipeg such as; nutrition, physical activity, peer support, and leisure.  This information will be compiled into a resource guide.  The candidate will also be required to organize a Wellness Forum for women with disabilities, as well as three Workshops on topics identified at the Forum.

The candidate must be well organized, have experience doing research, as well as knowledge of disability and women’s issues.  They must also have experience with group facilitation and excellent computer skills.  Problem-solving skills and ability to work with a non-profit Board of Directors is also required.

Position requires approximately 20 hours/month until October 2012.  Remuneration $2500.

Please send your resume with a cover letter to:

DisABLED Women’s Network (DAWN) Manitoba

The Clearinghouse
825 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3A 1M5

Deadline for Applications: Friday, February 3, 2012

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The CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) will provide funding for applications that are determined to be relevant to the following research priority areas:

o Gender, Work and Health: how gender and/or sex affect health as it relates to paid and unpaid work (e.g., occupational health and safety, chemical exposures, unintentional injury, the division of labour, care work, policies and interventions).

o Gender and Sexual Health: how gender and/or sex affect sexual health (e.g., risks and resilience, exposure and transmission, access to services, information and contraception, policies and interventions).

Important Dates
Registration Deadline 2012-02-02  
Application Deadline 2012-03-01  
Anticipated Notice of Decision 2012-06-29  
Funding Start Date 2012-10-01  

For more information, please visit ResearchNet.

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The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women confirmed on December 16, 2011 that it has initiated an inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada under Article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

After many years of work on this issue by so many Aboriginal women, family members, and allies, Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) applauds the recent United Nations Committee decision to intervene, saying they hope that the Committee will be able to assist Canada to address the crisis of human rights violations against Aboriginal women and girls.

However, the Committee has not yet decided whether to seek permission for a visit to Canada. A visit to Canada is essential in FAFIA’s view. The Committee members need to be able to conduct face to face interviews with some Aboriginal women and families in Canada and to make some visits to communities. FAFIA is inviting other interested groups to sign on to the following letter to the CEDAW Committee urging them to move forward quickly and to ask Canada for permission for a visit. The Committee's Working Group on inquiries and communications will meet again in February 2012 in Geneva, and this issue may be discussed. Because of this schedule, FAFIA would like to receive signatures before February 3, 2012.

If you would like to sign on to the letter, please send an email message with the full name of your organization to Lorna Martin at the Native Women's Association of Canada: lmartin@nwac.ca.

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Last week a Boston court set a major precedent in the US, ruling in favour of of 53 women who said their breast cancers were caused by the anti-miscarriage drug diethylstilbestrol (DES).

Between 1940 and 1971 DES was prescribed to millions of women in Canada, France, The Netherlands, United States and Great Britain.  In Canada between 200,000 and 400,000 women were given DES.

Read about in this recent court decision in DES Action’s (US) press release below.

To learn about what is known to date of the medical problems for DES Daughters, see the article below from the US National Institutes of Health in October 2011.

Read about this case in the Boston Globe: Judge rules DES-breast cancer case can move forward

For more information about the effects of DES, see DES Action (US)

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SystemAction, Canada’s national knowledge exchange network in support of the National Treatment Strategy, has lined up their second free webinar of 2012:

Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Time:  1 pm EST

Duration: 1 hour

Presenter: Nancy Poole

To register, please click here.

About Nancy Poole:

Nancy Poole is the Director of Research and Knowledge Translation at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health.  She is well known for her work on research, training and policy initiatives related to women’s substance use, mental health, and experience of violence with governments and organizations on local, provincial and national levels. She is the co-editor of an upcoming book on trauma-informed care to be published by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Here’s what’ll be covered in the webinar: 
• An introduction to trauma-informed and trauma-specific practice
• Examples of how people are embedding trauma informed and trauma specific care in various settings in Canada
•Discussion of why there is a need to focus on trauma informed care in systems development work
• Summary of key issues, themes and resources, highlighting promising practices and tensions

There will be time for discussion-based questions and answers. The webinar will take place in English.

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You are invited to a free hands-on introduction to a new e-learning website on SGBA, presented by Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence, with BC & Atlantic Centres of Excellence for Women's Health.

Thurs. Feb. 2, 2012, 9:00 - 11 am
University of Winnipeg, Computer Lab 1M29
See: Map
Limited seating

The presenters willl introduce online tutorials that will assist you with applying SGBA in your daily work.  The website's creators are ready to assist you while you increase your familiarity with the tools.

They'll also introduce you to The Source/La Source, a Pan-Canadian web-based resource of women's health data sources, reports and synthesis documents. Hands-on exercises will help researchers, policy makers, health planners, and students to find sources of women's health research and data from all Canadian provinces and territories.

RSVP to pwhce@uwinnipeg.ca

Production of this document has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.

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Smoking Cessation Interventions and Lessons for Pregnant Women

The British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health invites you to visit a new website, recently launched in both English and French, about smoking, pregnancy, change and support.  Here is what you can find at www.expectingtoquit.ca:

1. A systematic review of research on tobacco interventions with pregnant women

2. “5 Ways to Change Your Practice” - Practice recommendations for physicians and other health care providers  

3. “Meet Liz, Cristabel, and Noa” - Lessons from women who find their own path to becoming smoke-free

For more information about research on women’s smoking and effective intervention and support strategies, please contact the Tobacco Research Team at the BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health at info@expectingtoquit.ca.

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Supporting LGBT Health Through Every Stage of Life
Ottawa Marriott Hotel, Ottawa
Tuesday, March 20 - Friday, March 23, 2012

Rainbow Health Ontario presents the only conference in Canada focused on the health and wellness of our diverse and vibrant lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities. Their theme, "Supporting LGBT Health Through Every Stage of Life"explores the experiences, strengths and needs of LGBT people and communities across the life cycle from family formation, to adolescence, to adulthood and old age. A rich choice of workshops, research soundbytes and plenary sessions will highlight new knowledge, vital issues and best practices from leaders in research, clinical practice, health promotion, equity and policy fields.

This year their conference will include workshops and research presentations in French and all plenary sessions will feature simultaneous translation in both official languages. They invite health and social service providers, community members, researchers and policy makers to learn and share, to broaden your networks, and to find inspiration for your ongoing work.

Review the preliminary conference program and register online.

Early bird rates apply until February 3rd, 2012

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The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) has been mandated by the Public Health Agency of Canada to determine the interest of various stakeholders for a revision to the Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care National Guidelines.   A very short survey was developed  - it is one of the consultative initiatives implemented by the SOGC that will be used to guide the Public Health Agency of Canada in the anticipated revisions to the FCMNC National Guidelines.

This consultation survey is very short and should take less than 5 minutes to complete – they thank you in advance for taking the time out of your busy schedule to complete it.

Click for the survey here.

You can find Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care National Guidelines in the publications section of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s website.

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The National Network on Environments and Women’s Health (NNEWH), in partnership with Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), presents the workshop:

Are Women Automotive Plastic Workers at Risk?: Starting the Conversation
Friday January 27 2012, 9:00am – 4:30pm
CAW Local 195, 3400 Somme Avenue, Windsor, ON

Some of the topics to be covered:
One-Eyed Science”: Invisibility of blue-collar women in OHS research (Karen Messing)
Dying for Work” (clip of documentary on plastics)
What is the problem? Summary of current evidence (Jim Brophy and Margaret Keith, NNEWH)
What are endocrine disrupters? Plastics-related endocrine disruptors (Michael Gilbertson, NNEWH)

Please see the attached for the complete workshop agenda.

Also, on the evening before this workshop, NNEWH and CAW invite you to join them for a reception and discussion following the screening of the film: “Pink Ribbon$ Inc”.

Capitol Theatre, 121 University Ave, Windsor, ON
Thursday January 26 2012
Film screening at 7pm
Discussion and reception to follow
$5.00 admission charge for film, available at the door or on line at www.windsorfilmfestival.com

Invited respondents:
Patricia Noonan - Lori Dupont Inquest Action Group
Natalie Gierman - Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario Region
Patricia Kearns - Breast Cancer Action Montreal

For additional information, please contact NNEWH at nnewh1@yorku.ca or Margaret Keith and Jim Brophy at 519-735-2944.

Read more about these events and about women's concerns about working with plastics in the Windsor Star.

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An exciting new Dreamfilm documentary called Programmed to be Fat? tackles the possible role of synthetic chemicals in the "obesity epidemic".

Programmed to be Fat? tells the stories of three scientists whose unexpected findings led them to follow the research of a curious doctor in Scotland, baffled by her inability to lose weight. For three years she pored over existing research on environmental chemicals and finally published a key study in an alternative medicine journal. It linked endocrine-disrupting chemicals to the obesity epidemic. The scientists came across the paper while puzzling over their own research results.  None of their studies were about fat, but they had two things in common – they were all researching endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and they all ended up with unusually heavy lab animals.

Watch it online.

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An editorial in this week’s Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has opened the debate on selective abortion of female fetuses, and how much this is happening in Canada.

Rajendra Kale, interim editor of the CMAJ, called for a ban on disclosing the sex of a fetus until 30 weeks, a point at which abortions are difficult to obtain. His editorial cited research that suggests some Asian immigrants are aborting unwanted females.

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, on the other hand, has countered that “Dr. Kale’s proposal is inconsistent with the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada’s policy statement which states that “a patient’s request for disclosure should be respected, either directly or in a report to the referring health professional”.”

Read more about it here:

“It’s a girl!”— could be a death sentence (CMAJ)

Sex selection migrates to Canada (CMAJ)

Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (see 17 January Media update on their home page)

Bid to curb female feticide pushes hot buttons of abortion and culture (Globe and Mail)

Selective abortions prompt call for ultrasound rules (CBC)

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Eating Disorder Awareness Week (Feb 5-11, 2012) is quickly approaching! EDAW celebratory materials and resources are available through the National Eating Disorder Information Centre’s online store.  Order by Monday January 23rd.  

If your materials are required for a specific event or date, please contact NEDIC by phone (416-340-4156) or email to obtain a quote for Xpress Post or FedEx shipping of your materials. 

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“We used to march in the streets: now you’re supposed to run for a cure, or walk for a cure, or jump for a cure, or whatever it is . . . the effect of the whole pink ribbon culture was to drain and deflect the kind of militancy we had as women who were appalled to have a disease that is epidemic and yet that we don’t even know the cause of.” – Barbara Ehrenreich.

Pink Ribbons, Inc., a feature documentary directed by Léa Pool and produced and executive produced by Ravida Din, looks at how the breast cancer movement has moved from activism to consumerism and challenges viewers to rethink their assumptions about the meaning of breast cancer in our society.

The National Film Board of Canada with the cooperation of the Windsor International Film Festival will present Pink Ribbons Inc. at:

Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7pm
Capitol Theatre, 121 University Ave, Windsor, ON
Film screening at 7pm - Discussion and reception to follow

Invited respondents:
Patricia Noonan - Lori Dupont Inquest Action Group
Natalie Gierman - Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario Region
Patricia Kearns - Breast Cancer Action Montreal

Read more about the event here: Link between work and breast cancer focus of Windsor conference (Windsor Star).

For additional information on the event, please contact National Network on Environments and Women’s Health (NNEWH) at nnewh1@yorku.ca or Margaret Keith and Jim Brophy at 519-735-2944.

For more information on the film, visit Windsor Film Festival.

View the trailer at www.nfb.ca/pink

"Pink Ribbons, Inc. resoundingly pops the shiny pink balloon of the breast cancer movement." Variety
"...a powerful film... fascinating and thoughtful." - Montreal Gazette

Directed by Léa Pool
Produced by Ravida Din
Written by Patricia Kearns & Nancy Guerin and Léa Pool
Inspired by the book Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the
Politics of Philanthropy by Samantha King

PINK RIBBONS INC. will be opening at other theatres in Canada starting February 3.

CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATRES NEAR YOU

Barrie / Calgary / Concord / Edmonton / Halifax / Kamloops / Kelowna /
Kingston / Laval

Medicine Hat / Montreal / Nanaimo / Oakville / Orleans / Ottawa - Feb
17 / Québec City

Saskatoon / Scarborough / Sherbrooke / Sudbury / Toronto / Vancouver /
Victoria / Waterloo / Winnipeg / with more to come...

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Two new reports on the future of Canada`s health care system lack a gender-analysis, which is concerning since these reports have the potential to have a powerful impact on policy-making. Both reports were released in time to coincide with the Council of the Federation, the meeting January 16-17 in British Columbia at which Canada’s premiers are discussing the future of health and health care in our country.

Last week the Health Action Lobby (HEAL) released Functional Federalism and the Future of Medicare in Canada - A Report to the Health Action Lobby (pdf). This report is a response to concerns about quality, access and the sustainability of Canada’s health and health care systems, an attempt to spark the public discussions needed as the 2003 First Ministers’ Accord on Health Care Renewal, and 2004 First Ministers’ 10-­year Plan to Strengthen Health Care come to an end in the Spring 2014. The HEAL report has scant sex- or gender analysis, looking only at the differences in body-weight index (BMI) and at couple of differences between Aboriginal women and men.

And while the new report by the Canadian Pediatrics Society, Are We Doing Enough? A status report on Canadian public policy and child and youth health (pdf) talks about action on child poverty as an important issue in child health, the lack of mention of women is odd, considering that the poverty of single parent households headed by women is a major reason for child poverty.

The omission of a sex-and gender analysis in these reports speaks to the need for greater awareness of SGBA and why it is necessary. For more information and excellent resources on why sex and gender matter in health research, policy-making and practice, see our primer Sex and Gender-Based Analysis (SGBA).

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Barbara Clow and Linda Snyder, the Executive and Assistant Directors of the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health (ACEWH), were invited to present a pre-conference workshop at the SAHARA (Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance) Conference in Port Elizabeth, South Africa November 28 to December 1, 2011.

The event was organized by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). Together with CIDA-sponsored youth interns and South African colleagues, they led sessions on sex- and gender-based analysis and practice and HIV/AIDS research. While in South Africa, Dr. Clow also oversaw the final signing of the renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding with HSRC.

Read more about it.

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Come out and support the National Eating Disorder Information Centre by attending an evening of awareness and education at:

Where: Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto
When: February 2nd, 2012
Time: 7.30 p.m.
Tickets: $200 each

Guest speakers:

"What We Need To Know. What We Need To Do."
Dr Blake Woodside, Director: Eating Disorder Inpatient Program at Toronto General Hospital.

"A Personal Point of View"
Sera De Rubeis, former NEDIC volunteer

Eating disorders tell stories of pain, chaos and challenge. Please help NEDIC to tell a different story: One that encourages full engagement in life, positive self-regard and a respect for all regardless of appearance.

Join NEDIC's supporters, such as Karen Cockburn, three time Canadian Olympic champion and co-Olympian, Sarah Charles, artist Jessica Gorlicky - who will delight with an on-site live performance - and Side Three, the accomplished five-piece band who will keep your toes tapping.

This evening will provide the opportunity to gain a better understanding of what an eating disorder is, will help raise proceeds so that NEDIC can continue providing high quality support, information and resources.

Please buy your tickets on NEDIC`s website

Unable to attend but want to support the cause? Click here to donate.