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Book Review - Becoming Trauma Informed
BOOK REVIEW Becoming Trauma Informed, edited by Nancy Poole and Lorraine Greaves, Centre for...
INTERdependence
By Abby Lippman Jane Brody wrote recently in her New York Times blog about "staying independent in...
Racism: A Threat to Women’s Health
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – March 21 Racism: A Threat to Women...
Sexy Girls: Too much too soon?
By Lyba Spring I don’t think I was more than six years old in the 1950s when, with my parents’...
Book Review - Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America
BOOK REVIEW Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America by Leslie...
CIHR-funded initiative aims to bridge media and academic health policy research
EvidenceNetwork.ca a non-partisan resource designed for Canadian health journalists  By...
Does death love menopause?
By Laura Wershler First published by Troy Media Feb. 10, 2012 The Heart and Stroke Foundation of...
Food insecurity-obesity paradox for women in Atlantic Canada
By Jane Shulman At first glance, it seems to be a contradiction. How could women who are...
Likhaan and the Struggle for Reproductive Rights in the Philippines
  By Rita Morbia Dr. Junice Melgar (photo: Likhaan) Like many women’s health...
Book Review - The UNhysterectomy
BOOK REVIEW The UNhysterectomy: Solving Your Painful, Heavy Bleeding Without Major Surgery by Holly...
Book Review - Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams
BOOK REVIEW Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams, WW Norton and Co., 2012...
Book Review - I Feel Great About My Hands
BOOK REVIEW I Feel Great About My Hands: And Other Unexpected Joys of Aging Shari Graydon,...
Film review - Programmed to be Fat
Film review Programmed to be Fat Directed by Bruce Mohun.Written by Bruce Mohun and Helen...
Breast self-examination: What it means and why the thinking about it has changed
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care released its guideline on screening for breast...
Mammography screening: Weighing the pros and cons for women’s health
“Best Online Story” - 2012 Media Awards sponsored by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario...
Older women and sexuality ... are we still just talking lube?
By Lyba Spring Lee figured she was getting so many yeast infections because she hadn’t had sex in...
Not a flower shop: Exploring breast cancer risk and gender bias
... in the automotive plastic parts industry in Ontario By Mary-Louise Leidl “Well I know firsthand...
Women and alcohol: To your health?
by Ann Dowsett Johnston It’s the twilight hour at my corner coffee shop, a crowded café on a...
Finding a reason
Exploring  motivational  interviewing as a technique for treating eating disorders By...
Gender matters in Saskatchewan
Researchers gather in the province to discuss women’s health by Carla Simon In January 2011,...
Outsourcing births
The Network speaks with health advocate Shirley Tagalik about why her northern town is fighting to...
Tribute to a Fighter: S. Joyce Attis
By Madeline Boscoe and Anne Rochon Ford The movement to raise public awareness in Canada about...
What we're NOT reading - Spring 2011
Which resources don’t make the cut The Canadian Women’s Health Network chooses a select few...
What we're reading - Spring 2011
Recommended resources from our library Feminist Counselling Edited by Lynda R. Ross  (Women’s...
Herstreet
It’s 8:15 p.m. on a Monday night, and Léonie Couture’s work day is far from over when she calls...