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Thu, 2013-03-21 11:00
The Women's Healthy Environments Network (WHEN) Film Series will feature the following documentary showings:
Thursday March 21, Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer Friday April 12, Pink Ribbons Inc. Saturday May 11, Living Downstream Friday...
Thu, 2013-03-14 10:25
Ann Silversides has won an award for her excellent article on the pros and cons of mammography that she wrote CWHN’s Network in 2012.
Mammography screening: Weighing the pros and cons for women’s health has been awarded “Best Online Story” in 2012...
Thu, 2013-03-14 10:23
A recent study has found that there are widespread problems in how ovarian cancer is treated in the U.S. The U.S. based study found that most women with ovarian cancer there receive inadequate care.
Read the story in the New York Times, Widespread Flaws...
Mon, 2013-03-11 15:12
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 from 7 pm to 8 pm
Living Arts Centre in the LIVE Restaurant.
Mississauga ON
The Peel Committee on Sexual Assault (PCSA), through the funding of the Canadian Institute of Health Research, is hosting a café style dialogue to...
Mon, 2013-03-11 15:08
This newsletter introduces readers to the important work and unique issues facing women and their families in Northern communities, from the Canadian Research Institute for the the Advacnement of Women (CRIAW).
To access the newsletter please...
Mon, 2013-03-11 15:07
The RHO Conference "Creating Change Together" to be held in Toronto February 5th to 7th, 2014 invites proposals which present new information or insight into LGBT health and wellness issues. The deadline for proposals is May 31st, 2013.
For the full Call...
Thu, 2013-03-07 16:49
A new report by the Girls Action Foundation, Beyond Appearances: Brief on the Main Issues Facing Girls in Canada, uncovers the real story of girls’ lives in Canada. The never before compiled information reveals that girls still face many hurdles despite...
Wed, 2013-03-06 16:51
Our upcoming Invitational Roundtable on Women and Alcohol was promoted today in the Toronto Star.
Alcohol one of Canada’s top health threats: Study discusses a new report by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health that identifies alcohol as...
Tue, 2013-03-05 17:52
Ann Pederson, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Barbara Clow, Harpa Isfeld, Anna Liwander (editors)
The BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health and the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence have...
Sun, 2013-03-03 23:21
In celebration of International Women's Day, the National Film Board (NFB) is offering free screenings of Karen Cho's award-winning NFB feature documentary "STATUS QUO? The unfinished business of feminism in Canada" across Canada, all this week....
Fri, 2013-03-01 08:49
The Canadian Medical Association Journal recently quoted CWHN's Executive Director Anne Rochon Ford in an article discussing the dangers of Diane-35. This prescription drug, manufactured by Bayer, is a hormonal treatment prescribed to treat acne and is...
Thu, 2013-02-28 11:34
Echo: Improving Women's Health in Ontario, and the Ontario Women's Health Network have produced a video highlighting the voices of women who participated in their Women's Health Leadership Program over the past two years.
From 2010 to 2012, the...
Thu, 2013-02-28 11:24
Your Story Matters!
CANCER'S MARGINS is Arts- and Community-based research that explores sexual and gender diversity, experiences of breast and gynecologic cancer health, support/care, and the ways we locate and share knowledge.
CONTACT them: In British...
Thu, 2013-02-28 11:14
A recent article in HealthNewsReview (a site that examines the accuracy of health news reports) shines a light on misleading stats that are being used to promote mammography.
CWHN has covered this issue recently. Learn more about the...
Tue, 2013-02-26 12:45
A short video by Operation Maple explains clearly some of the recent ground-breaking research in Canada linking women who work in plastics manufacturing with higher rates of breast cancer.
Featured are Robert DeMatteo and James Brophy who, with Margaret...
Tue, 2013-02-26 12:43
Echo: Improving Women's Health in Ontario, has released its final newsletter: Sharing the Legacy ~ Supporting Future Action.
This document presents ECHO’s work and the knowledge translation initiatives undertaken between 2009 and 2012.
This legacy...
Thu, 2013-02-21 10:08
A film screening and discussion about breast cancer fundraising and environmental links to cancer, presented by the National Network on Environments and Women's Health & the Canadian Women's Health Network
PINK RIBBONS INC. A film screening and...
Tue, 2013-02-19 15:56
“For years, women have been told we are responsible for our own orgasms; no one can hand it to us on a silver platter. And most of us can manage to get there very nicely on our own, thank you…”
Intrigued?
In her latest blog on our website, sex...
Tue, 2013-02-19 15:54
The BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health invites you to a CIHR Café Scientifique:
Smoking on the Margins? Effects of Outdoor Smoke-Free Bylaws in BC Monday, March 4, 2013 5:00-7:00pm Take Five Café 62 West Cordova Street (at Abbott)...
Tue, 2013-02-19 15:52
The Public Health Agency of Canada is conducting a short evaluation regarding The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada, 2012: Influencing Health - The Importance of Sex and Gender.
The evaluation consists of...
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