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Mon, 2012-02-06 11:24
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...
Mon, 2012-02-06 11:19
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...
Mon, 2012-02-06 11:15
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...
Fri, 2012-02-03 16:31
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...
Mon, 2012-01-30 22:42
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...
Mon, 2012-01-30 22:40
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...
Mon, 2012-01-30 22:38
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...
Mon, 2012-01-30 22:34
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...
Mon, 2012-01-30 10:05
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...
Fri, 2012-01-27 11:04
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...
Fri, 2012-01-27 11:01
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....
Fri, 2012-01-27 10:59
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...
Fri, 2012-01-27 10:56
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...
Thu, 2012-01-26 03:00
The Canadian Women’s Health Network and the National Network on Environments and Women’s Health are pleased to launch:
Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canadaby Pat Armstrong, Barbara Clow, Karen Grant, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Beth Jackson,...
Wed, 2012-01-25 12:22
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...
Fri, 2012-01-20 11:28
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...
Thu, 2012-01-19 16:36
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...
Thu, 2012-01-19 16:06
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. ...
Tue, 2012-01-17 14:17
“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...
Tue, 2012-01-17 14:13
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...
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