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Tue, 2012-11-20 13:23
for a research study of an online support group for women diagnosed with gynecologic cancer.
Are you a woman who has been treated for gynecologic cancer and do you struggle with any of the following? • Concerns about your body image • Sexual...
Tue, 2012-11-20 13:18
This new report from the Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence brings together research on Aboriginal women working in mining industries in Canada. It includes the voices of seventeen women occupying a variety of positions in the mining sector...
Mon, 2012-11-19 08:04
A new Canadian study demonstrates that women working in particular occupations have an increased risk of developing breast cancer.
Read the press release from The National Network on Environments and Women's Health, and find the summary and...
Thu, 2012-11-15 18:13
The LGBTTQI Home Care Access Project is seeking 100 LGBTTQI people across Ontario to complete a web-based survey.
A significant number of LGBTTQI people are receiving health care in their home provided by personal support workers, nurses, occupational...
Thu, 2012-11-15 11:40
A "Concept Incubator" for Experimental Scientists
Deadline: 15 November 2012.
Meeting to be held in Toronto ON from 13-15 March 2013.
Approximately 25 participants will be selected from among the applicants to attend the colloquium (as funding...
Wed, 2012-11-14 17:23
The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada, 2012 focuses on how sex and gender influence public health and the health status of Canadians.
Read the report.
Wed, 2012-11-14 17:20
A National Conference Grounding Trauma 2013 May 8 & 9, 2013 Alliston, Ontario, Canada Pre-conference May 7: Building Bridges: Linking Woman Abuse, Substance Use And Mental Ill Health
Internationally, there is a growing understanding of the numerous...
Mon, 2012-11-12 12:36
Report from the Ontario Women’s Health Network:
Project partners/partenaires du projet: Tekla Hendrickson, Barbara Kilbourn, Ontario Women’s Health Network
Overview: Through focus groups and an online survey, this project sought to identify the health...
Thu, 2012-11-08 13:40
A researcher at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax is conducting a study on Botox and other injectable facial fillers (e.g., Juvéderm, Restylane).
If you are a woman aged 35 – 65 who has had injections to reduce the signs of aging to your face but...
Thu, 2012-11-08 13:18
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is calling for actions on toxic exposures in fast growing global electronics industry.
Last week the APHA called on the global electronics’ industry, public health officials and international agencies to step...
Thu, 2012-11-08 13:15
Check out the blog of the Network Action Team (NAT) on FASD Prevention from a Women’s Health Determinants Perspective.
Their goal is to build a strong knowledge base related to FASD prevention through work with women and their support systems...
Thu, 2012-11-08 13:10
A recent article in The Atlantic talks about the poverty gap between men and women in the US and elsewhere in developed nations.
The author looks at the data from 2008 across the OECD's 34 developed nations, and found that more women were poor than men...
Tue, 2012-11-06 09:14
A new report from the Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence by Y. Hanson & R. Stout
Executive Summary:
Over the course of 2011-2012, eighteen mothers and five service providers from Winnipeg and Saskatoon were asked a series of questions to...
Tue, 2012-11-06 09:12
Breast Cancer Fund presents a webinar:
A reading and Q&A with author Susan Freinkel
November 8, 2012 4:00 pm Pacific Standard Time
1 hour
Bay Area author Susan Freinkel will offer a virtual book reading and interview about her 2011...
Tue, 2012-11-06 09:09
This new report the Canada FASD Research Network’s Action Team on Prevention from A Women’s Health Determinants Perspective profiles the development of single-access programs that support pregnant and parenting women who use substances in four...
Thu, 2012-11-01 14:15
Obesity may well be one of the hottest health topics in North America today. We see and hear daily reports about ‘the war on obesity’ and ‘the obesity epidemic’.
How are women faring in this so-called “war”? Find out how in CWHN’s latest primer, and find...
Thu, 2012-11-01 14:14
Are ad campaigns and fundraisers called "Booby Ball" or "I Love Boobies!" offensive, insensitive, and sexist?
Listen to the heated debate on last week’s CBC show The Current, about breast cancer fundraising campaigns that use the breast to titillate...
Thu, 2012-11-01 14:10
A Qualitative Study
New from the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health:
“For participants the food insecurity-obesity paradox was experienced as a vicious cycle that included overlapping experiences of poverty, food insecurity, weight gain...
Tue, 2012-10-30 15:29
Thursday, November 8th, 2012 at 12PM (EST)
Facilitators: Nancy Pool and Ginny Gonneau British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
About this Webinar: In collaboration with the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's...
Tue, 2012-10-30 15:25
You are invited to the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence
Third Annual General Meeting
Friday, November 16, 2012
11:00 am - Registration
11:30 am - Lunch
11:45 am - AGM and Ceremony
Followed by presentations on new research.
The Greenwood...
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