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Tue, 2012-08-28 17:16
The Vancouver Sun recently published an interesting series of op-ed articles by Handel Reynolds on the mammography debate. The issues discussed include overdiagnosis, one of the most significant harms of screening and as well as the many political and...
Thu, 2012-08-23 15:09
Deadline for abstracts: October 15th, 2012
The Simone de Beauvoir Institute is currently seeking abstracts for its upcoming 35th anniversary conference, “Rethinking Race and Sexuality: Feminist Conversations, Contestations, and Coalitions.”...
Thu, 2012-08-23 14:57
Liberation! Helping Women Quit Smoking: A Brief Tobacco Intervention Guide can now be downloaded for free from the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. This Practice Guide supports providers in diverse contexts to start a...
Tue, 2012-08-21 11:23
This year, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging began a multi-stage strategic planning process that will enable it to define its priorities for the next five years (2013–18).
The next stage in the process...
Tue, 2012-08-21 11:13
Canadian Domestic Violence Conference 3 - New Directions in Practice, Research, and Collaboration
Presentations Proposal Deadline: September 15, 2012
Conference will be held: February 28-March 1, 2013, Toronto, ON
The Canadian Domestic Violence...
Tue, 2012-08-21 11:09
Delegates at the Canadian Medical Association’s general council meeting last week called on the Canadian government to reject a backbencher’s attempts to amend the Criminal Code so that a fetus is defined as a human being.
Read the story by André Picard...
Tue, 2012-08-21 10:59
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and the Breast Cancer Fund last week claimed a “major victory for public health” when Johnson & Johnson, makers of Aveeno, Neutrogena, and Johnson’s Baby Shampoo, announced that it will be removing...
Thu, 2012-08-16 14:52
The Canadian Medical Association has just released the 2012 National Report Card on Canada's health care system in which they point to a “widening gap in health status” between the rich and poor in Canada.
"When it comes to the well-being...
Thu, 2012-08-16 14:43
CWHN sends a big thanks to Ted Schrecker at CHNET-Works! for his endorsement of CWHN's work for health equity and also for his promotion of our new website in his recent blog entry for the blog, Health as if Everybody Counted.
Read his blog entry on...
Thu, 2012-08-16 12:13
Starting August 19, the public can help support the Best Start Resource Centre (Best Start) to address alcohol use and pregnancy by making a donation at any of the more than 620 LCBO stores throughout Ontario. Donation boxes for Best Start will be...
Wed, 2012-08-15 14:42
This week Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) announced updated cervical cancer screening (Pap test) guidelines that outline the right age for women to begin screening and the appropriate time interval between tests.
CCO now recommends that cervical cancer...
Mon, 2012-08-13 16:00
Can shopping save the world? The Story of Change — a free new movie from the exciting Story of Stuff project — urges viewers to put down their credit cards and start exercising their citizen muscles to build a more sustainable, just and...
Mon, 2012-08-13 15:57
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,
Toronto, Canada
“A comparative study of pathways to first episode care for psychosis in three ethnic groups.”
Project Description:
The Health Systems and Health Equity Research group at the Centre for Addiction...
Mon, 2012-08-13 15:55
Deadline: August 30, 2012
The CWF is seeking a Senior Director of Research and Policy to work with a passionate, committed team out of their Toronto office. Reporting to the Vice-President of Grants and Community Initiatives, this full-time position...
Mon, 2012-08-13 15:54
The Women’s Environmental Network in the UK has launched an updated fact-sheet on sanitary protection and the environment.
“Seeing Red” is a four-page briefing exploring the links between sanitary products and health, waste, advertising, and chemicals....
Mon, 2012-08-13 15:53
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Gender and Health is announcing the launch of the Gender, Work and Health Chair Program. This initiative is launched in partnership with the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and...
Thu, 2012-08-09 15:51
An alarming new report has been published on the risky use of steroids that are given to pregnant women to try to reduce rates of “tomboyism, lesbianism and bisexuality" or “behavioral masculinization.”
The paper in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry...
Thu, 2012-08-09 15:32
Health Canada is informing Canadians that it is assessing the possibility of an increased risk of cancer with long-term use of the drug calcitonin. Patients who are taking a calcitonin medicine who have questions should speak to their health care...
Thu, 2012-08-09 15:30
It’s been 10 years since the Women’s Health Initiative halted their historic study of post-monpauasal women on estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy - the largest study of older women ever conducted - due to health concerns.
What have we learned...
Thu, 2012-08-09 15:27
Deadline: August 15, 2012
Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence is seeking a qualified contractor to undertake an environmental scan of opportunities for corporate sustainability.
Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence is an...
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