Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)

This essay describes the proceedings of a workshop with researcher, Kim Anderson, hosted by Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence, Aboriginal Self-Governance Program & Institute of Urban Studies on Thursday March 17, 2005 at the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre in Winnipeg.

This essay reports on the workshop co-hosted by the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence and the Indigenous People's Health Research Centre.  It took place on November 29, 2004 and it was geared towards community and academic researchers.  Two Indigenous researchers, Kim Anderson and Maria Campbell were invited to facilitate the workshop.

The focus of this report is describing the process of Phase II of the "Invisible Women" project. Section I is a narrative and story of Phase II as it unfolded over several years. Section II is an analysis using frameworks of policy analysis. Using the frameworks illuminates why early conceptions of the Phase II project were such a challenge, particularly given the complexity of health policy and planning in decentralized policy networks.

Reports on the Rural Women’s Forum held on November 24 - 26, 2006 in Carlyle, SK. The forum included women who had participated in the RWICS workshops in Carlyle, Christopher Lake, Unity and Nipawin; rural women who were new to the group; and representatives of Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food and Status of Women Canada.  Looks at ways to improve the situation of rural women and to bring their recommendations forward to decision-makers.

Reports on the Rural Women’s Action Workshop held on October 20-21, 2006 in Unity, SK. Looks at ways to improve the situation of rural women and to bring their recommendations forward to decision-makers.

Reports on the Rural Women’s Action Workshop held on October 27 - 28, 2006 in Christopher Lake, SK. Looks at ways to improve the situation of rural women and to bring their recommendations forward to decision-makers.

The Profile presents and blends current health administrative and surveillance data and up-to-date research literature, with the additional investment of local knowledge about the lives of women in this province. The goal of the publication is to demonstrate how gender-based analysis can make health services in Manitoba more relevant and appropriate to improve women’s health, redress inequities and achieve consistent high quality of care in the health system.

The Guide it will explain why planning ahead is so important for women’s organizations, move you through the vital preliminary planning steps, introduce you to tools and resources for writing your tailor‐made emergency plan through the entire disaster cycle.  It moves you on to the all‐important issue of keeping an emergency plan alive through regular updating, practice, outreach to emergency managers, and networking for neighborhood preparedness. The Guide ends with a brief introduction to the global movement of women for social change to reduce avoidable harm. It may not be obvious yet, but emergency planning is part of
this and by doing this work you are part of it, too.

The report provides excerpts from the stories recounted by immigrant and refugee women and information about how they addressed their experiences with community based services, what was useful to them in their healing, and what the barriers were. It also describes the knowledge and awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among physicians, psychiatrists and other service providers and their experiences with immigrant and refugee women suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Finally, the study also begins to draw parallels with the experiences of Aboriginal women.

In this study, the link between a low-income mother's ability to find affordable recreation programs for her children and her health is examined. To a lesser extent, this research included an exploration of how municipal governments devise policies and programs to facilitate access to recreation and enrichment programs for low-income families.