Twitter Chat on Women's Health Research!

 

Date: Tuesday March 19th

Where: #womenshealth2013

You were not able to join us? Read the conversation.

Follow us @BCCEWH. We will moderate a discussion on issues related to women's health research in the current climate. We invite you to join the dialogue and share your experiences.


Webinar: Girls’ Empowerment Groups

to promote action on healthy living issues


Monday , March 25, 2013

Download the flyer.

Presenters:
Nancy Poole,
BCCEWH
Ginny Gonneau,
BCCEWH
Tatiana Fraser,
Girls Action Foundation
Sydney Millar,
CAAWS


Girls Action Foundation is launching 3 new backgrounders intended to support the work of facilitators of girls’ empowerment groups, programmers and organizations working with girls and young women.

The backgrounders offer current information, resources, practical tools, web-based materials and sample group activities on:

  • Girls, Alcohol and Depression
  • Girls, Smoking and Stress
  • Girls, Physical Activity and Culture

Join in to learn more about these resources and related tools that are grounded in a study of Girls’ Perspectives on Girls’ Groups and Healthy Living (2011) which explored promising practices in girl-centred health promotion (See English and French reports).

These backgrounders were developed in collaboration with the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health (BCCEWH), the Girls Action Foundation and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS).


Smoking and Trauma Webinar

for Anti-Violence Workers

Presented by the
BC Society of Transition Houses and the
BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Presenters:
Nancy Poole and
Tasnim Nathoo,
BC Centre of Excellence
for Women’s Health

Click on the flyer to download

WHO IS THIS WEBINAR FOR?
In hosting this webinar, our goal is to use technology to provide relevant and
accessible information and to build community among anti-violence workers
in rural and remote communities. If you work with women who have
experienced violence and would like to know more about the connections
between smoking, other substance use, trauma, and mental health to better
support the women you work with, this webinar is for you!


 

We are launching
Rethinking Women and Healthy Living in Canada

Wednesday March 6th, 2013
Wellesley Institute
10 Alcorn Ave – Suite 300 
Toronto


Rethinking Women and Healthy Living in Canada examines the sex, gender, diversity, and equity dimensions of healthy living among women in Canada by conducting a sex- and gender-based analysis of the healthy living discourse, key healthy living topics, and selected healthy living strategies.

Join these authors to discuss the report:

  • Ann Pederson
    BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
  • Margaret Haworth-Brockman
    Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence
  • Barbara Clow
    Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health

The event is co-hosted by BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence, Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, and the Ontario Women's Health Network.


Production of this report has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.


 

Heart Health Promotion: What Works for Women?

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Chan Auditorium, 950 W. 28th Avenue, Vancouver

BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre

To download the flyer and program, click here.

More women in Canada die from heart disease and stroke than all forms of cancer put together. Preventing cardiovascular disease could save thousands of women’s lives and improve their quality of life.

Come together with other health care providers, managers, policy makers and researchers to discuss and advance a gendered approach to heart health promotion that considers the needs among and between populations of women.

The aims of the summit are to:

  • Share knowledge about the prevalence of heart disease in BC women and the implications for primary and secondary prevention
  • Share insights and experiences about a gendered approach to heart health promotion for women
  • Identify opportunities for collaboration to improve heart health promotion for women in BC

Speakers

Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, Canada Research Chair in  Ethnic Diversity and Cardiovascular Disease; Heart & Stroke Foundation Ontario/Michael DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research; Eli Lily/May Cohen Chair in Women’s Health Research, McMaster University

Diliana Chopova, MPH, Project Evaluator, Fraser Health

Karin Humphries, MSc, MBA, DSc, UBC-Heart and Stroke Foundation Professor in Women's Cardiovascular Health; Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

Sharon Jinkerson-Brass, Community Health Liaison, Pacific Association of First Nations’ Women, member of Key First Nation, Saskatchewan

Nadia Khan, MD, MSc, FRCPC, General Internist, St Paul’s Hospital; Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Career Scientist, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research; Clinician Scientist, Center for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences

Diane Middagh, MN/NP (F), Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner Clinics, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Care Centre

Ann Pederson, MSc, PhD(c), Director, BC Centre for Excellence for Women’s Health

Denise Penaloza, RN, MSN, Program Coordinator, Maxxine Wright Community Health Centre, Fraser Health

Natasha Prodan-Bhalla, MN/NP (A), Nurse Practitioner, The Heart Program for Women, Nurse Practitioner Clinics, BC Women’s, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Nursing, UBC

Program

8:00 am Refreshments & Registration


8:30 am Welcome:
Opening by Coast Salish Elder, Jan Christilaw, President, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, Arlene Paton, Assistant Deputy Minister, Population and Public Health, Ministry of Health


8:45 am Setting the Context:
Karin Humphries, Heart Disease in BC Women, Nadia Khan, Prevention of Heart Disease in Women, Sonia Anand, Sex and Gender as Determinants of Heart Health


10:15 am Refreshment break


10:45 am A Gender-Sensitive Framework to Promoting Heart Health:
Ann Pederson


11:30 am Lunch

12:30 pm Applying the Framework: Lessons from BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
Natasha Prodan-Bhalla, Diane Middagh, Sharon Jinkerson-Brass


Lessons from Fraser Health
Denise Penaloza, Diliana Chopova


2:00 pm Refreshment Break


2:15 pm Bringing it All Together: Interactive Group Session


3:45 pm Closing Remarks
Jan Christilaw, President, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre

This Special Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians   and Surgeons of Canada.

Summit Partners

BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
BC Healthy Living Alliance
BC Ministry of Health
First Nations Health Authority
Fraser Health Authority
Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon
Providence Healthcare Research Institute
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Shining a Light on Canada’s Multi-layered Approach on FASD Prevention

A session on promoting women’s health and preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will be held in Vancouver on the evening of February 28th as a part of the 5th International Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Click on the flyer to download

FASD prevention involves much more than providing information about the risks of alcohol use in pregnancy. Over the past two decades, Canada has developed a multi-layered approach to FASD prevention (FASDCANADIANPERSPECTIVES_PHAC). This session will use current examples of FASD-related policies, programs, and initiatives from across Canada. The session will highlight the work of individuals working in a range of contexts, including government, university and community-based research, program development and service provision, community advocacy, and alcohol policy development. It will also provide the opportunity for participants to collectively discuss principles levels of prevention, and the range of people who need to work together to achieve the goals of improving both women’s and child health in the prevention of FASD.

The session has the goal of inspiring people from across Canada and internationally to engage in effective work on FASD prevention.

The session is organized by the Network Action Team of FASD Prevention, a part of the CanFASD Research Network.

To register for the conference and the session: http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/FASd/


Webinar: Girls, Physical Activity and Culture

Wednesday, December 12th, 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 Health (BCCEWH), Girls Action Foundation is developing a series of knowledge-building backgrounders for organizations and people working with girls and young women. The backgrounders will feature practical tools as well as resources for facilitators. We have drafted the third backgrounder on girls, physical activity and culture. The resource also includes sample activities to generate discussion with girls around these issues. As experienced girls’ programmers and facilitators, we are inviting you to participate in this special webinar in order to review and improve the content of this resource. We welcome your feedback and knowledge to this project.


Webcast Book Launch

Becoming Trauma Informed
edited by Nancy Poole and Lorraine Greaves

Friday November 2, 2012

Power Point slides and recording of the webcast.


Becoming Trauma Informed describes trauma-informed practice at the individual, organizational and systemic levels. The editors and authors bring unique perspectives from various settings and from the diverse groups with which they work, sharing how trauma-informed principles have been integrated into different mental health and addiction treatment and social service environments.

 

Table of contents

To order:

Email: publications@camh.ca

Online store: http://store.camh.net


Media Release

*Le français suit

What cuts will mean for women's health research: Montreal

October 25, 2012 - Directors of six federally-funded women's health organizations slated to lose their funding effective March 2013 will address a national conference of women's health researchers on Monday in Montreal. The funding program on the chopping block was originally set up to carry out policy-based non-clinical research on women's health and to provide action-oriented policy advice reflecting community as well as academic concerns.

"This loss of funding is not just about a group of women losing their jobs. It is about the loss of an important contribution to the world of women's health research in this country. And it's about women losing power to advocate for their own health," noted Lydya Assayag, Director of the Réseau québécois d'action pour la santé des femmes (RQASF), one of the networks losing their federal funding and one of the speakers at Monday's conference organized by the CIHR Institute for Gender and Health.

The directors will address some of the issues still needing work in women's health research and reflect on what this funding loss represents in their panel presentation on Monday.

Organizations affected by the cuts, in addition to the RQASF, include: the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, the Canadian Women's Health Network, the National Network on Environments and Women's Health and the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence. Also lost are two working groups: Women and Health Care Reform and Women and Health Protection.

Event details:

"Advancing Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research", conference of the CIHR Institute for Gender and Health, Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, 900 de la Gauchetière Street West

Panel: Cleaning House: Researchers and Advocates Reflect on Enduring and Emerging Challenges in Women's Health Research, Monday October 29, 2012, 13:30 - 15:00

Media contacts:

Canadian Women's Health Network: Alexandra Merrill - 204-470-1825

Réseau québécois d'action pour la santé des femmes: Lydya Assayag - 514-877-3189,

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About the Canadian Women's Health Network: The Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN) was created in 1993 as a voluntary national organization to improve the health and lives of girls and women in Canada and the world by collecting, producing, distributing and sharing knowledge, ideas, education, information, resources, strategies and inspirations.

The CWHN partners with the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health and receives funding from Health Canada.

Communiqué de presse

Les conséquences des compressions sur la recherche en santé des femmes : Montréal

Le 25 octobre 2012 -
Les directrices de six organisations œuvrant en santé des femmes subventionnées par le gouvernement fédéral et dont le financement sera supprimé à partir du mois de mars 2013 prendront la parole, lundi prochain à Montréal, dans le cadre d'une conférence nationale réunissant des chercheuses et chercheurs du domaine de la santé des femmes. Le programme de subventions visé par les compressions était prévu à l'origine pour effectuer des recherches non cliniques fondées sur les politiques portant sur la santé des femmes et pour formuler des suggestions en matière de politiques axées sur l'action et reflétant les préoccupations des communautés et du milieu de la recherche universitaire.

« Cette perte de financement ne fait pas que toucher un groupe de femmes qui perdront leur emploi. Elle entraîne au pays la disparition d'une importante contribution dans le monde de la recherche en santé des femmes et la perte d'un levier qui permettait aux femmes de défendre leurs propres interest dans le domaine de la santé », soutient Lydya Assayag, directrice du Réseau québécois d'action pour la santé des femmes (RQASF), l'un des réseaux qui perdront leur subvention fédérale. Mme Assayag figure parmi les invitées qui prendront la parole lors de la conférence de lundi, organisée par l'Institut de la santé des femmes et des hommes des IRSC.

Dans la présentation qu'elles livreront lundi, les directrices aborderont certains des enjeux sur lesquels il est toujours nécessaire de se pencher dans le domaine de la recherche en santé des femmes et proposeront une réflexion sur ce que représente cette perte de financement.

Les organisations touchées par les compressions, outre le RQASF, sont notamment le Centre d'excellence de l'Atlantique pour la santé des femmes, le Centre d'excellence pour la santé des femmes - région de la Colombie-Britannique, le Réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes, le Réseau pancanadien sur la santé des femmes et le milieu et le Centre d'excellence pour la santé des femmes - région des Prairies. Deux groupes de travail devront également mettre fin à leurs activités : Les femmes et la réforme en santé et Action pour la protection de la santé des femmes.

Détails de la rencontre :

« Pour l'excellence dans la recherche sur le genre, le sexe et la santé », conférence de l'Institut de la santé des femmes et des hommes des IRSC, hôtel Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, 900, rue de la Gauchetière Ouest.

Table ronde : « Difficultés persistantes et nouvelles dans la recherche sur la santé des femmes : réflexions de chercheurs et de défenseurs de la cause », lundi 29 octobre 2012, 13 h 30 - 15 h.

Personnes-ressources :

Réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes : Alexandra Merrill - 204 470-1825

Réseau québécois d'action pour la santé des femmes : Lydya Assayag - 514-877-3189, poste 28

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À propos du Réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes: Le Réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes (RCSF) a été créé en 1993 en tant qu'organisme pancanadien bénévole dans le but d'améliorer la santé et la vie des filles et des femmes au Canada et dans le monde entier, et ce, en recueillant, en produisant, en diffusant et en partageant des connaissances, des idées, des données éducatives, de l'information, des ressources, des stratégies et des sources d'inspiration.

Le RCSF fait équipe avec les Centres d'excellence pour la santé des femmes et reçoit des fonds du Santé Canada.



Improving Women’s Health with Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis

Thursday, October 25th, 2012

YWCA Elm Centre - Nancy's Auditorium, 87 Elm Street, Toronto

Join British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health and Ontario Women's Health Network for an introduction to two sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) resources, including an e-learning website on sex- and gender-based analysis, Rising to the Challenge and The Source.

You’ll learn how to apply SGBA, including the core concepts of sex, gender, diversity and equity and the SGBA process, in research and policy.

Hands-on exercises will help researchers, policy makers, health planners, and students to identify sources of women's health research from all Canadian provinces and territories.

 

Presented by the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health and Ontario Women's Health Network in partnership with Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health. Funding provided by CIHR.


Let us know what you think!


Thank you to everyne who completed our e-survey on a draft framework

for effective health promotion for women!

The survey is now closed.  Thank you participating!

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team in Sex, Gender and Health Promotion needs your input. We would like to ensure that the key principles and strategic directions outlined in the framework will be relevant and helpful in multiple contexts. The framework for effective health promotion for women is designed to help individuals and organizations in a variety of sectors influence health promotion policy, practice and research to include issues of sex, gender, diversity, and equity.

The team – PhiWomen- was established to integrate gender and equity considerations into health promotion activities in order to improve the health of women and girls. We are currently engaged in a multi-step consultation process to generate feedback on the framework so as to ensure that it is useful to potential users and serves the needs of different stakeholders.

To find out more about our work, please visit the PhiWomen website or send an email to info@promotinghealthinwomen.ca

Thank you for taking the time to fill in our survey. Your input is greatly appreciated!


Webinar

Our favourite drug:

Why are women & girls drinking so much?

Thursday June 7, 2012

Listen to the recording!

 

This free was presented by the Canadian Women's Health Network and the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.


Alcohol is a favourite drug for many people, and women may be having more problems with alcohol than many of us would like to think. Journalist Ann Dowsett Johnston spent a year talking with women, researchers and policy-makers to learn why women drink, and how alcohol affects us differently from men. The results are unsettling.

Dowsett Johnston learned that there is a global rise in women's drinking-what one eminent researcher calls a "global epidemic." For Canadian women, rates of risky drinking rose significantly for in recent years. (Risky drinking is defined as four drinks or more on at least one occasion in the past week.)

Women drink to ease ease anxiety, deal with trauma, and much more. Risky drinking leads to a wide variety of short and long-term health challenges. Is this a new problem, or are we just becoming aware of it? What's the role of alcohol marketing? How can we help women define the blurry line between social drinking and alcohol addiction?

In this webinar, Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN) Executive Director Anne Rochon Ford interviewed Ann Dowsett Johnston about her research, including questions and comments from viewers.


An award-winning Canadian journalist, Ann Dowsett Johnston was the recipient of the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy 2011. The fellowship culminated in a 12-part series on Women and Alcohol, published in the Toronto Star. She is currently working on a book on the same subject.

Production of this event has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.


Webinaire

Une substance omniprésente :

Pourquoi les femmes et les filles boivent-elles tant d'alcool ?

Jeudi 7 juin 2012

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Un événement gratuit présenté par le Réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes et le Centre d'excellence de la Colombie-Britanniquepour la santé des femmes

Présenté en anglais

L'alcool est une substance très présente dans la vie de beaucoup de gens, et les femmes ont peut-être plus de problèmes de consommation que nombre d'entre nous le croiraient. La journaliste Ann Dowsett Johnston a passé une année à interviewer des femmes, des chercheurs et des décideurs pour connaître les raisons qui poussent les femmes à consommer et les effets de cette consommation chez celles-ci, différents de ceux recensés chez les hommes. Les résultats sont troublants.

Mme Dowsett Johnston a constaté que le taux de consommation d'alcool chez les femmes est à la hausse à l'échelle mondiale, un phénomène qu'une éminente chercheuse a étiqueté « d'épidémie mondiale ». Chez les Canadiennes, les taux de consommation à risque ont augmenté de façon significative dans les dernières années. (Une consommation à risque est définie comme une consommation de quatre boissons alcoolisées ou plus à au moins une occasion au cours de la dernière semaine).

Les femmes consomment de l'alcool pour soulager l'anxiété, composer avec un traumatisme et bien plus. La consommation à risque entraîne un large éventail de troubles de santé à court et à long termes. S'agit-il d'un nouveau problème ou en prenons-nous davantage conscience? Quel rôle la mise en marché des boissons alcoolisées joue-t-elle? Comment pouvons-nous aider les femmes à déterminer la ligne de démarcation entre une consommation sociale d'alcool et une dépendance à cette substance?

Dans le cadre de ce webinaire, Anne Rochon Ford, directrice exécutive du Réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes (RCSF), invitais Ann Dowsett Johnston à parler de sa recherche et à répondre aux questions et aux commentaires des participantes et des participants.

Une journaliste canadienne primée, Ann Dowsett Johnston a reçu la bourse Atkinson en affaires publiques en 2011. Cette bourse a donné lieu à une série de 12 articles sur les femmes et l'alcool, publiés dans le Toronto Star. Mme Dowsett Johnston travaille présentement à la rédaction d'un livre sur le sujet.

La réalisation de cet événement est possible grâce à l'octroi d'une subvention de Santé Canada. Les opinions exprimées dans les présentes ne reflètent pas nécessairement celles de Santé Canada.


Just released!

May 2012

 

Health Promotion in Canada
Critical Perspectives on Practice,


Edited by Irving Rootman, Sophie Dupéré, Ann Pederson, and Michel O’Neill

Health Promotion in Canada: Critical Perspectives on Practice is a comprehensive profile of the history and future of health promotion in Canada. This third edition maintains the critical, sociological, and historical perspective of the previous two editions but with a greater focus on health promotion practice.


Thoroughly updated and reorganized, the book now contains 18 chapters by prominent academics, researchers, and practitioners, as well as concluding thoughts by Ilona Kickbusch, one of the key actors of the global health promotion movement for over 30 years. The authors cover a broad range of topics, including key theories and concepts in health promotion; ecological approaches; Aboriginal approaches; health inequalities; reflexive practice; ethics; the Canadian health promotion experience in a global context; and issues, populations, and settings as entry points for intervention. The emphasis throughout is on the links between theory, research, and practice. Each chapter concludes with thought-provoking discussion questions and carefully chosen resources for further study, making this an ideal text for courses in health sciences, nursing, and related disciplines.

Irving Rootman has been working in the field of health promotion in government and academia for more than 30 years as a researcher, research manager, program manager, educator, and author. Sophie Dupéré is a professor in the Faculté des sciences infirmières at Université Laval. She has been involved in the field of health promotion in Canada and internationally for the last 15 years working as a nurse, consultant, researcher, and activist. Ann Pederson is co-director of the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. Michel O’Neill is a private consultant and has worked in health promotion in a variety of positions locally, nationally, and globally since 1974, including 30 years at the Faculté des sciences infirmières at Université Laval.


Press Release

April 23, 2012

Latest cuts: Another federal ministry announces program closure - the end of the Women’s Health Contribution Program at Health Canada

One more women’s program falls victim to federal government budget cuts; 16-year program provided essential evidence and information on women’s health; group argues for need to consider how women are harmed by cuts to programs and services.

Six federally-funded organizations devoted to research and communication in women’s health learned this week that their funding will end March 31, 2013.

The Program was critical to funding innovative social policy research, building community partnerships and providing important mentorship opportunities for students in women’s health. Within a year, the affected organizations will be forced to either close their doors permanently or attempt to find funding elsewhere.

The Women’s Health Contribution Program (WHCP) has supported: Le Réseau québécois d’action pour la santé des femmes (RQASF), the Canadian Women’s Health Network (CWHN), the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health (ACEWH), the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for  Women’s Health (BCCEWH), the Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE) and the National Network on Environments and Women’s Health (NNEWH), located across the country from Vancouver to Halifax.

“The effect of this decision by Health Canada is yet another strong sign that the federal government is pulling away from its responsibility to gender equality. The work funded through the WHCP has been crucial to ensuring that Canadian women have had access to the best evidence and policy advice on women’s health issues, through research that recognized that social and environmental determinants of health are key.“ said Chi Nguyen, Chair of the Board of the Canadian Women’s Health Network.

To download the full press release please click here.

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Communiqué de presse

Le 23 avril 2012

Dernières compressions : Un autre ministère fédéral annonce l’abolition d’un programme qui marque la fin du Programme de contribution pour la santé des femmes à Santé Canada

Un autre programme pour les femmes est victime des coupes budgétaires du gouvernement fédéral; le programme qui existait depuis 16 ans fournissait des données probantes et de l’information essentielle sur la santé des femmes; le groupe soutient qu’il est nécessaire d’examiner l’effet néfaste des coupes dans les programmes et les services sur les femmes.

Six organisations financées par le gouvernement fédéral se consacrant à la recherche et à la communication d’informations sur la santé des femmes ont appris cette semaine que leur financement allait prendre fin le 31 mars 2013.

Le Programme était crucial au financement de recherches en politique sociale innovatrices, à l’établissement de partenariats communautaires et à l’offre d’occasions importantes de mentorat pour les étudiantes et les étudiants du domaine de la santé des femmes. D’ici une année, les organisations touchées devront fermer leurs portes pour toujours ou tenter de trouver d’autres sources de financement.

Pour télécharger le communiqué de presse, veuillez cliquer ici.


The Spring edition of The Net is now available!

The March edition of The Net, produced by The International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT), and sponsored by the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's came out just in time for the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Singapore.

To download your copy, please click here.


WEBINAIRE

La Source, pour la santé des femmes

Mardi le 13 mars 2012

Écoutez l'enregistrement du webinaire.

Un événement gratuit présenté par le Réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes, en collaboration avec le Centre d'excellence pour la santé des femmes de la Colombie-Britannique

Le webinaire est en français et s'adresse à toutes personnes qui s'intéressent à la santé des Canadiennes.

Venez vous familiariser avec La Source, un centre de ressources virtuel donnant accès à des sources de données, rapports et documents d'analyse en français sur la santé des femmes.

  • Présenté par Marie Dussault, courtière de connaissances au Centre d'excellence pour la santé des femmes de la Colombie-Britannique.
  • Animé par Anne Rochon Ford, directrice exécutive du Réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes.

Cet événement est possible grâce à l'apport financier de Santé Canada. Les opinions exprimées aux présentations ne reflètent pas nécessairement les vues de Santé Canada.
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WEBINAR

La Source, for women's health

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Listen to the webinar recording (in French only).

A free event presented by the Canadian Women's Health Network, in collaboration with the British Columbia Centre ofExcellence for Women's Health.Presented in French and intended for anyone interested inthe health of Canadians.

Join us for an introduction to La Source, a web-based resource of Canadian women's health data sources, reports, and synthesis documents. La Source helps users incorporate sex and gender into research, policy-making, and program planning.

  • Presented by Marie Dussault, Knowledge ExchangeCoordinator at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.
  • Moderated by Anne Rochon Ford, Executive Director of the Canadian Women's Health network

Production of this event has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.


Vancouver Workshop Improving Women’s Health with Sex- and

Gender-Based Analysis

Wednesday March 7th, 2012

The BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health invites researchers, policy makers, health planners, and students to a hands-on introduction to the following:


Rising to the Challenge, a new e-Learning resource on Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis.

The Source, a Pan-Canadian resource of women’s health data sources, reports, and review documents.

This event is offered in partnership with the Altantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health and the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence.


Webcast

Girls' Empowerment Groups and Healthy Living

Friday, March 9 2012


Listen to the webcast

View the power point slides

Join the Girls Action Foundation and the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health!

This panel of speakers will report on the findings of a one-year research project done in
partnership with the Girls Action Foundation. Learn about what girls say they get from
group programming and about promising practices in girl-centred health promotion.

This event is being held to coincide with International Women’s Day events occurring throughout March. This year’s theme is CONNECTING GIRLS, INSPIRING FUTURES.


SystemAction, Canada’s national knowledge exchange network in support of the National Treatment Strategy, has lined up our second free webinar of 2012:

Trauma-informed Practice

in Mental Health and Substance Use Fields

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

View the presentation

Download the Webinar PowerPoint Slides:
English - Français


Presenter: Nancy Poole

The Essentials of Trauma Informed Care

About Nancy Poole:
Nancy Poole is the Director of Research and Knowledge Translation at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. She is well known for her work on research, training and policy initiatives related to women’s substance use, mental health, and experience of violence with governments and organizations on local, provincial and national levels. She is the co-editor of an upcoming book on trauma-informed care to be published by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.


SystemAction, réseau national d’échange des connaissances du Canada qui appuie la Stratégie nationale sur le traitement, vous annonce son deuxième webinaire de 2012 :

La pratique tenant compte

des traumatismes en santé mentale et en toxicomanie

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Date : Mardi 7 février 2012
Présentatrice : Nancy Poole

Les principes de base des… soins sensibles au traumatisme

Au sujet de Nancy Poole
Nancy Poole est directrice de la recherche et de l’application des connaissances au Centre d’excellence de la Colombie-Britannique pour la santé des femmes. Elle est bien connue pour ses travaux sur des initiatives de recherche, de formation et de politique en lien avec la consommation de substances des femmes, la santé mentale et l’expérience de la violence en collaboration avec des gouvernements et organismes à l’échelle locale, provinciale et nationale. Elle est co-rédactrice en chef d’un ouvrage sur les soins tenant compte des traumatismes qui sera publié par le Centre de toxicomanie et de santé mentale.

Voici les sujets examinés pendant le webinaire

  • Une introduction aux pratiques sensibles à l’expérience du traumatisme
  • Des exemples d’intégration des pratiques sensibles à l’expérience du traumatisme dans divers contextes au Canada
  • Une discussion sur les raisons pour lesquelles nous devons mettre l’accent sur les soins sensibles à l’expérience du traumatisme dans notre travail de développement des systèmes
  • Un résumé des principaux enjeux, thèmes et ressources, en mettant l’accent sur les pratiques prometteuses et les tensions actuelles

Une période de questions et réponses est aussi au programme. Le webinaire se déroulera en anglais.


Book launch

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 Canada
by Pat Armstrong, Barbara Clow, Karen Grant, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Beth Jackson, Ann Pederson and Morgan Seeley

 

Thursday Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeebar
1242 Wellington Street West, Ottawa

Join the authors for a warm drink and refreshments as we celebrate the work of Women and Health Care Reform!

Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canadastarts with the understanding that health care is a women's issue. Written by members of Women and Health Care Reform, a national working group housed within the National Network on Environments and Women's Health, the collection points to the importance of including gender in health sector decision-making. The book looks at such issues as obesity, maternity care, mental health of health care workers, and private health insurance through a gendered lens.

For more information: info@cwhn.ca or go to www.cwhn.ca
While the building entrance is accessible to people using wheelchairs, we regret that the bathroom is not.

Production of this event has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.


NEW ONLINE RESOURCE: EXPECTING TO QUIT
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. Here is what you can find at www.expectingtoquit.ca:


1. A systematic review of research on tobacco interventions with pregnant women
2. “5 Ways to Change Your Practice” - Practice recommendations for physicians and other health care providers
3. “Meet Liz, Cristabel, and Noa” - Lessons from women who find their own path to becoming smoke-free

For more information about research on women’s smoking and effective intervention and support strategies, please contact our Tobacco Research Team at the BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health at info@expectingtoquit.ca.



NOUVELLE RESSOURCE EN LIGNE:
LE RENONCEMENT AU TABAC ET LA GROSSESSE
Interventions et leçons antitabac pour les femmes enceintes


Le Centre d’excellence de la Colombie-Britannique pour la santé des femmes vous invite à visiter un nouveau site Web, lancé récemment à en anglais et en français, sur le tabagisme, la grossesse, le changement et des ressources. Voici ce que vous pourrez trouver à www.expectingtoquit.ca :


1. Un examen systématique de la recherche sur les interventions antitabac auprès des femmes enceintes
2. « Cinq façons de changer votre pratique » - Recommandations à l’intention des médecins et des autres fournisseurs et fournisseuses de soins de santé
3. « Faites connaissance avec Liz, Cristabel et Noa » - Leçons de la part de femmes qui ont trouvé leur propre façon d'arrêter de fumer

Pour plus de renseignements concernant la recherche sur le tabagisme des femmes, ainsi que les interventions et les stratégies d’appui efficaces, veuillez communiquer avec l’équipe de recherche sur le tabagisme du Centre d’excellence de la Colombie-Britannique pour la santé des femmes, à info@expectingtoquit.ca.


e-learning website on Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis
(SGBA)

The Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health invites you to join us for an introduction to our newSGBA e-Learning Resource:
Wednesday November 23, 2011

&

Connect with PWHCE and Researchers in Saskatoon
Thurs. Nov. 24, 2011, 12-1 pm

&

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
University of Winnipeg


We'll introduce online tutorials that will assist you with applying SGBA in your daily work. The website's creators are ready to assist you while you increase your familiarity with the tools. Sex- and gender-based analysis is essential in planning programs, developing policies and conducting research because it requires us to think in-depth about the people we are working with and their particular needs. The application of SGBA promotes inclusive policies, appropriate and cost-effective services and good science. 

We’ll also introduce you to The Source/La Source, a Pan-Canadian web-based resource of women's health data sources, reports and synthesis documents. Hands-on exercises will help researchers, policy makers, health planners, and students to identify sources of women's health research from all Canadian provinces and territories.

e-Learning website on Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis (SGBA) features free tutorials that will allow you to deepen your understanding of SGBA, both the core concepts of sex, gender, diversity and equity and the process.

Rising to the Challenge has been a collaborative project between the
Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health (ACEWH), British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health (BCCEWH) and the Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE).


WEBCAST

BEST PRACTICES IN SMOKING CESSATION INTERVENTIONS FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM GIRLS AND WOMEN

Webcast Power Point Slides

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In Canada, approximately 20%–30% of pregnant women use tobacco during pregnancy. This webcast will provide an overview of a recent project that examined interventions designed to reduce or eliminate smoking during pregnancy. These findings were used to develop women-centred resources and practice recommendations for physicians and other health care providers who work with pregnant and postpartum girls and women.

Using the recently launched Expecting to Quit website, members of the project team will share:
Key findings from the evidence-based review of promising and best practices

  • Brief interventions and practice strategies for health care providers
  • Newly developed resources (in English and French) available for download and to share with patients
  • Overview of links to on-line and community resources

In Her Footsteps...

Celebrating BC Women in Sport

October 27th, 2011
SFU Segal Graduate School of Business
Vancouver, BC

In Her Footsteps Honorees for 2011

Vale Savege, Misty Thomas and Gail Wilson

 

 

In Her Footsteps is an annual recognition program, a shared project of the BC Sports Hall of Fame,ProMOTION Plus, 2010 Legacies Now and the BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health.

It honours women who are or have been athletes, coaches, officials, judges, pioneers or advocates who have made significant contributions to girls and women in sport. These women have created opportunities for participation in sport and recreation in British Columbia, inspiring others through their own athletic achievement, passion and dedication. Their stories are featured in the In Her Footsteps exhibit at the BC Sports Hall of Fame.


Trauma Informed Practice in Action

across servicesfor people

with mental health and substance use problems in BC

Webcast Power Point Slides

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At this webcast, members of the Planning Group for the Trauma Informed Practice Project shared the results of the recent scan of trauma informed practices in BC, gathered through focus groups and key informant interviews in all Health Authorities. In addition, the plans for the next steps in the project were presented.


The panel :
Nancy Poole, BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
Diane Smylie, BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
Naomi North, MoH Mental Health & Substance Use, Co-op Student
Amanda Seymour, MoH Mental Health & Substance Use
Michelle Dartnall, VIHA Child, Youth & Family
Paula Beltgens, VIHA Knowledge Exchange Lead


Women's Health: Practice & Policy Series

Discussing Alcohol with Pregnant Women:

An exploration of the recommendations in the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) Consensus Clinical Guidelines

     April 19, 2011     

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Media coverage about drinking in pregnancy has been lively over the 6 months since the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC)  issued their Alcohol Use and Pregnancy Consensus Clinical Guidelines. This session provided the opportunity to unpack the myths and realities related to harms associated with drinking in pregnancy, and explore the practices recommended by the SOGC. 

Presenters:

Janet Walker
Leader Quality Outcomes, Perinatal Services BC

Nancy Poole
Director, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
Provincial Consultant, Women and Substance Use Issues, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
Leader, Network Action Team on FASD Prevention, Canada Northwest FASD Research Network
One of 13 authors of the SOGC Guidelines

Screening Mammography: Understanding the Issues And Controversies in the Media

Tuesday, January 25, 2011  

Dr Paula Gordon, Medical Director, Breast Program, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, Chair, Academic Committee, Screening Mammography Program of BC

Past presentations of Women's Health: Practice & Policy Series  


Tobacco Reduction and Pregnancy:

Taking Stock of the Evidence

April 12, 2011

Listen to the recording

The webinar included presentations on the following topics:

Tobacco reduction for pregnant and postpartum women and their partners:  Evidence from the FACET (Families Controlling and Eliminating Tobacco) studies

Joan Bottorff and John Oliffe 

Best practices related to smoking cessation for pregnancy and postpartum women: So what’s the evidence now?

Lorraine Greaves and Nancy Poole

This webinar is co-sponsored by the BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Campus, and the FACET research program (www.facet.ubc.ca)


Girls, young women and alcohol

how girls empowerment groups can play a role in prevention of heavy alcohol use by girls & young women

March 24, 2011

RECORDING of presentations by Nancy Poole & Ginny Gonneau

Presentation slides only

and

Practical Tools & Resources for Practitioners & Girls’ Programmers

Nancy Poole and Ginny Gonneau from the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health shared research on: current trends in binge drinking by girls and young women, key influences on girls' alcohol use, girl-specific health impacts of early and heavy alcohol use, and resources that may useful in your health promotion/ prevention work.

Panelists

  1. Beth Hossfeld – Associate Director, Girls Circle Association (US)
  2. Giovanna Taormina, Executive Director, Girls Circle Association (US)
  3. Helenka Jedrzejowski, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Youth Addiction and Prevention Services (Vancouver, BC)
  4. Leann Kopytko, Youth Addictions Counsellor, Phoenix Centre (Kamloops, BC)
  5. Stephanie Covington, Voices: A Program of Self-Discovery and Empowerment for Girls (US)
  6. Tatiana Fraser, Executive Director, Girls Action Foundation (Montreal, QC)
  7. Wendy Morin, Girls Group Facilitator/ Coordinator, Comox Valley Transition Society (Comox, BC)
This event is In partnership with Girls Action Foundation

The CIHR Institute of Gender and Health

& the BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health present:

Reflections on Women’s Health and Women’s Status: National and Global Perspectives
An International Women’s Day Event

March 8, 2011

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Panellists
Dr. Lynn McIntyre, Professor and CIHR Chair in Gender and Health, Dept. of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Dr. Bilkis Vissandjee, Professor, School of Nursing, Institute of Public Health Research, Université de Montréal, Research and Training Centre, CSSS de la Montagne
Dr. Lorraine Greaves, Senior Investigator, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health; Clinical Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Moderator
Dr. Joy Johnson, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Gender and Health


Thinking about Collaboration:
Child Welfare and Substance Use Services

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Tammy MacKenzie, Carolyn Ussher and Diane Smylie will provided an overview of 4 Toronto-based, collaborative initiatives, relevant to the BC context:

  1. Designing and piloting of an on-line provincial training on substance use for child welfare staff
  2. Locating a substance use consultant within child welfare to build capacity through on-site training and consultation with child welfare staff
  3. Developing best practice guidelines on substance use for intake staff at child welfare
  4. Weaving collaboration between sectors, into a substance use program for pregnant and parenting women and their children

Tammy MacKenzie, M.Ed., is the Manager of the Metro Addiction Assessment Referral Service and the Scarborough Addiction Services Partnership, both programs of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.
Carolyn Ussher, MSW, is the Manager of Client Services at the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto.
Diane Smylie, MSW, currently works at the BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health.

Speaker Series
Healthy Choices in Pregnancy
Coalescing on Women and Substance Use


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