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WHRN "Wrap-Up" - Taking the Pulse of Women's Health Research in BC: Celebrating the WHRN
March 1, 2010 - Across BC
This very special event was held to celebrate the accomplishments of the WHRN since 2005. This final event included speakers and a networking tea at each site, plus a videoconference linking all of the locations for short talks by the WHRN’s Co-Leaders and a presentation of the new WHRN Legacy Report. Participants joined in Kamloops to hear host Natalie Clark and guest speaker Wendy Hulko; Kelowna with host Joan Bottorff and guest speaker Kathy Rush; Prince George with host Dawn Hemingway and guest speaker Sarah Boyd-Noel; Vancouver with host Olena Hankivsky and guest speaker: Katherine Rossiter; and Victoria with host Cecilia Benoit and guest speaker Nancy Poole. The session brought together participants interested in celebrating the best of the WHRN and forging new connections. Click here to view the PowerPoint slides on the WHRN Legacy Report, a document which will be made available online in the coming weeks.
WHRN Summer Institute 2009 - More than a Catchphrase: Transformative Knowledge Translations in Women’s Health
May 21-22, 2009 - Kelowna, BC
The Women’s Health Research Network (WHRN) Summer Institute 2009 was held Thursday, May 21st (evening only) and Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at the Coast Capri Hotel in Kelowna, BC. The WHRN Summer Institute creates opportunities for members of the Women’s Health Research Network to gather and reflect on key aspects of their work and women’s health/gender and health research overall. The 2009 Summer Institute brought in participants from across British Columbia for a full day of provocative discussions about the state of Knowledge Translation in women's health/gender and health research. Attended by approximately 90 people from institutions and organizations across the province, this was the most successful Summer Institute the WHRN has held to date. For more information on the speakers and presentations, click here.
WHRN Summer Institute 2008 - Bridging silos in women’s health research: Forging connections across disciplines and diversities
May 1st and 2nd, 2008 - Victoria, BC
The 2008 Summer Institute was held at the beautiful Harbour Towers Hotel & Suites in Victoria, and featured provocative presentations and panel discussions on key topics in women's health and gender and health research. This event was attended by over 90 from more than 30 organizations and institutions, and participants represented
a broad cross-section of women’s health researchers, trainees and emerging researchers, and community-based researchers from across BC. Click here for the finalized programme and speakers.
Summer Institute 2007 - Enriching the Conversation: Exploring sex, gender and diversity across health disciplines and communities
June 7th & 8th, 2007 Cecil Green Park House, UBC
Agenda & Selected Presentations:
For more information on these projects and presentations, contact us.
- Agenda & Speakers
- Enriching the Conversation: Background & concepts
- Enriching the Conversation: Questions for discussion
- Introduction and overview of key concepts Better Science with Sex and Gender: A Primer for Health Research (PDF) - Joy Johnson
- Introduction and overview of key concepts Intersectional analysis and related tools for understanding gender & diversity in health research - Olena Hankivsky
- Workshop: Applying a sex, gender and diversity analysis to health research Participant Goals
- Understanding the Origins of Violent Behaviour: Bridging the gap between biological and social approaches - Patricia Janssen
- Structural Violence & Health: Making the connection - Joan Anderson
- Ethnic Issues and Challenges to Break the Silence Around Domestic Violence - Indira Prahst
- Ethical Practice and Policy in the Context of Violence and Inequity - Colleen Varcoe
- Conducting HIV/AIDS Research With Indoor Commercial Sex Workers: Application of community-based research to reach a hidden population - Valencia Remple
- Where Are You From Anyway and Why Do You Care? Insider, Outsider, Border Crosser - Natalie Clark
Themes for the Summer Institute 2007 included:
- Key Concepts in Sex, Gender and Diversity Analysis
- Using the Sex and Gender Analysis Primer and Related Tools
- Policy Moments, Policy Spaces and Getting the Message Out
- Creating Relationships with Community Based Researchers
Winter Institute 2007 - Starting the Conversation on Women's Health and Policy Research
Building on the highly successful 2006 Summer Institute, the WHRN held a one-day Winter Institute on Friday, February 9th, 2007, 9:30am-4:30pm at Cecil Green Park House in Vancouver. Click to view the programme here.
Summer Institute 2006 - Taking the Pulse of Women's Health Research in British Columbia
Click on the links below for a selection of presentations from the WHRN Summer Institute 2006 Taking the Pulse of Women's Health Research in British Columbia
Is More Better? Critical Studies of Health Technologies and the Life Course of Women
Mother-Infant Wellness Project: A Study of New Mothers' Thoughts of Harm Related to the Newborn
Housing as a Critical Support for Mothers Whose Lives Include Substance Use
Impairing Agency: Exploring the Ethics of Participatory Health Research With 'Addicted' Women
Life Review in Women With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
The Gendered Data Directory
Selected WHRN Workshops and Conferences
Explanatory Frameworks for Health Disparities
March 4, 2010 - Vancouver, BC
The workshop, Explanatory Frameworks for Health Disparities was held on Thursday, March 4th, 2010, at BCIT’s downtown campus in Vancouver, BC. The event was attended by approximately 60 people in person and on WebEx. Participants included Jo Phelan, Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Bruce Link, Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, and Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute; Lynn Weber, Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, University of South Carolina.
WHRN CBR Conference
June 5, 2009 - Prince George, BC
On June 5th, 2009, the WHRN held a conference on CBR - community-based research - in Prince George, BC Click here to download the conference poster (PDF). Click here to view the agenda and location information.
To download the WHRN's new CBR Primer, click here!
Untangling Sex and Gender: Getting it Right in Research
May 14, 2009 - New Westminster, BC
The WHRN's Research Directors Elana Brief and Colleen Reid presented this interactive workshop exploring how sex and gender influence health outcomes and ways to better understand women's health through community-based research at Douglas College - New Westminster Campus - room 1620. Stay for lunch after the workshop compliments of the WHRN. Click here for details (PDF).
Click here for a complete list of Untangling Sex and Gender workshops held across BC.
WHRN Public Presentation - Migration, Minorities, and Maternity: a three country international comparison (Canada, Germany, and the U.K.) with Dr. Gina Higginbottom, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ethnicity and Health, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
April 2, 2009 – Vancouver, BC and via WebEx
The WHRN hosted this public presentation with Gina Higginbottom. Gina's research and teaching is within the domain of ethnicity and health, she holds a Canada Research Chair in this field. She is Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam University, UK and affiliated Associate Professor at the University of Karolinska, Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Higginbottom supervises undergraduates, postgraduates and post doctoral fellows in this field. She is the recipient of several awards and distinctions; a Smith & Nephew Nursing Research Scholarship, The Mary Seacole Leadership Award and a National Primary Care Research Fellowship in the UK. Gina is Assistant Editor of Ethnicity and Health journal, academic advisor to Alberta Health Services (Edmonton) Regional Diversity Committee and co-chair of the IIQM 10th Advances in Qualitative Methods, Vancouver 2009. Challenging Myths and Misperceptions: Working to Reduce Stigma and Enhance Public Understanding of People Who Work in the Sex Industry
January 16th & 17th, 2009 - Victoria, BC
The University of Victoria Hub of the WHRN hosted an international conference on January 16th and 17th, 2009, at the Bedford Regency Hotel in downtown Victoria. The conference - Challenging Myths and Misperceptions: Working to Reduce Stigma and Enhance Public Understanding of People Who Work in the Sex Industry - included a public lecture the evening of Friday, January 16th. This session featured researchers from across Canada and New Zealand, presenting the latest research on the effects of different policy environments on the health and well-being of people who work in the sex industry. A day-long workshop was held January 17th,with informal presentations and participant-led discussion aimed at designing an educational curriculum that can be used to reframe publicly-held stereotypes of sex workers.Click here to view the agenda (PDF).
We are also pleased to announce that two major publications from the UVic hub of the WHRN were launched during this conference:
The first, Gendering the Health Determinants Framework: Why Girls’ and Women’s Health Matters (Cecilia Benoit and Leah Shumka, authors), isthe second in a series of WHRN research primers. Copies of the primer are available from the WHRN upon request, and can be downloaded here.
The second is a special supplement to the Canadian Journal of Public Health entitled Finding Dignity in Health Care and Health Care Work, edited by Cecilia Benoit and Helga Hallgrimsdottir. The supplement will be circulated to the journal’s membership across the country and an additional 1000 copies will be printed and available for circulation throughout the province.
Are Lesbians Healthier Than Straight Women? - A WHRN Live Webinar
January 9, 2009 - WebEx
This session featured a discussion and Q&A with Dr. Jerilynn Prior, UBC Endocrinologist and Scientific Director, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research. It was webcast live via WebEx from 1pm-2pm on January 9, 2009. Click here for details. Click here to download the podcast!
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Is Menopause a Disease? - A WHRN Live Webinar
November 14, 2008 - WebEx
Following up on the CIHR Café Scientifique on the same topic, we discuss different perspectives from around the world on gendered aging with input from women doctors from Eastern Europe and India. How does the emergence and popularity of menopause-specific products, pills and supplements reflect how we view menopause as a society? Hormone therapy controversies – do women's hormones need replacing? "Bioidentical" vs "synthetic" hormones: Is one better than the other, and what are the risks of ovarian hormone therapy? Hot flashes and night sweats – is estrogen the only option? Is osteoporosis inevitable? This session was held Friday, November 14th 1pm-2pm and featured Dr. Jerilynn Prior, MD UBC Endocrinologist Scientific Director, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research. Click here for details. Click here to download the podcast!
WHRN Workshop on the Impact of Trauma and Violence on Vulnerable Women's Health: Strategies to Reduce Violence & Promote the Health of BC Sex Workers
April 30, 2008 - Victoria, BC
Click here to view a report and summary of this event (PDF)
To coincide with our annual summer institute, the WHRN facilitated a workshop entitled Strategies to Reduce Violence & Promote the Health of BC Sex Workers (PDF). The event took place on April 30, 2008 from 9:00am - 3:00pm at the Harbour Towers Hotel & Suites. This brainstorming session was designed to offer a comprehensive understanding of the dangerous and often violent working environments experienced by both out-door and in-door sex workers in British Columbia. Our aim was to establish a set of best practices for reducing violence and promoting the health of these vulnerable women. A series of keynote speakers was featured, with academic and community-based insights on these issues, including: Cecilia Benoit, Fran Shaver, Kate Shannon, Lauren Casey and others. For more information about this event please email Kate Vallance
Click here to view the agenda (PDF)
Transitioning into Adulthood: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy
October 25 & 26, 2007, East Harbour Ballroom, Harbour Towers Hotel
Victoria, BC. Click for details.
The conference featured speakers from Canada, the United States and New Zealand, focussing on the key issues in making healthy transitions to adulthood; the influence of location, culture and family and how gender impacts transitions. International Workshop
Comparative Perspectives on Gender, Health Care Work and Social Citizenship Rights April 25th – 27th 2006
Click to view the PowerPoint slides from this exciting international event.
Introduction
De-gendering Caregiving: Bjornsdottir
Flexibilation of Finnish Auxiliary Nursing: Wrede
Globalization and the Multiple Crises in Care: Zimmerman
Icelandic Healthcare System: Einarsdottir
A Problem of Homecare: Ceci & Purkiss
Insurance Wars to the Welfare State: Zimmerman
Midlife Crisis: Kobayashi
Migration of Healthcare Providers: Bourgeault
Personal Meaning of Responsibility: Funk
Placing the Self: Thien
Spinning the Family Web: Brown, Callahan & McKenzie
Supporting the Qualitative Agenda: Millar
Stigma: A Hidden Women's Health Determinant
Read the event program and panelist abstracts (PDF)
On Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 - 1pm-3pm the WHRN held an interactive panel discussion on stigma and its implications for the health of girls and women in British Columbia. The session was held at SFU Harbour Centre, Room 1700 (Labatt Hall) in the heart of downtown Vancouver and was also made available though videoconference links to UNBC, UBC Okanagan, and Thompson Rivers University. A summary of the event will be posted on this website in the coming days. For more information on the Women's Health Determinants research cluster contact WHRN UVic cluster coordinators Leah Shumka or Kate Vallance.
Exploring Social Locations - WHRN/SFU
The women's health course Exploring Social Locations, available through the support of the WHRN and Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health at SFU, features a public lecture series. Audio files and slides from past presentations can be downloaded here. Many thanks to the presenters for their permission to record and share these lectures.
Changing the Paradigm: Thinking about health care reform as if women mattered (PDF) - presentation by Ann Pederson, BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
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March 19, 2010
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