Background

The WHRN was designed with the following goals and vision:

• to foster authentic, inclusive cross-sectoral linkages to increase research activity focused on the health of girls and women in British Columbia
• to consolidate and further develop a program of research that crosses all pillars of health and policy research, supported by a range of activities and new technology
• to broaden awareness of completed, ongoing, and future research projects and programs focused on women's health
• to develop effective models for the brokerage of knowledge about sex differences and gender influences into practice and policy
• to deliver interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral training aimed at increasing capacity for community-based researchers, students, and other health researchers to engage in the full range of women's health research
• to develop research partnerships - nationally and internationally - as a way of raising the profile of women's health research in BC and attracting increased research funding to the province

Key functions and goals of the Women's Health Research Network

• the creation of new knowledge in the area of girls' and women's health research across British Columbia
• the promotion of knowledge translation
• the fostering of strong linkages among research collaborators
• the mainstreaming of sex and gender in health research
• the integration of new technologies into research and collaboration