Thanks for visiting! After six years with institutional limbo and funding wind down, in September 2024 CGSHE closed its doors as a centre and transitioned to a research education and KT virtual space.

CGSHE originally came together as a virtual and in-person network of over 30 faculty across UBC, SFU, and beyond dedicated to advancing gender and sexual health equity for all through facilitating research-to-KT, policy, and practice, and supported entirely through external funding, including a one-time Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) operating grant and funds from Ministry of Women and Gender Equality, MacAIDS, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Initially established as a provincially networked academic centre hosted at Providence Health Care, CGSHE later became a recognized UBC faculty of medicine research centre. In 2022, CGSHE parted ways with its original host, Providence Health Care, due to lack of alignment on reproductive health and trans health justice. Without secure long-term funding and following years of institutional limbo, CGSHE decided to close its doors as a centre.

A special thanks to everyone who has helped, collaborated, and shared their wisdom and passion to build the amazing resources, KT, and learnings over the years. Over the next weeks, you may notice some changes here as CGSHE transitions to a virtual research education and KT space under an updated umbrella: Collaborative of Gender and Sexual Health Equity Research Education Resources (CGSHE, formerly centre for gender and sexual health equity) to ensure the resources remain available and accessible to all.