Research
Leading interdisciplinary, community-based, policy and clinical research to better understand and promote gender and sexual health equity among marginalized and under-serviced communities in BC, Canada and globally.
In this talk, Dr. Martha Paynter will discuss the unique and progressive legal standing of abortion in Canada, and outline our greatest threats to reproductive justice. She will explore how the abortion movement can adopt the philosophies of abolition to make the next leap in improving reproductive health and justice.
Leading interdisciplinary, community-based, policy and clinical research to better understand and promote gender and sexual health equity among marginalized and under-serviced communities in BC, Canada and globally.
Promoting evidence-based and ethical policy development on gender equity and sexual health to improve health and wellbeing.
Providing leadership in research-to-practice through training opportunities, education and evidence-based best practices for a wide range of practitioners.
On October 24th, Manitoba became the fourth Canadian province–following British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Alberta–to stop detaining migrants and asylum-seekers in provincial jails. CGSHE and 29 other organizations call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cancel the federal government’s remaining immigration detention contracts with provincial governments.
This tool helps researchers understand whether, when and how to ask participants about their genders & sexes. There is no single, correct way to measure people’s genders and sexes, in part because these terms have multiple meanings. This tool serves as a guide to walk researchers through some common approaches to gender and sex measurement with a focus on intentionality, precision and harm reduction.