Welcome!! This is a collaborative of gender & sexual health equity research education resources (âCGSHEâ), an online repository of freely available research education resources and knowledge translation products to increase more equitable and inclusive research, policy and practice in Canada and more broadly. Here, you will find freely available resources from research equity toolkits and decolonizing learnings to research education and knowledge translation sessions with leading local and international gender and sexual health equity research and methods experts, created from 2018-2024. As a commitment to increasing reach and facilitating open access, all can be used and shared freely within your networks, with appropriate credit to authors, speakers, & CGSHE.
History: After six years with institutional limbo and funding wind down, in September 2024 CGSHE closed its doors as an academic centre and transitioned to an online repository of research education and KT products.
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 in 2018 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. In September 2024, CGSHE transitioned to an online repository and research education virtual space under an updated umbrella: Collaborative of Gender and Sexual Health Equity Research Education Resources to ensure the resources and KT products remain available and accessible to all.