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Action Through Art: Our Bodies: Images for a Revolution

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1995-12
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to attend the opening of an art exhibit featuring local women artists, in honour of the December 6 Montreal Massacre. The exhibit "presents empowering images of our bodies and focuses on the need for social and political change to create a safe world for women and children."
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's health Collective (VWHC); women's organizations; art and culture; art in action; empowerment; body image; gender-based analysis

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Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster advertising the screening of the film "Killing us Softly 3," screened at the Vancouver Women's Health Collective and followed by a discussion of body image and medias representation of women.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's organization; body image; media; discussion forum

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Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster advertising the screening of the film "Killing us Softly 3," screened at the Vancouver Women's Health Collective and followed by a discussion of body image and medias representation of women.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's organization; body image; media; discussion forum

Movie Screening: Endometriosis: The Inside Story

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
2004-07
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to attend a screening of the film "Endometriosis: The Inside Story." The screening is being held at the Vancouver Women's Health Collective, July 7, 2004. The poster invited women to "connect with other women going through the same experiences and learn alternative ways to conquer this disease."
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; endometriosis; cervical health; infertility; discussion forum; alternative therapy

Vaginal Pain? It's Not in Your Head! An Information workshop on Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
2004-06
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to attend a workshop on Vulvar Vestibulitis, a syndrome that causes vaginal pain. The poster asks a series of questions about vaginal pain, and provides details about the workshop, including the speaker's name, Marcy Dayan, registered physiotherapist, as well as date and time (June 9, 2004 7:30-9:00pm) at the VWHC.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; women's organizations; vaginal health; vulvar vestibulitis; workshop; health information dissemination; education

The Vancouver Women's Health Collective Invites you to Celebrate our TENTH ANNIVERSARY

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1982-04
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to attend the 10th anniversary party for the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), being held at Women in Focus. The poster advertises dinner and a party to follow with access to childcare, or billeting on request.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; women's organizations;

VWHC Interview with Cathy Stewart

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1974-07-23
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This incomplete transcript from an interview with Vancouver Women's Health Collective's Cathy Stewart, includes questions and answers about the history of the collective, its changes, its politics, and the move from a volunteer staff to a paid staff.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's organization; history; self-help clinic; education; doctors; self help; politics; alternative services; feminists; The Women's Place; volunteer; collective process;

Women's Health

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A short document produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), with historical information about the organization, as well as a description of the services provided to women looking for health information and women looking for volunteer opportunities. The document describes the advocacy work of the VWHC, and the attempts to extend their reach to more marginalized women.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's Health; women's organizations; volunteer; volunteerism; history; advocacy; education; self help; fundraising; Ministry of Health; Ministry of Equality for Women; counselling; rights; patient's rights; gender-based analysis; health information dissemination

The Vancouver Women's Health Collective Presents The Laura Love Band

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1996-12
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective, December 4, 1996 at Richards on Richards with a concert by The Laura Love Band.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Heath Collective (VWHC); women's organizations; grassroots; arts and culture

Vancouver Women's Health Collective: Women's Self-Help Clinic, Phone Line, Reference Library and Self-Education Health Groups

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1973
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A leaflet with information on the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), its self-help clinic for women, its self-education health groups, its phone line and its reference library. With an emphasis on involving women in their own healthcare, the VWHC concentrated on education and sharing information through discussion and support.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; self-help clinic; health clinic; women's organizations; women's health movement; self help; education;

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