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February 1987: Training Session

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1987
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A list of work ongoing a the Health Collective, prepared for volunteer training session in 1987. The list includes brief descriptions of the work being done on securing funding, Dalkon Shield Action Canada, the VWHC HealthMatters newsletter, the Cervical Cap fitters collective, the Depo Provera Group, counselling, ovulation method classes, workshops, a DES action group and resource centre.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and heath; women's health; volunteer; volunteerism; organizing; training

Sexuality- Self Image Workshop Outline

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1987
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A workshop outline and a list of reasons why it is important to discuss sexuality, prepared for the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) training session on sexuality, in February 1987. The outline includes rounds, the aim of the session ("to individually assess comfort with discussing sexuality and related subjects so we have an idea how we may handle related issues while working at the H.C. [Health Collective]."). The list of reasons include such things as: sexuality is a health issue, a political issue, an issue that will inevitably arise at the VWHC, freedom of sexual expression as part of self-determination, etc.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; sexuality; discussion forum; workshop; training; awareness raising; gender-based analysis

Vancouver Women's Health Collective Volunteer Training Spring 1987: Outline of Sessions

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1987
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An outline of the volunteer training sessions of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective, for Spring 1987. The outline is part of a larger training manual, and provides brief summaries of the 8 training sessions, on topics including sexuality, birth control, abortion, and self examination.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and heath; women's health; volunteer; volunteerism; training

Birth Control Choices

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Ministry of Health
Date: 
1993
Pages: 
81
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This education manual is a condensed and revised version of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) publication "Avoiding Pregnancy: Choosing Birth Control that's Right for You" (1988). The manual includes chapters on male and female reproductive organs, menstruation, sexuality, choosing birth control, sexually transmitted diseases (HIV and AIDS, specifically). The majority of the manual is composed of comprehensive chapters on different methods of birth control, their side effects, risks, benefits, protection against STDs, and diagrams on proper use of each method.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; birth control; sexuality; menstruation; abortion; AIDS; health information dissemination; gender and health

Getting an Abortion in Vancouver (revised)

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1984
Pages: 
26
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This manual, prepared by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) in 1982 and updated in 1984, describes in detail the process of getting an abortion in BC. It outlines what a woman should do if she thinks she is pregnant, where to go for pregnancy testing (VWHC, Pine Free Clinic), and how the approval process works (through the decision-making of a three-person "therapeutic abortion committee"). The manual gives instructions for preparing for an abortion, what to expect during and after the procedure, and procedures for after-abortion care. The manual also includes gender-based analysis of Canadian abortion laws, and what women can do to fight for better access to abortion.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; abortion; pro-choice; women's health movement; health information dissemination; birth control; awareness raising; feminist organization; gender-based analysis

A Thumb-Nail Sketch of the History of the Health Collective

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1986
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A brief timeline of the history of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), prepared by the VWHC for its volunteer training in 1986. The history details the funding sources, projects, programming, relocations, and services of the health collective over the course of 15 years (1971-1986).
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; non-profit organizations; women's organizations; feminist organization; funding cuts; health promotion; health reform; health information dissemination; BC health system

Vancouver Women's Health Collective Volunteer Training Fall 1986: Outline of Sessions

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1986
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An outline of the volunteer training sessions of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective, for Fall 1986. The outline is part of a larger training manual, and provides brief summaries of the 8 training sessions, on topics including sexuality, birth control, abortion, and self examination.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and heath; women's health; volunteer; volunteerism; training

Birth Control Choices (Punjabi)

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Ministry of Health
Date: 
1993
Pages: 
88
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This education manual is a condensed and revised version of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) publication "Avoiding Pregnancy: Choosing Birth Control that's Right for You" (1988), and published in Punjabi. The manual includes chapters on male and female reproductive organs, menstruation, sexuality, choosing birth control, sexually transmitted diseases (HIV and AIDS, specifically). The majority of the manual is composed of comprehensive chapters on different methods of birth control, their side effects, risks, benefits, protection against STDs, and diagrams on proper use of each method.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; birth control; sexuality; menstruation; abortion; AIDS; health information dissemination; gender and health

Getting an Abortion in Vancouver

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1982
Pages: 
24
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This manual, prepared by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), describes in detail the process of getting an abortion in BC. It outlines what a woman should do if she thinks she is pregnant, where to go for pregnancy testing (VWHC, Pine Free Clinic), and how the approval process works (through the decision-making of a three-person "therapeutic abortion committee"). The manual gives instructions for preparing for an abortion, what to expect during and after the procedure, and procedures for after-abortion care. The manual also includes gender-based analysis of Canadian abortion laws, and what women can do to fight for better access to abortion.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; abortion; pro-choice; women's health movement; health information dissemination; birth control; awareness raising; feminist organization; gender-based analysis

Vancouver Women's Health Collective brochure

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1983
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A brochure describing some of the resources available at the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), including their health files, library, practitioner and therapist directory, pregnancy and abortion counselling, pregnancy testing, diaphragm and cervical cap fitting, resource people, health group sand skill sharing days. The brochure also includes some information on how the VWHC began as an organization, and their belief in self help and the active participation of women in their own health care.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; health information dissemination; women's organizations; feminist organization; self help

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