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Dalkon Shield Action News (a supplement to Healthmatters)

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Arundel, Megan; Bell, Barbara; Penrowley, Colleen; Thompson, Maggie
Agency: 
Dalkon Shield Action Canada
Series: 
Vol. 1 No. 2
Date: 
1987-06
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by VWHC affiliate Dalkon Shield Action Canada. This issue includes: Reorganization Plan Filed; DSAC Update; July 21- mark your calendars!; Let's Take the Offensive; Infertility Fund; Letters; Bankruptcy Update; Dalkon Shield Action Canada membership form
Keywords: 
Dalkon Shield; Intra Uterine Devices (IUDs); women's organizations; Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); support groups; legal issues; legal system; medical records; College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC; birth control; infertility; pregnancy; discussion forum; fertility

Dalkon Shield Action News (a supplement to Healthmatters)

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Arundel, Megan; Houlihan, Kn.; Mintzes, Barbara; Sexton, Deborah; Thompson, Maggie
Agency: 
Dalkon Shield Action Canada
Series: 
Vol. 1 No. 1
Date: 
1987-03
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by VWHC affiliate Dalkon Shield Action Canada. This issue includes: D.S.A.C. in Your Community; We're With You; Claimant Questionnaire; Medical Records; Deborah's Story; You'll never Know (poem); Who Needs Lawyers?; Bankruptcy Update; Sloppy "Science"
Keywords: 
Dalkon Shield; Intra Uterine Devices (IUDs); women's organizations; Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); support groups; legal issues; legal system; medical records; College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC; birth control; infertility; pregnancy; discussion forum

Her Voice

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Duncan, Caryn; Allen, Patrice; Pentney, Beth; Taheri, Mina; Houshmand, Farnaz; Parmar, Sonya
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2007-03
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: VWHC Exploring the Possibility of Owning and Operating a Women's Pharmacy in the DTES; A Good Fit: Incorporating the VWHC's Information Centre into a Pharmacy; A Unique idea: A Women's Pharmacy; HPV Vaccine and Cervical Cancer; The VWHC's Titbits on Women's Health; The VWHC welcomes Patrice Allen; Share your experience with other women; Are you Interested in Becoming a VWHC Volunteer?; VWHC gets support to archive its Herstory; Are you interested in....VWHC resources; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; pharmaceutical; pharmacy; women's pharmacy; feminist organization; health information dissemination; history; HPV vaccine; cervical cancer; sexually transmitted infections (STIs); cancer; pap tests; cervical health; volunteer; volunteerism; workshop; body image; CHODARR; International Day of Action for Women's Health (IDAWH)

Her Voice

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Duncan, Caryn; Harper, Jane; Houshmand, Farnaz; Hnatiw, Lesia; Moore, Lisa; Quinn, Hillary; Shelton, Belinda
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2006-03
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: 34 Years of Women Helping Women to Help Themselves!' Are you interested in…VWHC resources; The VWHC's Titbits on Women's Health; The Media is Listening (On occasion); The VWHC Advocates for Women; Volunteer and Build our Women's Community; Are you Interested in past issues of Her Voice?; New Books at the VWHC Resource Library; Learning to Defend our Rights as Patients: The VWHC's Patient's Rights Workshop; Coffee House Fundraiser a Success!; On the Street Campaign; Are you Looking for a Doctor, Midwife or Counsellor?; Share your experience with other women; Why not pay us a visit and check out our Women's Health Files; Funding Stress and Strain; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; women's organization; feminist organization; gender-based analysis; menopause; media; advocacy; BC College of Physicians and Surgeons; cosmetic surgery; funding cuts; volunteer; volunteerism; training; community building; workshop; patient's rights; social determinants of health; rights; fundraising; health information dissemination; International Women's Day; International Day of Action for Women's Health (IDAWH)

Her Voice

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Kraats, Kierston Vande; Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2005-03
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: May 17, 2005- Women Vote!; Are you interested in…VWHC resources; 27 reasons why you should vote on May 17, 2005- BC's Provincial Election; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
education; elections- provincial; BC provincial government; gender-based analysis; funding cuts; Ministry of Women's Equality; women's organizations; welfare cuts; human rights; social determinants of health; employment; Medical Services Plan (MSP); minimum wage; PharmaCare; privatization; public private partnerships (P3s); 52% Coalition; British Columbia Health Coalition (BCHC)

Her Voice

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Shelton, Belinda; Hnatiw, Lesia; Belak, Brenda; Elgabry, Iona; Fink, Sacha; Drozdiak, Janis
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2005-01
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: What is Primary Health Care and Why Does it Need Reforming?; Are you interested in…VWHC resources; Health Reform is a Women's Issue; Poverty and Women's Health; Women Need Community Health Centres; Women who care too much; New Books at the VWHC Resource Library; Maternity Care is Primary Care; Are you an Expectant Mother?; Women and the Four Pillars Drug Strategy: What's in it for Us?; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; women's organizations; primary health care; health reform; poverty; women and welfare; inequality; discrimination; social determinants of health; community health; community-based health; community centres; gender-based analysis; health clinics; health-information dissemination; menopause; pregnancy; The South Community Birth Program; midwifery; Four Pillar Approach; Insite; addictions; access to services; drug treatment; women and substance abuse

Her Voice

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Acor, Deborah; Hnatiw, Lesia; Fink, Sacha
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2004-03
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Are you interested in…VWHC resources; ON April 1, 2004, the provincial government will cut 100% of its funding to the VWHC and 36 other women's centres in BC. Shame on them.; Welfare Cuts: An Attack on Women; New Books at the VWHC Resource Library; My Experience Living with Asthma; As Women we are Pro-Choice Because...; HIV/AIDS and Women in Canada; That Burning Desire; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; funding cuts; BC provincial government; gender-based analysis; welfare; women and welfare; welfare cuts; violence against women; poverty; barriers to health care; social determinants of health; social justice; United Nations; Committee to End Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); unemployment; single mothers; asthma; pro-choice; abortion; activism; HIV/AIDS; women and HIV/AIDS; Positive Women's Network; vaginal health; vulvar vestibulitis; yeast infections; International Day of Action for Women's Health (IDAWH)

Her Voice

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Belak, Brenda; Duncan, Caryn; Hendrickson, Terrie
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2003-09
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Are you interested in…VWHC resources; Women are Fighting Back!; As Women we are Pro-Choice Because...; BCHC Fights for Women; The Vancouver Women's Health Collective; Corporate Media Ignores our Concerns; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
funding cuts; BC provincial government; workshop; volunteer; volunteerism; women's organizations; BC Health Coalition (BCHC); menopause; Committee to End Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); United nations; coalition building; pro-choice; abortion; power; empowerment; reproductive health; access to services; activism; gender-based analysis; feminists; feminist organization; breast implants; breast health; body image; International Women's Day

Her Voice

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Duncan, Caryn
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2003-03
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: UN Committee Critical of Cuts to Women's Programs in BC; Are you interested in…VWHC resources; The Vancouver Women's Health Collective; Advertisements, Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; newsletter; Her Voice; United Nations; BC provincial government; Committee to End Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); welfare cuts; women and welfare; Ministry of Women's Equality; equality; inequality; funding cuts; violence against women; legal assistance; poverty; women's organizations; volunteer; volunteerism; Aboriginal women; discrimination; access to services; rural health

Her Voice

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Duncan, Caryn; Hansen, Lucette; Weeds, Cindy
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2002-09
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Treat them like you treat your mother…; The BC Health Coalition and Seniors; Sing Out Sing Loud; The Vancouver Women's Health Collective; VWHC Information Centre Resources for Women Growing Older; New Projects at the VWHC; Advertisements; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women's organizations; women and health; women's health; seniors; aging; poverty; PharmaCare; inequality; social determinants of health; gender-based analysis; funding cuts; BC Health Coalition (BCHC); Medical Services Plan (MSP); residential care; access to services; BC health system; Home Care; pension; The Raging Grannies; workshop; activism; activists

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