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With all that has been happening south of the border, we have had a significant uptick in media requests. Despite the fact that Canada is not directly impacted (from a legal standpoint) we are going to have indirect impacts from the decision to overturn Roe vs Wade. Just how much of an impact is yet… Read more »

Standing up for Reproductive Rights and Justice in BC and Canada! Reproductive Rights & Justice Rally, May 14 2022 at 1pm a  šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn (formerly known as Queen Elizabeth Plaza) south side on Georgia Street FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:          May 12, 2022 A network of social justice and reproductive rights groups has come together to say… Read more »

Hello amazing friends of Options & champions for sexual health! I know you also must find it shocking, what’s going on in the United States right now. With the Supreme Court poised to overturn the landmark Roe V Wade decision that legalized abortion access across the country. We just cannot sit back and stay silent. In… Read more »

As part of our work around decolonizing our practices and upholding the recommendations in the TRC, Options for Sexual Health will have Truth & Reconciliation Thursday every last Thursday of the month. It is clear that honouring Truth and Reconciliation with a national day annually is important but the work has to happen every day…. Read more »

We gathered. We rallied. We marched. Saturday October 2nd Options for Sexual Health hosted a rally to bring awareness to reproductive rights and justice on the unceded, ancestral, and occupied lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) peoples. After hearing a couple of rousing speeches to ground our amazing contingent of committed… Read more »

CLICK HERE FOR AGM AGENDA It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since our last AGM, and at the same time it feels like an eternity since the pandemic began! Our theme for this year is connection. We will highlight the many ways we have created, sustained, and enhanced connection while living through… Read more »

Kathryn Fitzgerald, our Board President, wanted to take a moment to share her appreciation for our fabulous RNs and to give you some insight into the type of work they do at our clinics. I recently learned that May 12 is the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. It is a day that is internationally recognized… Read more »

International Women’s Day 2021 Last year, we were planning a movie premiere for IWD. Last year we were sad that we had to postpone but figured it would only be postponed for a few months. Last year, we didn’t know the devastation COVID-19 would cause in our world. Last year we didn’t know that the… Read more »

Did you know that here in BC, we have some of the best sexual health education standards in the country? Yup, they’re evidence-informed, age and development appropriate to educate young people from kindergarten to grade 12. What’s great is that they inform things like physiology, reproduction, and gender as well as how to navigate things… Read more »