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It is the only facility in Western Canada dedicated to the health of women, newborns and families, and is the largest maternity hospital in the country. It is a teaching hospital and major provincial health care resource, and is a key component in women's health research. BC Women's employs more than 1,000 full and part-time staff.
The Vancouver Women’s Caucus is Canadian feminist organization active from 1968 to 1971. [1] The group founded an abortion awareness campaign which included the Abortion Caravan . The group was also responsible for shutting down Parliament for the first time in Canadian history.
The VWC members were communicating with women's groups across Canada and received help with accommodation and food. As well, the Abortion Caravan came across other perspectives, those of anti-abortionist groups and women's groups. While the Caravan was in Thunder Bay, a Catholic group disrupted their meeting and criticized their position.
Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter is Canada's longest running rape crisis center. [1] The shelter, located in Vancouver , British Columbia , was established in 1973 and has operated a feminist transition house since 1983, offering women shelter from men who are abusing them, including fathers, husbands, sons, pimps , johns and landlords.
The women's health movement grew out of social movements of the 1960s, including the New Left, the Civil Rights Movement, and dissatisfaction with the delivery of women's health care. Members of the women's health movement saw health care as a highly politicized issue and wanted to challenge the racism, classism, and sexism they saw in ...
Mudgirls are a not-for-profit collective of female natural builders founded in 2005 and based throughout Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada. They build a variety of freestanding structures and additions for each other, as well as helping others build their own, and sharing natural ...
The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is the public health arm for British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority. [2] The BCCDC is located at 655 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. The Centre has tuberculosis [3] and sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinics [4] as well as outreach clinics in high prevalence areas throughout BC.
B.C. Children's Hospital's roots go back to the establishment of a fund for crippled children by the B.C. Women's Institute in 1923. [2] In 1928, Vancouver's Crippled Children's Hospital admitted its first patient at its Hudson Street location. [2] In 1933, a new Crippled Children's Hospital opened on West 59th Avenue. [2]