The HER-BC report and Mapping Menopause project seek to understand and fill existing knowledge gaps around menopause.
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Announced on Feb 26, 2026: three research teams led by WHRI members were awarded multi-million-dollar grants through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and partners’ Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention initiative.
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is a UN-led day of advocacy for the inclusion of women, girls, and gender-diverse people in Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering (STEM). In honour of this day, we asked our 2025 graduate and fellowship research award winners to share their thoughts on what science means to them.
Congratulations to WHRI Scientific advisory board member Dr. Gillian Hanley on being invited to contribute to the Lancet Ovarian Cancer Commission!
Congratulations to the recipients of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 2025 Fall Project and Priority Announcement grants! We are especially proud of our WHRI members, who are bolded in the recipient list.
In recognition of Sexual Health Week (February 8–14), we are spotlighting the Sexual Health and Genito-Pelvic Pain Knowledge Empowerment Hub (SHAPE), a pan-Canadian initiative dedicated to addressing the barriers to evidence-based information and treatment for sexual dysfunction and and genito-pelvic pain are understood, researched, and treated in Canada.
February 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Black History Month as a formal observance in Canada.
