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UC 6022 A1C 5S7 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Canada

An insightful article by one of our volunteers, Rain Edmond. <3

Canadian Virtual Hospice is the world’s most comprehensive online platform on palliative care, loss and grief. We are a registered charity committed to working with groups to design practical, accessible and free resources for those who serve. Call for participants! The Canadian Virtual Hospice: "Seeking Two Spirit & LGBTQ+ Stories... Canadian Virtual Hospice, with the support of Health Canada, is working with the Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ community to help improve resources about advanced illness, caregiving, end of life, and grief. We'd like to hear about your experiences with: - Receiving a difficult diagnosis, - Living with advanced illness, - Navigating the health system, - Seeking care - either at home or a long-term care facility, - Providing care - for people in the 2SLGBTQ+ or not, such as parents of children, - Preparing a legacy, - Preparing for end of life, - Or grieving. Reach out to [email protected]."

Call for research participants! "Improving Health Communication with Intersex People This project aims to develop improved standards for communication and working relationships between healthcare practitioners and their intersex patients in Canada, centered on the needs expressed by members of the intersex community.... We are looking for intersex adults who have received care in the context of the Canadian healthcare system. Participation involves a 30 minute to 1-hour confidential one-on-one phone/Zoom Interview on needs and experiences in healthcare communication".

Community-Based Research Centre has partnered with Dalhousie University to run Investigaytors in Atlantic Canada starting this fall. It’s a free skill-building program for queer health research using our Sex Now Survey data. Details @ http://bit.ly/InvestigaytorsAC

Our 2SLGBTQIA+ Warm Line is now live for the evening. Open from 6pm-12 midnight tonight! Visit our webpage at https://www.plannedparenthoodnlshc.com/warmline.html for more info and to connect! For right now if you are with Koodo or Telus you can text connect via +1 (709) 400-8665

Hey folks!! Just putting out a reminder that the centre is closed until further notice as we are not allowed to open with covid-19 regulations. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. However, some volunteers are managing the Gender Gear Initiative from their home. That service is still ongoing. ... Thank you for your understanding; we hope you stay safe.

The Speak OUT survey is a national Canadian survey about the personal experiences of LGBTQI2S youth (14-24) with dating violence, healthy relationships, and support services. If you would like to take part in this survey please follow the link: https://egale.ca/egale-in-action/speak-out-national-survey/