Planned Parenthood Ottawa

Parents for Diversity event this Saturday!

Happy holidays from PPO! We will be back on January 4th, 2021 just in time to go over Committees Coordinator applications! There are still resources for all your sexual health and reproductive needs. 1-888-642-2725 Action Canada All Options 1-888-493-0092 Image Description A condom pattern of green, red, orange, yellow is assorted in the background. A notification box says the word reminder in capital letters. The box is grey. The first notification says PPO is closed from December 24-January 4th. The second one says support is available through Action Canada and the All Options Hotline. The third notification says happy holidays! The notification switch is red and grey.

Mental health resources are essential resources especially for LGBTQAI2S+ students!

We are hiring a Committees Coordinator at Planned Parenthood Ottawa! The selected applicant will have an anti oppressive lens towards establishing three committees. More details on qualifications are available in the job description. Compensation and Hours Full time: 37.5 hours/week with a flexible schedule Contract: 1 year with possibility of renewal (Total duration of Project is 2.5 years) Salary: $40,000 - $42,500...Continue reading

Check out the Connexion Family Health Team Birth Control Clinic! Need a self referral for birth control prescriptions, insertion removal of IUD? Looking to get a referral for the Nexplanon contraceptive implants? Book an appointment here! All you need is an OHIP Card and all community members are welcomed who are looking for Birth Control. http://connexionfht.com/programs/birth-control-clinic/ You can also contact 613-656-3841 to book an appointment today!

There is still time to help us reach our goal of $10000. https://ppottawa.ca/get-involved/donors/ Image Description An orange background with two light orange curved lines at the top corner and one checkmark like design line in light orange on the left top corner towards the top centre. A blue package with birth control is adjacent to a black container with a white Nuva ring. A reminder notification is in a transparent orange shade. The notification box says in a white font..., "Reminder: You still have time to Give the Gift of Options and help PPO reach our goal of $10000 for 2020!" The text reminder is in bold white lettering. In a white font two options on the notification button are "Sounds good and Let's do this!" Two swirls are at the bottom of the image as a design in a lighter orange. The Instagram handle @Knowppottawa is in a white font at the bottom left hand corner. See more

The Options team is on holidays until January 4th, but no worries! There is still support available for your sexual and reproductive needs until then! The amazing work of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights is always appreciated! Image Description A pink background with a hand that is holding a white pregnancy tests with a plus sign that is positive for a pregnancy. The plus sign is red. On this test displays the plus symbol for pregnancy and to parallel lines that m...ean non pregnant in blue. An iPhone notification box displays the date Friday the 18th in small red font for Friday and black and larger font for the 18th. The notification box is grey. In the first photo the notification box has Friday in red font and the number 18 bold in black below the Friday text in a white box. The words The Options Team is on Holidays is in capitals beside the white calander box. In bold lettering below is the sentences Until January 4th! But don’t worry! Without bold font is as we recharge, there is still support available for all your pregnancy options. The second image is identical in layout as the first but the iPhone notification box at the top in capital letters says Support Can Be Reached at In a bold font below is Action Canada’s number 1-888-642-2725. Below that in bold find is the All Options Talkline number 1-888-493-0092. Font follows stating For all your sexual and reproductive health needs.

We are back to virtual scheduling! Happy 2021! You can reach us at 613-226-3234 and the Options Line at 613-226-3234 ext 100. Options Counselling is also available through a video call or voice call! Image Description In a white bubble with a bold pink red font and lettering the words Happy 2021 appear below this lettering in a pink font are the words PPO is back to our regularly scheduled hours and Options line! The background has white IUDs in a pattern that has them titled at and angle and then flipped. The backdrop is pink.

Today is International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers. Image Description A red umbrella in the forefront of a rainy grey background. White bold font that says International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

The lovely folks at Ten Oaks Project and their project called Shaping Parenthood is running an online event November 25th from 7pm-9pm where a panel of 2SLGBTQ+ Ottawa folks will share their experiences navigating towards parenthood. Check out the details here: https://fb.me/e/4RC9AMQcA

This holiday season support the work at Planned Parenthood Ottawa that provides the Gift of Options. https://ppottawa.ca/get-involved/donors/ Image description An outline in red of a uterus with Fallopian tube that are in a sunburst design in red. In the centre there is a black outline of an IUD. The font "This Holiday Season is in a dark red. There is a line that blocks off the bold red capitalized "Give the Gift of Options." In smaller letters underneath "And support PPO." The Planned Parenthood logo is at the centre bottom with black font and a green logo swirl.

The survey is available in both official languages and they are still looking for participants who are people who can experience pregnancy between the ages of 18-55! Have you ever been in an intimate relationship where contraception or getting pregnant was an issue or concern? The Relations, Contraception and Reproduction Project focuses on the experiences of people who may become pregnant between the ages of 18 55.... Interested in contributing to this research by sharing your experiences? Follow this link to fill out the survey : http://projetrcr.com/

The University of Ottawa's Pride Centre is hiring an Outreach and Communications Supervisor! Check out the job listing and apply by Nov. 11th!

Have you ever been in an intimate relationship where contraception or getting pregnant was an issue or concern? The Relations, Contraception and Reproduction Project focuses on the experiences of women and people who may become pregnant between the ages of 18 55. Interested in contributing to this research by sharing your experiences? Follow this link to fill out the survey : ... http://projetrcr.com/ See more

Check out the details below about an Instagram live where our Options Coordinator Jessa will be answering your sexual health questions! #sexedsaveslives

We're all set and look forward to attending the 'Together for Sex-Ed' online conference by Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights next week. Thank you for sending us the materials!

Dr. Lesley Tarasoff is hiring participants for her research on the reproductive life plans of women* with disabilities in Ontario. The findings from this study will be used to identify supports that may be needed to help women with disabilities meet their reproductive life plans. Please see the flyer below and if you are interested in participating, please contact Dr. Tarasoff at [email protected].

Do you know about the Ottawa Harm Reduction Blitz happening today?? This amazing community collaboration will see FREE lunches, hygiene products and harm reduction supplies given out at three locations between 4:30pm-7:30pm in the following communities: - Vanier in the St. Margaret's Anglican Church parking lot, - Centretown in Dundonald Park, ... - Carlington in Bellevue Manor Park Check out the posters for more info!

Huge victory for abortion access & reproductive healthcare in Colorado last night as voters rejected a harmful abortion ban! #AbortionAccess #AbortionIsHealthcare #SRHR #prochoice

Our virtual office will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12th. We re-open on Tuesday, the 13th. Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate it.

Check out this talk between Artist & Sex Educator Roland Jones and Carleton professor Julia Sinclair-Palm, organized by the Carleton University Art Gallery, in conjunction with the exhibition To Be Continued: Troubling the Queer Archive. The content of talk is rooted in the artwork, but really builds out on a lot of great concepts around queer and trans families and kinship networks. Follow this link to watch! ... https://youtu.be/7rCUWaN-I24 See more

Manitoba started the coverage for the medication abortion last September. However, access has been a challenge in many communities.

Nexplanon is a three-year contraceptive that’s implanted into the upper arm. It is a long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARCs) like IUDs. Contact us if you need information about Nexplanon or other sexual and reproductive health topics: (613) 226 3234 ext. 100 / [email protected].

Register below to join the feminist #trivianight.

#ICYMI: We're hiring for the position of Committees Coordinator. Apply to work with us by Oct. 5th. We look forward to receiving your applications. #OttawaJobs #HiringAlert https://bit.ly/3nbTwxH

Two fourth-year students of uOttawa have launched the digitally-operated University of Ottawa Sexual Health Centre (UOSHC) on Instagram. 'We’re trying to normalize being sexually healthy and make it as normal as going to the dentist'. Learn more about their initiative here: https://bit.ly/30uYjAH

We're shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Joyce Echaquan in a Quebec hospital. Joyce deserved dignified care like any other Canadian. #OrangeShirtDay is supposed to be about remembering the past and course correcting. It is disgraceful that today we're mourning yet another person tragically lost to abuse (in a hospital!) because she was Indigenous. Related: CBC article: https://bit.ly/3jkZJVK

"The personal is still political. My activism was and still is driven by a desire to build a world where no one feels shamed for their choices. It is through this lens I share my story with you here, and it is the hope of our feminist collective that this piece - the final in our virtual trek in honour of the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Abortion Caravan - will make at least one other person feel less alone." #AbortionCaravan #DestigmatizingAbortion https://bit.ly/3n45YQ4

At Planned Parenthood Ottawa we provide nonjudgmental and inclusive counselling and referral services on abortion and other sexual and reproductive health topics. Contact us should you need any support: (613) 226 3234 ext. 100 or [email protected]. #InternationaSafeAbortionDay #28Sept #ISAD2020

On #ISAD2020 read from the project, Then and Now: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1970 #AbortionCaravan - a set of position papers that showcases pro-choice organizing in Canada since 1970. You can download the position papers here. #28Sept

In support of #InternationalSafeAbortionDay a number of sexual and reproductive health rights organizations have written a statement that will be presented at the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Sept. 30th. You can add your voice by signing the statement here. #ISAD2020 #28Sept