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It is encouraging to see a team at Ontario Health dedicated now to developing care standards for it.  What is still lagging is our awareness of menopause as a factor in both mental health and addiction.  Research is growing in this area.  Below are a few recent journal articles.

According to their website Menopause, Health Quality Ontario is establishing quality standards for menopause care, with the work beginning this month.  Menopause has many mental health, workplace, and broader economic implications, so this is a terrific step forward! Check out the Menopause Foundation of Canada for some great myth-busting evidence-based resources. 

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Did you know that in Canada, women are twice as likely as men to experience depression or anxiety? Despite this statistic, the complex factors behind this disparity remain unclear. REGISTER HERE

The Art of Life Community Health Centre is happy to announce the new cycle of the Meditative Art Program for Women and welcome all participants to the second session on this program.

This program is called the “Joy of Co-creativity” and was specifically created for women to celebrate the joy of harmony and beauty that a woman can bring to life. It focuses on building awareness about the importance of the true role of a woman in this world.

Women’s Chronic Pain and Prescription Opioid Use – Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (cewh.ca)

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As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) continue to be at a greater risk for COVID-19 infection and complications. PWUD are more likely to get infected due to being in crowded environments, and facing barriers to accessing drug services, safe drug-using equipment, and vital medications. COVID-19 vaccines and boosters may therefore be an effective way to reduce potential harms of the virus among PWUD.

This is a support group for adult women who are in the process of reducing or quitting their alcohol, cannabis or other substance use.

The group would be ideal as a supplement to longer term individual therapy and members are ideally ready to commit to the group longer term after a trial month. Current members are intelligent, self-reflective, supportive,  and committed to the group.

Our BIPOC Women’s Journaling Group is set to start from January 16^th to March 13^th from 6:30pm-8pm (Monday evenings). This is a group for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour to come together and discuss/journal about varying BIPOC specific issues that are encountered in life. Facilitators will be peer supporters; Sharon Roberts and Queen Maria Cristina Sabourin-Jovel.

Our Women’s BIPOC Journaling Group is set to start from January 16^th to March 13^th from 6:30pm-8pm (Monday evenings). This is a group for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour to come together and discuss/journal about varying BIPOC specific issues that are encountered in life. Facilitators will be peer supporters; Sharon Roberts and Queen Maria Cristina Sabourin-Jovel.

Domestic homicides are an extreme form of violence against women and children across the commonwealth. Many of these deaths appear predictable and preventable with hindsight. Some of this hindsight has come from various death review processes across Canada, the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand that have developed in the past decade. These reviews by interdisciplinary committees shed light on what transpired and how to prevent the same outcome in similar circumstances in the future.

Older women often describe feeling invisible within services, systems, and communities.   After experiencing multiple forms of violence, often throughout generations and by multiple perpetrators, their needs for service and support are unique and complex.

Hosted by the Women's Economic Council, with the support of the Government of Canada, this free online conference aims to highlight the possibilities of inclusive design so that those not typically engaged in community services are welcomed, resourced appropriately and supported.

The Art of Life Community Health Centre is happy to announce that the new cycle of the Meditative Art Program for Expecting Mothers will be launching in July 2021!

Community members and future mothers, as well as those women who are actively trying to get pregnant or have recently given birth, are invited to attend a FREE IN-PERSON Introductory Session on Tuesday, July 20th, 2021, at 6:30 pm at the Art of Life Community Health Centre (885 Don Mills Road, UNIT 224, North York, M3C 1V9).

Postpartum mental illness is a common problem that affects a mother’s ability to function, her interactions with her baby, and the well-being of families. Ontario researchers calculated the rate of postpartum mental health visits to primary care doctors and psychiatrists during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic and compared these against expected rates based on patterns before the pandemic.

As the Women’s Health Research Chair in Mental Health for the Faculty of Health at York University, Dr. Nazilla Khanlou says gender-based violence didn’t start with the pandemic, but the pandemic has made it worse.

“The ripple effects are going to continue for a long time to come.” she says.