Tag Archives: Vancouver Women’s Health Collective

SFU Lesbian Oral History Archive Project – Donation List

Posted on September 7, 2018 by dykewriter

I saw an article in Xtra on the Daily Xtra online about the Simon Fraser University Lesbian Oral History Archive project, and I had been a student at SFU, where I was a dj on the student station CJIV and … Continue reading →

Posted in Agoraphobic Philosopher, asexual, atheist, bisexual, Canada, Gay, lesbian, LGBTQ, LGBTQ2, Living Well, Raw Recovery Specialist, transgender, Uncategorized, Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged Angles, cassette tapes, December 9 Coalition, gay and lesbian, grassroots activism, lesbian archive project, Lesbian Avengers, lesbian co-op radio, lesbigay, lgbt, magazines, mondo pride 99, police gay and lesbian liason, Pride Parade, queer, queer 1990s, queer media, social change, Vancouver Women's Health Collective, video tape, Vigdis Finnboggadottir, Xtra!, Xtra! West, zines | 5 Comments

Only In Canada, eh? Pity

Posted on May 13, 2016 by dykewriter

Canada in the 1990s; at 8th and Pine Street in Vancouver, British Columbia There remains an interesting office building, that once was home to the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective. The building was a three story walk up with a single … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged abortion, Agitators, atheism, business licence, business model, Christian Groups, feminists, Focus on the Family, health issues, humanists, legal abortion, massage parlor, opposing interests, religion vs women, religionists, reproduction, reproductive rights, sex workers, Vancouver Women, Vancouver Women's Health Collective, women, women's health | Leave a comment

Community: Resources & Crisis Centres

Posted on April 19, 2016 by dykewriter

The Vancouver Health Collective is one of the few grassroots feminist organizations, along with The Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, The Surrey Women’s Centre, Battered Women & Rape Society – and a few women’s centres in communities across Canada. The Women … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Uncategorized, Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged abortion, birth rates, community centre, crisis centre, population control, pregnancy, regulated reproduction, reproduction, resource centre, Vancouver Women's Health Collective, volutneering | 4 Comments

Game Theory: The Marginalized Version

Posted on October 8, 2015 by dykewriter

This is a true story – it happened at the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective in the middle 1990s; between Myself and the Office Manager. The Office Manager was Katherine and she had been street involved; by volunteering, she gained skills … Continue reading →

Posted in Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged $35, alibi, criminality, deductive, game theory, government programs, inductive, investigation, marginalized groups, prisoner scenario, redactive, reductive, social oppression, The Integrity Fairy, Vancouver Women's Health Collective, volunteering | 4 Comments

Depression 101: Volunteer at something you enjoy

Posted on October 3, 2015 by dykewriter

feel like you are doing something, because you are if you pick something you enjoy, it doesn’t feel like work Volunteer BC – Vancouver http://www.volunteerbc.bc.ca/ Volunteer BC in collaboration with the Administrators of Volunteer Resources of BC (AVRBC) and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agoraphobic Philosopher, Canada, Living Well, Raw Recovery Specialist, Shut In Stand Up, Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged Canada Federal Government Departments, comparible victimhood, grassroots, grassroots community building, iconoclast, idealist, identity loss, lesbian community, more victimized than thou, non-profits, organization chapters, The Vikings Are Restless, values, Vancouver Women's Health Collective, Viking Rule, Vikings Rules, Virtues, volunteering, Women in Film, women in film and tv vancouver, women's community, women's health | 7 Comments

Social Integration – Individual Experience Varies Wildly

Posted on September 21, 2015 by dykewriter

assimilation, identity and tolerance I stumbled on another blog that I ended up commenting on. And wanted to bring my part of the discussion here. The topic was balancing living a lesbian life in a mainstream world and not forgetting your … Continue reading →

Posted in Raw Recovery Specialist | Tagged acceptable losses, apathy, bullying, Bystander, consequences, conspiracy, cover ups, death statistics, group dynamics, group think, hero, inclusion, individual vs group, invisible differences, murder, perception, public image, Rivers Edge, Schoolyard Code, skeptic, Social Activism, statistics, teenage death, tolerance, Vancouver Women's Health Collective, victim, witnesses, work and play well with others, workplace culture | 6 Comments

VolunteerWorld: Vancouver Women’s Health Collective

Posted on October 27, 2014 by dykewriter

The Vancouver Women’s Health Collective was the second to last group that I volunteered for in the mid 1990’s. It was the first mainstream group I had been in since my high school days of being in the SKY Club … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Well | Tagged Canada Charter of Rights, crisis phone, Database administration, December 9 Coaltion, employment issues, Health Collective, legal rights to social entitlement, legalized discrimination, newsletters, pagemaker, secure housing, Service Canada, social discrimination, transferrable skills, Vancouver Women's Health Collective | 15 Comments

Depression: Dealing with Doctors

Posted on August 25, 2014 by dykewriter

“That’s unusual.” “No one has ever reported that before.” “I’ve never heard that.” “Huh… Well….” “That is outside my area of expertise.” Conversation stoppers. Knowing how to talk to doctors is a challenge for most people. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Well, Raw Recovery Specialist | Tagged birth control, depression treatment, doctors, doctors and women, Vancouver Women's Health Collective, women patients | Leave a comment

Medical Systems: A Canada – US Comparison

Posted on July 20, 2013 by dykewriter

I used to work at the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective as a database administrator. I created a datasbase for the groups’ resource library of information and a referral database of support groups across the province. The concept for the project … Continue reading →

Posted in Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged doctor patient relationship, going to the grocery store, hormone replacement therapy, marion crook, medical access, medical care, methods and operations, organization design, qulaity care by demographics, system complexity, system efficiency, talking to your doctor, total hysterectomy, universal health care, valuing people, Vancouver Women's Health Collective, workflow analysis | 1 Comment

Walking in Memphis

Posted on March 23, 2013 by dykewriter

Posted in Elvis Presley, Living Well, Raw Recovery Specialist | Tagged Access to Information, common good, common wealth, country camp, country classics, country music, Crys Matthews, Curtiz Melody, equality, Federation Future, Gates of Graceland, Gene Roddenbury, Health Information and Access, imagine the future, Nina Tryggvason, queer country, quoted in the media, scrapbook, Star Trek, Vancouver Women's Health Collective, Walking in Memphis | Leave a comment

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