Links and Resources
Organizations
This section contains links to organizations working on women’s issues or rural issues.
Sponsoring Organizations
Centre for Rural Studies and Enrichment: http://www.stpeterscollege.ca/
…established to research and understand the issues and needs of rural
people and small communities, working closely with rural people and communities.
Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence:
http://www.pwhce.ca “…one of the Centres
of Excellence for Women’s Health supported by the Women’s Health Contribution
Program, through the Bureau of Women’s Health And Gender Analysis of Health
Canada. The Centres are dedicated to improving the health status of Canadian
women by supporting policy-oriented, and community-based research and
analysis on the social determinants of women’s health."
Status of Women Canada (SWC): http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/
“…the federal government agency which promotes gender equality, and the
full participation of women in the economic, social, cultural and political
life of the country. SWC focuses its work in three areas: improving women's
economic autonomy and well-being, eliminating systemic violence against
women and children, and advancing women's human rights."
The Women’s Health Contribution Program
Canadian Women’s Health Network
http://www.cwhn.ca/ “Sharing information,
resources and strategies, and building links to improve women's health.”
Centres of Excellence for Women’s Health
Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's
Health
http://www.acewh.dal.ca/
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
http://www.bccewh.bc.ca/
National Network on Environments and Women’s Health http://www.nnewh.org/
Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence
http://www.pwhce.ca
Working Groups
Health Reform and Women
http://www.womenandhealthcarereform.ca
Women and Health Protection
http://www.whp-apsf.ca/en/index.html
Related to Women
Associated Country Women of the World
http://www.acww.org.uk/
British Columbia Rural Women’s Network
http://www.bcruralwomen.ca/
Canadian Rural Information Service: Women’s Directory
http://www.rural.gc.ca/cris/directories/women_e.phtml
Centre for Research in Women's Health
http://www.crwh.org/
Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada http://www.nald.ca/litweb/other/fwic/board2.htm
Includes contact information for Saskatchewan Women’s Institutes.
Les Cercles de Fermières du Québec
http://www.cfq.qc.ca/a_la_une/index.asp
National Farmers Union Women’s Advisory Committee http://www.nfu.ca/women.htm
Research Chair in Rural Women's Health, University of Western
Ontario http://www.schulich.uwo.ca/ruralwomenshealth/index.htm
Rural Women Making Change
http://www.rwmc.uoguelph.ca/
Rural Womyn in Canada
http://www.ruralwomyn.net/canada.html
Status of Women Office, Saskatchewan
http://www.labour.gov.sk.ca/SWO/
Women’s Directory Website
Women’s Health Matters
http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/
Women’s World Summit Foundation
Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life
http://www.woman.ch/june09/home.php
Rural Life
Agricultural Council of Saskatchewan (formerly Saskatchewan Council For Community Development)
http://www.agcouncil.ca/
Atlantic Rural Centre
http://www.theruralcentre.com/?page_id=67
Brandon University's Rural Development Institutehttp://www.brandonu.ca/rdi/
Canada Rural Economy Research Lab
http://www.crerl.usask.ca/
Canadian Agricultural Safety Association:
http://www.casa-acsa.ca/english/index.html
Canadian Rural Partnership / Rural Secretariat / Rural Team Saskatchewan
http://www.rural.gc.ca/
Partners for Rural Family Support, Humboldt
http://www.partnersrfs.ca/
Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/
Saskatchewan Council for Community Development
http://www.sccd.sk.ca/cards.html
Saskatchewan Farm Stress Line
http://www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=c7130c95-90e9-4f95-a179-e4e6836382c1
