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It all started on October 14, 2005 with a forum on women's health issues in prison...

 
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Who We Are
To learn more about Women in2 Healing and the Prison Participatory Research Project, please follow the links below:

In the media

Amber Christie was interviewed for an article in The St’át’imc Runner.  (Part 1) (Part 2)

Papers

Primary health care: applying the principles within a community-based participatory health research project that began in a Canadian women’s prison
Ruth Elwood Martin, Kelly Murphy, Rene Chan, Vivian R. Ramsden, Alison Granger-Brown, Ann C. Macaulay, Roopjeet Kahlon, Gina Ogilvie and T. Gregory Hislop. Global Health Promotion 2009; 16; 43


 
Martin, RE, Murphy, K., Hanson, D., Hemingway, C., Ramsden, V., Buxton, J., Granger-Brown, A., Condello,
L-L., Buchanan, M., Espinoza-Magana, N., Edworthy, G. and Hislop, T. G. The development of participatory health research among incarcerated women in a Canadian prison  (2009) ',International Journal of Prisoner Health,5:2,95 — 107
  
Martin, RE, Chan Renee, Torikka, Lisa,  Granger-Brown, Alison and Ramsden, Viv R. Healing Fostered by Research. Canadian Physician Vol. 54, No. 2, February 2008, pp.244 - 245

Martin RE. Community Research Gets a Prison Perspective.UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 2 | Feb. 7, 2008 by Lorainne Chan. Pdf Version

Granger-Brown, Alison. Teaching and learning methods in prison that invite and support women in prison in inquiry-based, self-directed learning. Masters of Arts in Leadership and training. Royal Roads University , April 2007

Martin RE, Torikka L. Involving inmates in improving health, a prison breakthrough. The Medical Post. Jan 23, 2007 . 25-26.Pdf Version

Torikka L. (2006a). Forum: The Health of Women in ACCW. The Word is Out: Women's Community News Service, 2, Summer 2006, 1, 3-4.

Torikka L. (2006b). ACCW - Participatory action research: Collaborating with women in prison to improve health - 1 Year Anniversary Forum. The Word is Out: Women's Community News Service, 3, Fall, 2006, 8-9.


Grants

BC Medical Foundation Grant- Final Report

CIHR Grant

Vancouver Foundation- Tula Community Fund- Final Report


Our Blog

www.womenin2healing.blogspot.com

Our Information

Women in2 Healing Pamphlet