We’re Officially a Living Wage Employer! At Options for Sexual Health, we’ve always believed that our commitment to care should extend beyond our clients and communities—it should include our staff as well. Over the past year, our team has engaged in reviewing and improving our compensation practices, guided by one clear goal: to ensure that… Read more »
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Big News for IUD Accessibility in BC
This is very exciting news for sexual and reproductive health care in BC! After nearly 2 decades of advocacy (since certified practice was initiated in 2008), in June 2025, The BC College of Nurses approved language within the scope of practice to enable RNs to become IUD inserters. Nurses with advanced certified practice in sexual… Read more »
Notice of 2025 Annual General Meeting
Our 2025 Options for Sexual Health AGM is coming up on September 26th and we’d love to see our members there! Please find the package attached for the AGM. If you have not yet RSVP’d, please email executivedirector@optbc.org and confirm if you will be attending in person or virtually. There will be light refreshments provided… Read more »
2025 Options for Sexual Health AGM
SAVE THE DATE: Annual General Meeting Date: Friday September 26, 2025 Time: Registration: 6:30pm, Formal Agenda: 7:00-8:00pm Location: 3550 East Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V5K 2A7 and virtually by MS Teams (Link will be sent to those who RSVP) Please RSVP noting if you will be attending in person or virtually via this email link. Meeting package will be sent… Read more »
Nanaimo Clinic is reopening!
We’re excited to share that the Nanaimo Options Clinic will reopen on October 20, 2025! Thank you for your patience as we prepared for this reopening, we look forward to welcoming you back soon. Please check clinic’s page for updates.
We’re Looking for New Board Members!
Our Board of Directors is looking to recruit new members – could that be you? Please see Options Board Member Role Description May 2025 for more information on how you can get involved!
Book Review: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Every week or so we’re reviewing books that we found interesting. These books may range from nonfiction to fantasy to informative to escapism. Our hope is that we find something for everyone, and to broaden awareness, access, and information pertaining to sex, sexual health, pleasure, and beyond! This Week’s Book Review We’re back with another… Read more »
Clinic Update February Open Letter
Throughout the past 60 years, Options has provided clinical sexual and reproductive health care to people in BC, with an expansive network of clinics providing birth control, cervical cancer screening, STI testing and treatment, pregnancy testing and options counselling, and general sexual and reproductive health services. We have persevered through so many challenges, and we… Read more »
Clinic Closures – An Open Letter
An Open Letter to Our Patients, Clients, Supporters, and Friends It is with a heavy heart that we share some difficult news. After years of insufficient funding and financial challenges, Options for Sexual Health is faced with the high likelihood that we will be forced to close the majority of our clinics in order to… Read more »
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: Environmental Scan and Report for Strategic Planning
Options will be embarking on a consequential Strategic Planning consultation process in early 2025. In advance of this work, we are requesting proposals to prepare a scan of the landscape(s) within which Options operates. Please see the RFP for more details. Please consider distributing widely within your networks, and note that we are working on… Read more »
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