SAVE THE DATE: Options’ 2026 Annual General Meeting Notice of AGM Date: Friday November 6th, 2026 Time: Registration: 6:30pm, Formal Agenda begins at 7 p.m. Location: Hybrid; virtual and in person at 620 Clark Street in Vancouver Our Annual General Meeting is taking place on November 6th, 2026. This meeting will be a combination of virtual and in person (location… Read more »
Category: Options for Sexual Health News
Introducing the SHEC Master Class Series!
High-quality, inclusive sexuality education isn’t a one-and-done training—it’s a lifelong journey of learning, adapting, and growing. In honor of Options for Sexual Health’s 20th Anniversary of our Sexual Health Educator Certification (SHEC) program, we created our brand-new SHEC Master Class Series! Beginning this September, this ongoing professional development series brings together educators, healthcare providers, and… Read more »
Celebrating 20 Years of SHEC
Twenty years! It’s hard to believe, but two decades ago, an ambitious idea turned into a classroom reality. This August marks the 20th anniversary of the Sexual Health Educator Certification (SHEC) program. What started as a localized passion project in British Columbia has blossomed into a community with a truly global reach, training sexual health champions… Read more »
It’s Sex Sense’s 30th Anniversary! Celebrate with us!
It’s ALLLLLL ABOUT SEX SENSE! We’re celebrating a big anniversary this year! Since February 1996, Sex Sense has been answering hundreds of thousands of questions about everything to do with sex and sexual health! Sex Sense is here to answer your most burning questions about sex, so call 1-800-739-7367, or visit SexSense.org to get your questions… Read more »
Welcome to Sex Plus Week!
Welcome to SexPlus Week 2026! As we enter SexPlus Week, we are experiencing both excitement and sadness. We feel hopeful about what is ahead, while also caring deeply about the changes happening at Options, including the reduction of some clinic services. It feels important to be honest about this. Our work in sexual health has… 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 »
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!
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 »
Meet our new Executive Director Tiffany Melius
We are so excited to be working with our new Executive Director Tiffany Melius, who joined us in June. Tiffany is a detail-oriented systems thinker, who brings extensive leadership experiences in nonprofit, health care, and community sectors. Her focus on fund development and her background in developing and implementing strategic and operational plans make her… Read more »
So Glad You Asked: New Weekly Blog by Sex Sense
Hi- this is Robin, a.k.a. Sex Sense. We are thrilled to be launching So Glad You Asked, our new blog, in honour of the 60th anniversary of Options for Sexual Health and the start of Sexual Health Week! Who We Are For the past 20 years, Sex Sense has been answering questions by both phone and… Read more »


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