About Us

WHC is a feminist community health clinic in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since 1981, we have offered a range of services.  We maintain the name Women’s Health Clinic due to the history and ongoing need for a safe place for women. We welcome other genders including Two-Spirit, genderqueer, trans and non-binary people.  We also welcome cisgender men in some programs, recognizing that there can be barriers to care for all genders. For more information on our programs and who we serve click here.

Our holistic approach to health emphasizes prevention, education and action.  We encourage people to learn all they can about what contributes to their health and well-being so they can make informed choices.

Mission & Vision

MISSION: Women’s Health Clinic offers sexual, reproductive and mental health care and support for people of all genders.

VISION: We promote people’s agency as we believe that all people should be empowered to take care of their mental, emotional, physical, sexual, and spiritual health and well-being.

 

Our Values

Our approach to service delivery is based on the following principles and consistent with our organizational values. We use these principles to guide our programs, policies and actions.

  • We believe people are experts in their own health care. We listen and learn together.
  • We believe everyone has the right to make their own choices.
  • We recognize and honour intersectionality. We understand that all people have multi-layered experiences and identities.
  • We use an anti-oppressive approach. We embrace feminist, anti-racist, intersectional, inclusive, and 2SLGBTQ+ experiences and frameworks, and reflect these through our staff, volunteers, and Board of Directors.
  • We commit to the principles of decolonization and reconciliation, and to integrating the TRC calls to action in our work.
  • We advocate and amplify people’s voices.
  • We celebrate our diversity and embrace having fun together.

Land Acknowledgment

We provide services to all nations on the traditional and ancestral lands of Anishinaabeg, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Denesuline and Nehethowuk Nations. We acknowledge Manitoba is located on the Homeland of the Red River Métis and that northern Manitoba includes lands that were and are the ancestral lands of the Inuit. 

We are thankful for the benefits that sharing this land has provided us. We acknowledge that Winnipeg takes its drinking water from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.  

We acknowledge that the acts of colonization which our part of our history have caused deep, lasting harm which continues today. We respect the spirit and intent of Treaties and Treaty Making. We remain committed to working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in the spirit of truth, reconciliation and collaboration.