Since 1988, World AIDS day has been held every year on December 1st as a time for the world’s people, communities, and organizations to reflect, recognize, and act upon the HIV epidemic. In 2011, HIV continues to have a devastating impact on the lives of the millions of people infected and affected by the virus. According…
ISHS has recently formed a youth working group and are looking for more young people to be involved! The youth working group will help to ensure our clinical and educational services are as relevant and accessible to youth as possible. If you are between the ages of 13-25 and interested in sexual health, we’d love…
Our Fort Street location will be closed on Friday November 11, 2011 for Remembrance Day.
As a follow-up to the awesome Pap Awareness Week that ended this past Sunday, we were asked to do an information interview for Shaw’s The Daily on the importance of Pap exams for those people with a cervix. You will see our community education coordinator, Jennifer Gibson, and the awesome Tara Paterson chat about pap…
We’re very excited about participating in the annual Pap Awareness Week! And we want to celebrate with you by offering 2 separate drop in pap screening clinics! Island Sexual Health is hosting 2 drop-in Pap clinics in the Greater Victoria area: 1)Thursday, October 27th from 1:30-4:30 at our Camosun location (Top Floor of Richmond House…
Great news for all of those of you who have been looking for non-latex condoms. We are now able to give 5 condoms per visit at NO charge as in FREE/NO COST/GRATIS! This is addition to female (internal), flavoured, regular, snug, large, and non-lubed condoms for free. We’ve got them at Fort Street already but the other…
ISHS is proud to be part of Pap Awareness week and offer drop-in pap exams with female physicians and nurses at our Fort Street and Camosun locations next week.
Fort Street clinic will be closed on Monday October 10, 2011
Important workshop coming up for parents that is intended to make conversations about sexual health less awkward.
Have you ever felt awkward about calling a previous (or current!) sex partner to get checked for an STI? A new service to BC called inSPOT will take away that pressure. Check out this AWESOME resource here inSPOT is an online service that provides a free, easy and anyonymous way for people to send an…
