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Contraceptive sponges contain spermicide. They are most effective when you use a “condom”:/birthcontrol/condom/ at the same time.

There is a great new interactive resource on our favourite website, sexualityandu.ca, that gives great information on how to stay on schedule with your birth control if you have forgotten a pill/put in your ring late/left a patch on/etc. “Click Here”:http://www.sexualityandu.ca/sos/index_e.aspx to be taken there.

Everyone is welcome at our sexual health clinics! Call 592-3479 for an appointment.

Our Camosun College location (Lansdowne Campus) will be opening on Sept 17th! We are located on the top floor of Richmond House (brown house near daycare and across from bus stop on Richmond Rd) We will be open Thursdays from 1:30-4:30 and everyone is welcome! You do not have to be a student at Camosun…

Jennifer Gibson is our community educator. “Contact us”:/about/contact/ to get a sexual health workshop for your school or group.

Looking for a book to update your sexual health knowledge while you sit on the beach this summer? Check out our newly updated “reading list”:/resources/reading-list – there are some great titles listed. Many of which are available through your local library or bookseller!

The Island Sexual Health Society is a non-profit agency that has served the Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands communities since 1969. ISHS was formerly a part of Planned Parenthood, and became an independent society in 1986. * *We run sexual health clinics* that are open to everyone. “Call us for an appointment”:/about/appointments/. Our…

Ever wanted a pink, purple, or black condom? We have added these to our coloured (no flavour) selection. This means we now carry: blue, red, yellow, green, purple, pink, and black!! How fun is that?? Stop by our Fort Street location and pick up some today for free!!

According to the “Toronto Teen Sex Survey”:http://www.ppt.on.ca/pdf/reports/TTSreportfinal.pdf teens want more sex ed, are worried about being judged when accessing sexual health care, and prefer to get sexual health information from professional sources such as doctors, nurses, and teachers. The survey is one of the largest surveys in Canada that focuses on teen sexual health. As…

*that* we offer clinic hours 6 days a week @ our Fort Street location? We have consult (talking) and exam appointments available Monday-Saturday every week. Please call 250-592-3479 to make an appointment. *that* you can request to see a female or male physician at our Fort Street location? We have both female and male physicians…