CBC: Expert calling for Canada to have co-ordinated response to treat endometriosis

Eleanor Coopsammy — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:23:07 +0000

For a disease that affects 1 in 10 women, it may come as a surprise that there’s no co-ordinated response to endometriosis in Canada. CBC’s Faith Fundal met Dr. Devon Evans, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Manitoba, who is calling on the government to treat endometriosis as a national problem.

For the full interview, please visit CBC.

Winnipeg Free Press: Shining a gaslight on ‘what women go through’

Fiona Odlum — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:37:55 +0000

When Ashley Gobeil was 15 years old, she began to experience incredibly painful periods.

“Like bleed-through-a-tampon-in-two-minutes, on the floor in the fetal position the first few days of every menstruation,” says Gobeil, now 41.

Her friends would stare at her open-mouthed when she told them how often she had to change her tampons; Gobeil, meanwhile, couldn’t believe they could keep theirs in all day. The pain began keeping her from school. Suspecting something was very wrong, Gobeil went to her doctor who told her what she was experiencing was normal, and to take a Tylenol.

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CBC: Expert calling for Canada to have co-ordinated response to treat endometriosis

Winnipeg Free Press: Shining a gaslight on ‘what women go through’