message from the team

Through the Ask Us Project we seek to learn the factors that influence youth contraceptive access in Canada. We want to understand what matters most when youth make decisions about which methods to use, from the perspectives of both youth and their health care service providers.

We will produce evidence for healthcare regulators, decision-makers, providers, and youth, to support equitable, accessible, high-quality contraception care. Ultimately, we aim to empower youth to take control of their fertility on their own terms.

This project is led by a national, multidisciplinary team of youth, researchers, clinicians, decision makers and advocates. We follow a youth-led, equity-focused approach where youth participants are valued partners and collaborators in our research. Our approach is supported intersectional feminist methodology, and trauma and violence-informed research.