Category: Stories & Insights

On Wednesday, September 23, SERC was featured in another CBC article, following calls from parents to be able to opt their children out of sex ed. J Fiedler, a program coordinator at SERC, was featured in the article, stating that opting out of sex ed is censorship, not collaboration, as the curriculum suggests.   Click… Read More

  On Tuesday, September 22, SERC was featured again in the Winnipeg Free Press regarding calls from parents about opting their children out of the updated sex ed curriculum. J Fiedler, coordinator at SERC, was interviewed for the article. Click here to read the article.    This article was followed by a Letter to the… Read More

On Tuesday, September 15, SERC was featured in a CBC article highlighting positive changes to the new health curriculum in Manitoba public schools. J Fiedler, SERC’s program coordinator, was interviewed by CBC’s Bryce Hoye, who highlighted new additions to the health curriculum, including updates on puberty and sex education, as well as other positive additions… Read More

On Monday, September 14, the Winnipeg Free Press published an article featuring SERC about the new Manitoba public school health curriculum. J Fiedler, one of SERC’s program coordinators, spoke with Maggie Macintosh about the new curriculum, which SERC helped develop and which is being piloted over the next two years. Click here to read the… Read More

On June 25, Kaitlyn White, Program Coordinator in SERC’s Brandon office, was featured in a CBC article about a community-led STBBI testing initiative in Brandon. Click here to read the article. 

SERC was featured in a CBC article after youth came home from a powwow with adult-oriented sexual health materials. Journalist Chelsea Kemp interviewed Kaitlyn White, SERC’s Brandon and Youth Program Coordinator, to find clarity in the situation. Click here to read the article

On Thursday, May 14, Tanya Smith was featured in a Winnipeg Free Press article discussing the effectiveness of condoms as a form of preventive healthcare. The article highlights a group of University of Manitoba students advocating for the Manitoba government to fund free condoms in pharmacies across the province. This initiative comes in response to… Read More

Disclaimer: Sexual violence, gender-based violence, and intimate partner violence. In May, our Co-Executive Director, Gillian Roy, was featured in the Canadian Association of Community Health Centres‘ podcast, Community Matters. In this extensive interview with Hillary LeBlanc, Gillian highlighted many of SERC’s programs and shared success stories from the communities we serve, as well as support… Read More

Pictured from left to right: Yewande Peters (SERC Program Coordinator), Brianna Wentz (SERC Communications Coordinator), Gillian Roy (SERC Co-Executive Director), Lisa Naylor (MLA for Wolseley), Leigh Anne Caron (SERC Co-Executive Director), and Simret Daniel (SERC Program Coordinator). On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, SERC’s 90th anniversary was officially recognized by the Manitoba Legislative Assembly. MLA for… Read More

This month, our Co-Executive Director, Gillian Roy, was interviewed by Ryan Funk of U Multicultural to talk about SERC’s 90th anniversary and 90 years of SERC’s history. Click here to read the article