Canadian Abortion Providers Support – Commuanuté de pratique Canadienne sur l’avortement (CAPS-CPCA) is a virtual community of practice for clinicians and non-clinicians who are interested in providing and supporting medication abortion. CAPS-CPCA was initiated by the Contraception and Abortion Research Team (CART) at the University of British Columbia. In 2017, the first version of the CAPS-CPCA website was released in a subscription-based format to facilitate communications on best practices among medication abortion providers. In 2023, in response to changes in the regulatory landscape and clinical guidelines of medication abortion, CART-GRAC and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada worked together to develop the second generation of CAPS-CPCA, which is publicly available and targets both healthcare providers and allied helping professionals such as community workers, social workers, doulas and counsellors. The second generation of CAPS-CPCA is the joint effort of many individuals and organizations, including:
- Website developer: Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
- Graphic designer: Pinwheel Communication Design (www.pinwheeldesign.ca)
- Translator: Marianne Manuge
- Content reviewer: Andrea Houle, Anna Sherlock, Ashleigh McCullagh-Cheung, Coral Maloney, David Ram, Inna Genkin, Lyndsay Palsson, Mélina Castonguay, Nnamdi Ezugwu, Rahima Alani, Sarah Anderson, Vallée Carol-Anne
We are also grateful for the financial support by Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada. Lastly, we would like to acknowledge the input and support from our partnering physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives and pharmacists, and from our collaborating organizations:
