Let’s stop referrals to anti-choice centres

Saturday, March 21, 2026
10 AM-11:30 AM (PT) • 11 AM-12:30 PM (MT) • Noon-1:30 PM (CT) • 1 PM-2:30 PM (ET) • 2 PM-3:30 PM (AT) • 2:30 PM-4 PM (NT)

Did you know that many Unregulated Pregnancy Centres (UPCs) are listed in provincial directories and other community resource lists? UPC websites and narratives are so deceptive that they can fool the best of us. But any visit to a UPC can pose a danger to the health and rights of a pregnant person. We want to get UPCs removed from these referral lists, and you can help!

In this online workshop, you’ll hear from our panelists about their work to combat these referrals, and learn strategies for how to stop them in your own community, as well as how to alert regulatory bodies to the potential harms.

Speakers

Sean Birdsell (he/him) is the Manager of the Vancouver Island Choice Clinic and a primary care consultant based in Victoria, British Columbia. Since 2021, he has focused on the practical realities of healthcare delivery, combining day-to-day operations with long-term strategy to build systems that match the right patient to the right provider at the right time and keep care running reliably. He also focuses on financial modelling for independent, physician-led, multi-provider clinics, helping teams build viable operating models that support long-term sustainability and protect access to care.

Frédérique Chabot (Fred) has been with Action Canada (AC) since its creation in 2014, most recently as the Director of the Health Promotion team before her appointment as Executive Director. She has over 20 years of experience advocating for sexual and reproductive rights, first at the municipal and provincial levels, then moving to the federal level. Throughout her career, Fred has focused on movement-building and growing campaigning and advocacy capacity across progressive sectors. She serves as a key advisor to several Government of Canada departmental and ministerial teams, and to decision-makers and stakeholders in the health care and sexual health field.