The Nila desk
News
Vol. 1
2026
Announcements, partnerships, press, and product notes from the Nila team. Short, dated, and honest. For the long-form work, see Nila Originals.
2026
11 posts- EventSeptember 3, 2026
Nila hosts a World Perimenopause Day fireside, Sept 22
A free online session on Sept 22 at 11 a.m. Pacific: perimenopause beyond hormones, with clinicians and lived experience. Recorded for anyone who cannot make it live.
- EventSeptember 3, 2026
World Menopause Day: Menopause Myths, Debunked — Oct 18
Free and online on Oct 18 at 9 a.m. Pacific, 5 p.m. UK, built around this year's international theme of chronic pain at midlife. Recorded.
- EventSeptember 3, 2026
Menopolooza brings The Daring Way™ to Victoria, Oct 3 to 4
Our partner Menopolooza is running a two day intensive in Victoria, BC. Music, movement, medicine and a fair bit of mischief.
- EventSeptember 3, 2026
Sole Sister Ramblers and Nila co-host the Hormone Literacy Challenge
Twenty eight days, one short post a day, on the hormones nobody taught us. Walk and read at your own pace. No catching up required.
- EventSeptember 3, 2026
The Inside Work retreat runs Sept 13 to 19 on Gabriola Island
A five day women's menopause retreat with Bryn Meadows (MPCC, RPC) and Dr. Tracy Rodgers (FRCSC, OB-GYN), hosted by our partner The Healing Institute.
- PartnershipAugust 17, 2026
Sole Sister Ramblers: walking together through midlife
A global community of midlife women who walk together. Nila co-hosts the Hormone Literacy Challenge.
- PartnershipSeptember 1, 2026
Menopolooza: music, movement, medicine and mischief
A partner room for peri, meno and post. Nila and Menopolooza run programming together, not ads.
- PartnershipAugust 20, 2026
The Inside Work: a women's menopause retreat
A five-day retreat with The Healing Institute on Gabriola Island. Partner programming, not a paid spot.
- From the deskAugust 26, 2026
Your wearable's numbers are estimates. Here's how we treat them.
A lawsuit against Oura is a good moment to say plainly what Nila does, and does not do, with the numbers your phone, watch or ring sends us.
- PressJuly 30, 2026
Fierce Healthcare: free research hub to demystify menopause
Fierce Healthcare on Nila's launch and the free, sourced research library behind it.
- PressJuly 15, 2026
FemTech Canada: menopause has a map now
FemTech Canada on Nila bringing Android into closed testing and the Canadian femtech angle.
Long form
Nila Originals
Researched essays from the desk. Longer than a note, sourced, and written to be argued with.
- Nila Original · September 3, 2026 · 7 min readThe 228% isn't the story. Why it took this long is.Manulife Canada reports hormone therapy claims among women 45 to 54 rose 228% between 2021 and 2025. That number is real, and it's being read on the wrong scale. A response from the Nila research desk.
- Nila Original · August 26, 2026 · 9 min readYour ring does not know how last night feltWearables are everywhere in midlife health now. Here is what the validation research actually says about sleep tracking, where midlife women sit in that evidence, and the rules we set for ourselves before bringing Apple Health and Health Connect data into Nila.
- Nila Original · July 9, 2026 · 14 min readMenopause care in Canada is stretched thin. Here’s where that leaves you and where we’ve decided to stand.The president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada has publicly named the gap in menopause care. A national women’s health framework bill is moving through the Senate. In the years it’ll take to close the gap, this is what we’re seeing and the line we’re trying to hold.