Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

Job posting: Knowledge Specialist, Harm Reduction Programming, CATIE

Posted On: Thursday, September 5th, 2024

Position Title: Knowledge Specialist, Harm Reduction Programming Service: Knowledge Exchange Reports to: Manager, Community Programming Position(s) Supervised: None Status: Full-time, Contract (two years) Location: Remote and hybrid Salary: $60,000*   About CATIE CATIE strengthens Canada’s response to HIV and hepatitis C by bridging research and practice. We connect healthcare and community-based service providers with the… Read more »

Get your tests for International Testing Week!

Posted On: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024

Via Coalition PLUS (contact info below) This year, International Testing Week (ITW) will take place from 18-24 November 2024. Coalition PLUS has succeeded in getting different companies to donate tests for participating organizations. In Canada, only Biolytical products are approved for use, but there are several different ones. To participate, groups are asked to use… Read more »

Building Team Strength From the Ground Up

Posted On: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024

Register now! On October 9th we are hosting a 3-part virtual event to help you strengthen your organization’s roots and growth. Three related sessions will help your team examine your organizational health, centre people with lived and living experiences, and strengthen your community connections. The day will begin with an interactive workshop on Nonprofit Lifecycles… Read more »

Job posting: Program Manager, Moms Stop the Harm

Posted On: Thursday, August 29th, 2024

Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH) is a network of Canadian families impacted by substance use related harms and deaths. We advocate to end substance use related to stigma, harms and death. Position Details Contract: 6 months (March 31, 2024) with the possibility of extension; dependent on funding Hours: Part time (32 hours/week) Compensation: $35/hour Benefits:… Read more »

Substance Use News, August 2024

Posted On: Monday, August 26th, 2024

Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Subscribe to our newsletter for information weekly- scroll to the bottom… Read more »

My participation experience in a community consultation event

Posted On: Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Monte Strong from PAN shares his experience of being part of a community consultation event hosted by the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) that took place at the Centre for Sexuality in Calgary, AB on July 31st, 2024. In addition to working as a Research Coordinator and PLDI Trainer at PAN, I occasionally participate in… Read more »

International Overdose Awareness Day events in BC

Posted On: Monday, August 19th, 2024

International Overdose Awareness Day is held every year on August 31st to remember people who have died, fight stigma, and acknowledge people left behind.  The theme for 2024 is Together We Can, “highlighting the power of community when we all stand together.” Visit the International Overdose Awareness Day site to learn more about event history,… Read more »

Webinar with CATIE: Previewing Canada’s draft guideline for HIV PrEP and PEP

Posted On: Monday, August 19th, 2024

September 5, 2024 10- 11 AM Pacific time. Join CATIE for a webinar to get an advance look into the draft update to Canada’s HIV pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP) guideline. Developed by a diverse team of healthcare and community health professionals, the guideline provides evidence-based recommendations to optimize the delivery of these… Read more »

Substance Use News, July 2024

Posted On: Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Subscribe to our newsletter for information weekly- scroll… Read more »

New Research & Evaluation Treehouse Resources, July 2024

Posted On: Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

Research and evaluation both offer opportunities for learning and community building in meaningful ways. We see research and evaluation like two different trees with different origins that are intertwined in methods and analysis yet also separate in what they can tell us. We see this relationship as beneficial to both evaluation and research. Read more about… Read more »

Putting pressure on the Government of Canada to keep its promises

Posted On: Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

  The Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization marked the launch of the 2024 International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany, by sharing with policymakers personal messages from people living with HIV (PLHIV). The Coalition invites you to listen to the stories of these PLHIV who have bravely and poignantly shared what the threat of criminalization… Read more »

Decolonizing Data Analysis Methods

Posted On: Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

The Making it Work project was an Indigenous-focused, community-based research project that uses an Indigenized ‘realist evaluation’ approach. The study aimed to understand what works best for people living with HIV, hepatitis C, and/or challenges with mental health or substance use, who are accessing community-based services. Realist Evaluation is designed to go beyond asking ‘if’ a program… Read more »