Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

Via Action Hepatitis Canada ​On July 28th, Action Hepatitis Canada joins hundreds of organizations around the world in observing World Hepatitis Day. This year’s theme is It’s Time For Action. By taking part in World Hepatitis Day, you can amplify our call for the Government of Canada, as well as every province and territory, to… Read more »

  From Statistics Canada New data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) shed light on the characteristics of 2SLGBTQ+ persons with disabilities in Canada. For the first time in 2022, the CSD asked respondents their sex at birth, their gender and their sexual orientation. Together, these variables allow for analysis of the 2SLGBTQ+… Read more »

  Via First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) In 2016, BC declared a public health emergency in response to the toxic drug poisoning crisis. Since that time, a continuous flow of toxic and unpredictable supply of drugs have flooded the unregulated drug market leading to unprecedented drug poisoning events and deaths. This has been especially harmful… Read more »

Substance Use News, June 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 »

CBRC Summit 2024: Call for Proposals

From CBRC Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) is excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for Summit 2024, taking place on November 21st and 22nd in Vancouver, BC. Each year, CBRC brings together diverse voices, impactful research, and innovative strategies to improve health outcomes for 2S/LGBTQIA+ communities. Whether your work is in community health… Read more »

  The International Coalition of Older People with HIV (iCOPe HIV) is pleased to share three opportunities to get involved if you’ll be attending AIDS2024 in Munich, Germany at the end of July:   Intergenerational Relationship-Building Events The organizers of the Youth Pavilion (Youthforce) and The Silver Zone (European AIDS Treatment Group & Realize), two… Read more »

via HIV Justice Network [Last] week saw the publication of a powerful and important new book, Criminalized Lives. Based on 24 interviews conducted across Canada over two years with 16 people who were criminally accused of not disclosing their HIV-positive status, author Alexander McClelland details the many complexities of disclosure, and the violence that results… Read more »

Webinar: Hepatitis C Basics Workshop

Are you a service provider who works with people who are disproportionately impacted by hepatitis C? Then this workshop is for you! This 2-hour virtual workshop presented by CATIE and BC Hepatitis Network will introduce hepatitis C transmission, prevention, testing and treatment to support sharing information with their clients and engagement in hepatitis C care. The workshop… Read more »

Attention educators and frontline service providers! We are pleased to be presenting a webinar with Cherlyn Manderson Cortes in recognition of World Hepatitis Day. Join us July 17th at 10 AM Pacific time!  Cherlyn is a Clinical Nurse Educator at the BC Centre for Disease Control. Cherlyn will highlight inter-relationships of STIBBIs including hepatitis, and… Read more »

Funding opportunity: Event and Youth Initiative Grants

  The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)’s National Anti-Racism Fund (NARF) is once again calling for funding applications from organizations across Canada who are planning anti-racist events and youth initiatives in 2024-2025. If your organization wishes to seek funding for events or youth initiatives that will take place between mid-September 2024 and June 30, 2025,… Read more »