Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

Walking Our Talk: Everyday Decolonizing

Virtual Training Event March 29, 2023. We look forward to seeing you in this virtual training, which will engage approaches to incorporating decolonization ethics into our everyday practice in nonprofit and community-based work. There will be two featured sessions on March 29th, each focusing on strengthening our approaches to standing against colonialism in our work…. Read more »

  Today in British Columbia, people living with HIV are being denied access to long acting treatments that allow for those living with HIV to receive one injection every one or two months  instead of taking pills every day. Long acting treatment is available in every province in Canada except for British Columbia. People living… Read more »

  The Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) wants to hear from you! Under the leadership of the new Scientific Director, Dr. Angela Kaida, IGH is embarking on a Listening Tour and national planning process to co-create a new strategic plan to guide our work together. Beginning in spring 2023, the IGH team will travel… Read more »

5th Annual BC Substance Use Conference

BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) is very excited to be hosting their 5th Annual BC Substance Use Conference this April, 20–22nd at the PARQ Marriot on the unceded, traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people in what’s colonially called Vancouver. The theme of the conference is The Challenge of Change. There is… Read more »

  via Public Health Agency of Canada The Government of Canada is renewing its federal Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBI) Action Plan. A modernized Action Plan will position the federal response in post-pandemic realities while incorporating an equity lens and the latest scientific evidence in order to accelerate our response to meet global targets…. Read more »

AVI HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (AVI) is a multi-disciplinary community based organisation providing HIV, hepatitis C and harm reduction services out of 5 locations across Vancouver Island. AVI provides services to people living with HIV and hepatitis C and harm reduction clients. We take evidence-based action to prevent infection, provide support, and reduce stigma. We work… Read more »

Job Posting: Educator/Facilitator, Chee Mamuk

  The Chee Mamuk team is growing! Chee Mamuk is a self-determining Indigenous program situated within the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), under the umbrella of the Provincial Health Services Authority. The term Chee Mamuk is Chinook jargon meaning ‘new work’. Rooted in strengths-based approaches, Chee Mamuk works in relationship with Indigenous communities, organization… Read more »

  On February 23rd, PAN sent a letter (below) to the Honourable Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, outlining a call to immediately expand access to Diacetylmorphine (DAM) / Heroin Assisted Treatment (HAT) and other flexible prescribed safer supply (PSS) initiatives for people who use opioids. The letter was developed in consultation with the Coalition of… Read more »

Substance Use News, February 2023

  Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis. Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay safe from Toward the Heart. Visit our Substance Use and Harm Reduction page for more resources.   … Read more »

HIV and Hepatitis C Testing course with CATIE

  You and your coworkers are invited to take part in an upcoming online HIV and Hepatitis C Testing course! CATIE is partnering with PAN to deliver a training course for you and your colleagues in BC and beyond on HIV and Hepatitis C Testing. There is a full course outline below where you can… Read more »

iCOPe HIV global stakeholder survey

  The International Coalition of Older People with HIV (iCOPe HIV) is currently conducting a global stakeholder survey and we invite you to participate! The information you provide will help iCOPe HIV better understand: The unmet needs of older people living with HIV globally; Your needs as providers of support and information for older people… Read more »