Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

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 »

Via Northern Peer Connections Join us June 13th and 14th from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM at the Quesnel and District Senior’s Center as we come together to celebrate the strength and resilience of our community during this challenging time. This free event is an opportunity to learn about how Quesnel is keeping its community safe,… Read more »

Join Health Initiative for Men (HIM) , PAN and Ribbon Community for an overview of recent changes to the HIV medication landscape in Canada. This webinar will empower frontline staff, educators, and community members with new information on long-acting HIV treatment and prevention options and highlight current realities for accessing long-acting medications for priority populations… Read more »

Syphilis and HIV awareness resources for your community

  Via the Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control at the Public Health Agency of Canada Over the past year, the Public Health Agency of Canada worked with over 250 multisectoral partners – including Indigenous leaders, health professionals, researchers, community leaders, key populations, members of the general public, other federal departments, and provincial and… Read more »

Webinar Thursday, June 6th 2024 10 – 11 AM Pacific time Join this webinar to hear from Women’s Health in Women’s Hands (WHIWH) Community Centre as they share their framework(s) of service delivery from trauma-informed, equity and social justice and intersectional perspectives presented by Wangari Tharao, Director of Research and Programs. This will be followed… Read more »

  Via CBRC This is an invitation to people living with HIV in British Columbia who are interested in informing the delivery of long-acting HIV treatment in Canada.   About Long-Acting HIV treatment HIV treatment has evolved a lot since the mid-1990s. Recently developed long-acting HIV treatment options can help improve the quality of life… Read more »

  Gathering to Share: Head, Heart, Hands Together on Hepatitis C Care November 1, 2024, 8 AM to 4 PM – Calgary, Alberta   Indigenous led gathering that welcomes all to share as we integrate head knowledge, heart engagement and our hands in action to make an impact on hepatitis C care.   Objectives include:… Read more »

Canada Pavilion at at AIDS 2024

  The Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) is pleased to announce an open call for submissions to the virtual Resource Hub for the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024). The Resource Hub is a platform where you can feature your work in the HIV response at the Canada Pavilion under the theme Empowering Communities:… Read more »

Action Hepatitis Canada has recently released Immigration Health is Public Health: Opportunities to improve hepatitis B and C: prevention, diagnosis, and care for immigrants and newcomers to Canada This report and recommendations for policymakers prepared by Action Hepatitis Canada (AHC) focuses on the current landscape of viral hepatitis testing, treatment, and care for immigrants and newcomers… Read more »

Substance Use News, May 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 »