Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

Trans Youth Survey 2024

  Trans youth know best: Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey 2024. Are you between 14 and 25 years old and live in Canada? Do you identify as trans or non-binary, or feel your gender doesn’t match your body? You are invited to to participate in this anonymous survey developed by a team of health researchers… Read more »

Substance Use News March 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 »

Dealing with stigma and its negative impacts on people living with HIV continues to be an important topic of discussion in the PAN network and beyond. Where prioritization could shift in reducing the effects of stigma, however, is to focus on the strengths of people living with HIV. Evidence from the qualitative study, “People with Lived… Read more »

Job posting: SAFER Support Worker (Casual), AVI

AVI Health & 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 more than 500 people living with HIV and hepatitis C and more than 3000 harm reduction clients. We take evidence-based action to prevent infection,… Read more »

Job posting: Senior Manager, AVI (Victoria office)

Location: Victoria office AVI Health & Community Services (AVI) is a multi-disciplinary community-based organization, providing HIV, hepatitis C, substance use and mental health services across Vancouver Island. We work within a social justice and health promotion framework – ensuring equity and access to services for all – and from a harm reduction perspective, understanding that clients… Read more »

BC overdose prevention technology funding initiative

From BC Non-Profit Housing Association A new $1-million initiative, administered by BC Non-Profit Housing Association and funded by BC Housing, aims to help by funding overdose prevention devices in eligible supportive housing buildings, emergency shelters and transition houses across the province to supplement the housing societies’ overdose prevention and response strategies. Through the initiative, housing… Read more »

Updated with on-demand recording   Meet the team, see the vision, and learn how BC’s new STBBI dashboard can support your work. The dashboard team includes community members and BC Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC) staff. This webinar shares their vision for a tool that is easy to use and understand. The dashboard information… Read more »

Intended Audience: Healthcare professionals looking for a syphilis public education resource Community educators looking for a syphilis community education resource People who are sexually active with multiple partners who want to learn more about syphilis People in general who want to learn more about syphilis This blog series specifically focused on periods of time for… Read more »

  One of the most important phases of research is knowledge translation, which is about all the steps taken to create awareness of research activities and findings so they can be put into practice by decision-makers, professionals, and the public. Knowledge translation can be viewed as a mechanism for change. If research information can be… Read more »

From the BC Viral Hepatitis Elimination Roadmap team     The BC Viral Hepatitis Elimination Roadmap Service Mapping Survey has now launched. We are collecting responses to this survey until April 8th, 2024, so please complete it as soon as possible, and share this invitation with anyone else who you think may wish to complete it.  Our ask… Read more »

Location: AVI Comox Valley office AVI Health & Community Services (AVI) is a multi‐disciplinary community based organization providing HIV, hepatitis C, harm reduction and mental health services on Vancouver Island. AVI works within a social justice and health promotion framework to ensure equity and access to services for all. In the North Island, AVI provide services in… Read more »