Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

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 »

Webinar: Hepatitis C Testing to Treatment Know-How

Date: Wednesday March 22, 2023 10-11 AM Pacific time We look forward to seeing you at the next webinar in our KnowledgeConnect series. KnowledgeConnect events help frontline organizations build their skills, health literacy, and community connections. We’ll be discussing hepatitis C in our KnowledgeConnect webinar on March 22nd.  Presenter Sofia Bartlett will share knowledge about… Read more »

Webinar: STIBBI Savvy to Support Your Work

Date: Wednesday March 15, 2023 Time: Noon-1PM Pacific time   We look forward to seeing you at the next webinar in our KnowledgeConnect series. KnowledgeConnect events help frontline organizations build their skills, health literacy, and community connections. On March 15th, we’ll welcome Venessa Ryan, who is the Senior Practice Lead in Epidemiology for Clinical Prevention… Read more »

Job Posting: Community Engagement Lead, BCCDC

  The BC Centre for Disease Control is hiring a Community Engagement Lead for Clinical Prevention Services (Sexually Transmitted Infections, Hepatitis and Tuberculosis Services). This role will lead community-facing initiatives for our service line, and will support the ways that we engage with community groups and integrate community perspectives into our work. Some tasks will… Read more »

Webinar: Clinicians as Sources of Mis- and Disinformation

  February 16, 2023 10-11 AM Pacific time   2SLGBTQIA+ people experience poorer health outcomes as a community, due in part to the difficulty of accessing information and care in our health systems that are both gender-affirming and stigma-free. This panel, hosted by Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights as part of Sexual and… Read more »

Webinar on February 15, 9-10:15 AM Pacific time. Dr. Alex Abramovich is a Scientist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and an Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. Dr. Abramovich has been addressing the… Read more »

Survey of health and social service professionals in Canada

The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) and Centre for Sexuality (C4S) are inviting you to participate in a survey focused on how stigma related to sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) shows up in your workplace, as well as your perceptions regarding how your workplace is (or could be) addressing STBBI-related stigma. This survey is… Read more »

  From Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction:  The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) is pleased to announce the call for submissions for the Issues of Substance 2023 conference. [CCSA] acknowledges the principle that all voices should have a platform to share knowledge and experience. With this in mind, we welcome submissions for… Read more »

PAN Letter to Minister of Mental Health and Addictions

  January 31, 2023 Hon. Jennifer Whiteside Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Sent via email: [email protected]   Dear Minister Whiteside: On behalf of PAN, I write to congratulate you on your appointment as Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. In light of the unprecedented drug poisoning crisis that… Read more »