Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

BC Hepatitis Network Seeks New Board Members

  BC Hepatitis Network is actively seeking board members (executive and members-at-large). This is an ideal opportunity for a team member (including a person with lived and living experience of viral hepatitis) in a community organization or group who is looking to have an impact at the governance and strategic level.   What’s exciting? BC… Read more »

Substance Use News October 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 and information about alcohol harm reduction. Please check Info for People Who Use Substances to get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay safe from Toward the Heart. New to… Read more »

Substance Use and Addictions Program Call for Proposals 2023

  Via Substance Use and Addictions Program Call for Proposals 2023: Guidelines for applicants   Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) provides contribution funding to other levels of government and to community-led and not-for-profit organizations in Canada. Health Canada is committed to funding projects that promote diversity and inclusion. Projects that discriminate on… Read more »

Island Health Resilience and Safety Grants

Via Island Health: Island Health is seeking Expressions of Interest from not-for-profit organizations, local governments, Indigenous Nations and businesses for initiatives that keep your community safe and healthy. Grants of up to $50,000 are available to launch new and innovative initiatives in communities across Island Health.   Grants are available for projects/initiatives in two areas:… Read more »

Safe, Legal… and Inclusive? Trans Abortion Research Study

Dr. A.J. Lowik is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity. They are currently recruiting participants for their study, “Safe, Legal… and Inclusive?” If you are a trans person aged 14+ and you have accessed, or tried to access, abortion care in Canada, they’d love to hear from you!… Read more »

Share Your Voice: Policing and gender-based violence in BC

Via Battered Women’s Support Services   Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) is excited to announce the launch of our next participatory research project, Colour of Violence II: Race, Gender, and Policing Responses to Gender-Based Violence in BC. We know that police are a primary interface for many survivors of gender-based violence. This project will gather… Read more »

You are invited to a film screening and community meal for the Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. On Sunday Oct 22nd, join the Defund 604 Network and #JusticeForJared to mark the annual, international day of protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation! This event is organized by the Defund… Read more »

Summit 2023 Registration Open

Via CBRC CBRC’s annual knowledge exchange and capacity building conference on 2S/LGBTQ+ health research, programming, and advocacy in Canada takes place in Vancouver on November 16-17 at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel. The Summit aims to promote 2S/LGBTQ+ health care, research, and social services, as well as share best practice applications of, and new research… Read more »

Via Positive Actions The Positive Actions initiative aims to reduce HIV-related stigma in communities across Canada through the creation of peer-led interventions or positive actions. Our belief is that one small action thas the potential to make signidicant change. The Positive Action you create might be the catalyst needed to break HIV stigma in Canada…. Read more »

BC-CfE Webinar: The Interplay Between Pain and Addiction

Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 PM (Pacific time). Register online at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6189982617812155996   Presenter: Dr. Launette Rieb Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia; Pain and Addiction Medicine Consultant, St. Paul’s Hospital; Pain and Addiction Medicine Consultant, ActumHealth   At the end of the webinar, participants will be… Read more »

4th Annual Symposium on HIV and Aging

  Book your spot for the 4th Annual Symposium on HIV and Aging (HIV and Aging WELL: WE Live & Learn Together) Realize and the CTN’s Clinical Care Management Core are pleased to present the 4th Canadian HIV and Aging Symposium — HIV and Aging WELL: WE Live & Learn Together — an exciting event held over 3 days… Read more »

Job Posting for NANDU Project Coordinator/ Community Organizer

  Term: October 15, 2023 – January 15, 2024 Hours: Full time: 35 hr/per wk. Rate of pay: $30/hr.   What is NANDU? NANDU, the Nanaimo Area Network of Drug Users is a membership-led non-profit society. NANDU’s mission is to support, defend and protect the rights of people who use drugs to live free from… Read more »