Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

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 »

Substance Use News September 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 »

2023 AGM and Special Keynote Presentation

  PAN will hold our Annual General Meeting virtually on Thursday, October 19, 2023   REGISTER HERE AND JOIN US FOR ONE OR BOTH PARTS   12 – 1:45 PM AGM Keynote (All welcome!) Keynote Panel on “Safer Supply – what needs to change?” Presentation by Charlene Burmeister (Coalition of Substance Users of the North) and Kurt… Read more »

  Via CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks The GLOW Indigenous Health Grant: Guiding Local Opportunities for Wellbeing is a co-created initiative between CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks and Gilead Sciences Canada that seeks to advance health equity within Indigenous communities by enhancing engagement in cultural, HIV and viral hepatitis care. Offering a financial commitment of… Read more »

Canada’s Black Justice Strategy: Share Your Views

Via Department of Justice Canada Black people and Black communities continue to live with the effects of prejudice, discrimination, and hatred—from unconscious bias to anti-Black racism, hate crimes and violence. These systemic inequalities have resulted in the overrepresentation of Black people in Canada’s criminal justice system, including as victims of crime. To address these systemic… Read more »

  Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the launch of the Addressing Infectious and Congenital Syphilis in Canada funding opportunity.   This grant aims to support implementation science for syphilis point of care testing, and new models of care for prevention of congenital syphilis. The total funding amount is $2,750,000, enough… Read more »

Via The Canadian Race Relations Foundation The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) now accepting applications for the second round of our National Anti-Racism Fund (NARF)’s Event and Youth Initiative Grants. The National Anti-Racism Fund is one of the ways that the CRRF supports communities across Canada in the fight against racism and discrimination. Organizations should… Read more »