Posted On: Monday, February 13th, 2023
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 »
Posted On: Monday, February 13th, 2023
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 »
Posted On: Friday, February 10th, 2023
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 »
Posted On: Friday, February 3rd, 2023
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 »
Posted On: Friday, February 3rd, 2023
LetsStopAIDS is currently holding The Winning Seed Contest for young people (15-29) who want to make positive change in their communities but may not have the resources required to do so. All you have to do is pitch your idea to us and you could be in with a chance of winning a microgrant… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 3rd, 2023
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 »
Posted On: Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
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 »
Posted On: Monday, January 30th, 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. Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay safe from Toward the Heart. Visit our Substance Use and Harm Reduction page for more resources. … Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 30th, 2023
Introducing OSAC The PAN team is excited to be in the development phase of the Organizational Stigma Assessment Cycle Project (OSAC). The push for this project came from community input over the past few years at the Stigma Reduction Deliberative Dialogue and Let’s Talk Stigma Reduction. Identifying steps for action at the events, participants said… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 27th, 2023
Via Journal of Sexual Health Guest Editors: Christian Hui, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada Brent Allan, ASHM, Australia Bruce Richman, Prevention Access Campaign, USA Cedric Pulliam, Prevention Access Campaign, USA Mary Ann Torres, International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), Canada Vuyiseka Dubula, Centre for Civil Society (University of KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa Jason Ong, London… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 27th, 2023
Via First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) With the toxic drug crisis in British Columbia (BC) continuing to disproportionately impact First Nations people, it is crucial to support innovative, community-based and grassroots harm reduction initiatives to curtail the risk of overdose. The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is committed to supporting community-driven, Nation-based initiatives that… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 27th, 2023
On January 19th, the HIV Legal Network released its newest brief “A gender-centred dialogue on alternative justice responses to HIV non-disclosure criminalization”. Funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada, the brief synthesizes and builds upon the roundtable we co-hosted with WHAI and CAAN in June 2022. The objective of the roundtable was to gather cross-sector… Read more »
