Posted On: Tuesday, June 30th, 2020
This post comes to us via ANKORS, a PAN member group that operates in the Interior region. Learn more about their work. In 2016, British Columbia declared a public health emergency, due to the alarming increase in overdose deaths in the province. While targeted responses have been implemented at provincial, regional, and local levels and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 29th, 2020
Summit 2020: November 4-6 In many ways, 2020 has brought unprecedented challenges that make us reconsider how we relate to each other as communities and individuals – and we’re only halfway through the year. In responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing overdose crisis, and police violence towards Black and Indigenous people within and beyond… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 29th, 2020
Beyond Blame: Challenging Criminalization for HIV Justice Worldwide Date: Wednesday July 8, 2020 Time: 6 AM Pacific time Beyond Blame is a unique opportunity for both new and long-established activists to learn why HIV criminalization matters. Hear about the wide range of initiatives and strategies that have been used by activists around the world… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, June 26th, 2020
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, PAN has been convening standing meetings with Executive Directors and program leads of our member and allied organizations – and at that table we repeatedly heard about the challenges in accessing safer supply across BC. Last week PAN sent a letter to Minister Dix (Minister of Health) and Minister… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 22nd, 2020
From PASAN Join us on June 24, 2020 at 11 AM Pacific time (2:00 PM Easter time) for Indigenizing Federal Work, featuring Johnathan Peltier and Doris Peltier. They will speak to us about the importance of Indigenous Kinship for Families and their loved ones who are incarcerated and share their story with us! Join us… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 22nd, 2020
Strategem 2020 is an amazing online conference – “a hub for meaningful conversation, and a place to turn anger and overwhelm into action” – hosted by a variety of Black organizers and professionals. Full conference access is $199 plus GST and fees. Schedule at a glance Meet the Team
Posted On: Monday, June 22nd, 2020
The Dr. Peter Centre is creating a Community of Practice HUB for frontline service providers, health care professionals, and policymakers to build capacity in establishing and operating emergency shelters where people may need to use drugs and/or Urgent Public Health Need Sites (also known as Overdose Prevention Sites). To learn more or register for the… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020
The horrific murder of George Floyd and countless others, including Tony McDade and Regis Korchinski-Paquet – and the explosion of protests and actions towards social justice in its wake – have led us at PAN to think more deeply about policing practices and their impacts. We, like many, have witnessed the impacts of policing… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 15th, 2020
We heard from community that there was a need for accessible, clear information about HIV to support front-line staff working in housing. So, adapting content originally published by CATIE, we have created a new module for the HIV Housing Toolkit to do just this! This new module “HIV Information for Housing Staff” is the ninth… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, June 12th, 2020
Date: Thursday June 25, 2020 Time: 9:30 AM Presenters: Chris Draenos, Darren Ho, Community Based Research Centre After years of advocacy, Health Canada is expected to approve the first HIV self-test in the country over the coming weeks. As testing is the critical first step in HIV prevention, treatment, and care cascade, HIV self-testing will… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, June 5th, 2020
Via the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Dear National Partners: I am reaching out to invite your organization to endorse a joint open letter to Minister of Women and Gender Equality Maryam Monsef, calling on her to include sex workers in the COVID-19 response. The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, one of the allied group members of… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
We oppose anti-Black racism, and strongly condemn all acts of anti-Black discrimination and violence. We acknowledge that racism towards Black people and other people of colour has not ended, but continues to exist and create harm every day. We stand in solidarity with Black communities everywhere. Racism – individual, interpersonal, institutional and structural –… Read more »
