Posted On: Friday, August 31st, 2018
UPDATE, September 26, 2018 Due to scheduling issues beyond our control, we will be recording this webinar for on-demand viewing. Watch the PAN Weekly News for its release. Not subscribed to PAN Weekly News? Subscribe on our home page. PAN’s Positive Living Positive Homes (PLPH) research study is giving us much to think about… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 31st, 2018
Part 1* I had the privilege of attending and presenting at the 9th North American Housing and HIV Research Summit in Washington, DC, on August 1st and 2nd. Launched in 2005, the Summit is a collaboration between the U.S. National AIDS Housing Coalition (NAHC), the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Ontario… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, August 30th, 2018
Substance Use News provides a snapshot of news and resources for those working to support folks who use substances. We share pieces on the social, medical and political responses to the opioid crisis, from advocacy to welcome change. See our Drug Use and Overdose Response page for resources on overdose services, team resilience, governmental reports, policy… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 27th, 2018
Exciting news from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (excerpt): The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) announced Dr. Zabrina Brumme has been appointed Director of Canada’s leading HIV laboratory program. Dr. Brumme will be on secondment from her position as Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 27th, 2018
The story so far… We are pleased to announce that the PAN board is now ready to bring to the membership proposed changes to reflect the needs of our members and to ensure that our governance matches our mission, updated in 2013, to“…lead an inspired, strong, and effective community-based response to HIV/AIDS, HCV, and related… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 27th, 2018
Thursday September 6th, 10 AM Pacific time. In this webinar, national estimates of the number of new HIV infections, the number of people estimated to be living with HIV and Canada’s progress towards global HIV elimination targets will be presented. Nashira Khalil, the Manager of the HIV Estimates Unit will explain why and how these… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 3rd, 2018
The 22nd International AIDS Conference took place July 23-27, 2018 in Amsterdam. Now that the conference is over and people are making their way back to their home countries, the second wave of information is swelling across the internet: summaries, reflections, and calls to action are being published. There are many worth reading; here are… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 3rd, 2018
BC is in the midst of a Public Health Emergency. Last year 1422 people died of an unintentional overdose. Every community is struggling with the issue of substance use and overdoses. Join us for two days of expert speakers and workshops on how we can work together to find solutions to support people in… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018
HIV Criminalization Updates Thursday, August 9, 2018 – 7:00 PM Positive Living BC – 2nd floor meeting room Join us at the Positive Living BC 2nd floor meeting room immediately following our Annual General Meeting. The Positive Living BC, Annual General Meeting is a Members only event but the Community Forum presentation will be… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018
YouthCO and Pivot Legal Society are working together to hear from young people about what information they would like to have about calling 911 at the scene of an overdose, what might stop youth from calling 911, and what format is most useful for them to receive information about calling 911…. Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 30th, 2018
Date: Tuesday Aug 14 5:30-8pm Location: Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society, 442 Leon Ave, Kelowna, BC A Mile in Our Moccasins is a short film that was co-created by five Indigenous youth. Working together they created an Indigenous Youth Speaker Series, a project developed as a way to provide the information and guidance around HIV and sexual… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 30th, 2018
Given that World Hepatitis Day was held on July 28th, PAN staff took some time to reflect on the forward movement of this year in respect to hepatitis c (HCV) in BC. February proved to be an exciting month, as the Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC) published a paper calling on government and policy-makers to… Read more »
