Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

From the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network   Dear colleague, As you are aware, the next round of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations is taking place next week in Montréal. The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network has joined with Public Citizen, Oxfam America and HealthGap to send an open letter to American, Canadian and… Read more »

  The Canadian Webinar Series on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights would like to invite you the third of a multi-phase series of webinars focused on key aspects regarding the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV in Canada: Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice: Canadian Webinar Series on Implementing the WHO… Read more »

Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education

  Reconciliation through Indigenous Education: a free Massive Open Online Course January 30 – March 13, 2018 Engage with Indigenous knowledge keepers, educational leaders, and resources to enhance your understanding and knowledge of practices that advance reconciliation in the places where you live, learn, and work.   Course Description This course will help you envision… Read more »

Can We Eliminate HIV?

A Canada Communicable Disease Report from last month asked the heavy question, “Can we eliminate HIV?” The report included a number of resources that covered surveillance (disease information), testing and screening information, and editorial perspectives on the status of HIV progression and treatment in Canada.   Resources that PAN members might helpful include: HIV in… Read more »

PrEP: What is it? What does it mean for Indigenous people?

Via Community Based Research Centre for Gay Men’s Health (CBRC)    The CBRC will be hosting a free webinar on PrEP: What Is It? What Does It Mean for BC’s Indigenous People? Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is one way to help prevent HIV. Prophylaxis simply means disease prevention. In this approach, people who do not have HIV… Read more »

You may know CATIE as a great source for resources from across the country (it is), but are you familiar with the online courses that CATIE provides through eduCATIE.ca? Their current offerings are designed to build knowledge of HIV and hepatitis C science.   Make learning work for your schedule Courses are self-directed and are designed for service… Read more »

  Mind Your “Business”: Providing Health Care at the Intersections of Mental and Sexual / Reproductive Health Thursday January 25th, 2018 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET   Every year, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights host their annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week (SRH Week). SRH Week is a promotional and… Read more »

In case you missed it, the BC government released a statement on December 28 saying “British Columbians at high risk of HIV infection will be able to receive pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily oral antiretroviral medication that prevents new HIV infection, at no cost.” This move has long been advocated for by the Community Based Research… Read more »

Via PHAC    The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is pleased to invite eligible organizations to submit applications to advance promising programs and initiatives to prevent gender-based violence (GBV)  in the form of teen/youth dating violence in Canada. Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious public health issue with long-lasting health and social impacts. The gender of both… Read more »

Pacific Hepatitis C Network Hep C Resources in BC Survey

Submitted by Pacific Hepatitis C Network Pacific Hepatitis C Network (PHCN)  has launched a survey to assess Hep C information needs and advocacy interests in BC.  This needs assessment will help our organization and our partners better understand the needs of people throughout BC in terms of information about hepatitis C. The survey is open to… Read more »