Posted On: Monday, September 12th, 2016
Hope you will enjoy HepCBC’s SUMMER, 2016 hepc.bull newsletter. This is our LAST NEWSLETTER to you in this format as we are transitioning to sending all of our news out via our website, Facebook site, and You Tube Channel. It’s been over 20 years, and we are so proud of what our bulletin has accomplished and the many lives it has touched,… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
The victims of Canada’s tainted blood scandal, those involved in the 1986-1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement, have won their court case against the Attorney General of Canada. The settlement claimants will now share the $207 million remaining compensation fund surplus. Instead of being returned to the government, most of the remaining surplus will now go… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, February 15th, 2016
Posted On: Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
Posted On: Thursday, October 1st, 2015
While media headlines focus on individuals prosecuted for alleged HIV non-disclosure, we know that the impacts of criminalizing HIV non-disclosure go far beyond those who are formally charged. I was therefore delighted to learn in April that our 3-year community-based research (CBR) proposal to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research had been approved. Titled “Women… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 27th, 2015
Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome (WKS), also called wet brain, is a very dangerous and under-diagnosed condition most commonly seen in in people who chronically misuse alcohol. Korsakoff’s psychosis, and alcoholic encephalopathy is the combined presence of Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff’s syndrome. Due to the close relationship between these two disorders, people suffering from both are… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, June 4th, 2015
When: Friday, June 26 at 10-11 am PST. If you are interested in joining the meeting, please register here: https://stacyl.clickmeeting.com/CoP_June_26/register If this is your first time joining the CoP, please send me an email and I can give you a quick overview of how the CoP works and some tips on how to use the technology most… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, June 4th, 2015
For everyone that missed PAN’s February Skills Building Conference, please check out this resource developed by Yvette Perrault. Find the Link to the document by clicking here: When Grief Comes to Work_e
Posted On: Friday, May 15th, 2015
I hope that you will be able to join our next Community of Practice for Mental Health, Substance Use and HIV/HCV on May 27 @ 2:30-3:30. Come share what’s on your mind! Please click here to register. Please save your email confirmation as you will need it to log in to the web based part of… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
Thanks to the availability of potent combination anti-HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART), many people with HIV are living longer in high-income countries such as Canada. As a result, researchers in the HIV field are able to explore a range of different issues in the lives of this population. One such issue is intimate… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved. Originally… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 9th, 2015
On April 24, 2015 at 10-11 am, PAN will be hosting our next monthly Community of Practice meeting. If you are interested in joining an ongoing supportive group for Frontline Workers interested in mental health and substance use- this is the place to meet! To register, please click on this link: https://stacyl.clickmeeting.com/CoP_April_24/register Save your email confirmation-… Read more »
