Category: Community-Based Research

Working with the Principal Investigator, the Research Coordinator assists in the planning, development, implementation, and coordination of two CIHR-funded studies involving women living with HIV: 1) Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) (0.7 FTE) 2) Women Under Surveilllance: Mapping Criminalization’s Creep into the Health and Social Care of Women Living with… Read more »

New Resource: Peer Worker Support Project

We would like to bring to your attention a great new resource created by Terry Howard, Director of Community-Based Research at Positive Living BC : Peer Worker Support Project: Developing Industry Support Standards for Peer Workers Living with HIV.  The need for this resource, which develops an industry standard of support tools to be used when employing people… Read more »

Invitation to participate in online e-wHEALTH Study

You can participate in this study from anywhere in Canada! What is the e-wHEALTH Intervention? The e-wHEALTH (electronic – Women’s HIV Empowerment And Life Tools for Health) program is a web-based version of the wHEALTH Intervention offering women living with HIV on-line peer case management support. This intervention is aimed at reaching those women who… Read more »

Authors: Olivier Ferlatte12*, Joshun Dulai2, Travis Salway Hottes23, Terry Trussler2 and Rick Marchand2 Background While several studies have demonstrated that gay and bisexual men are at increased risk of suicide less attention has been given to the processes that generate the inherent inequity with the mainstream population. This study tested whether syndemic theory can explain… Read more »

We’re excited to announce that The Learning Place for Community-Based Research has partnered with the Faculty of Education at York University to launch a professional certificate program. Tools for Community-Based Research (CBR) is a 5 week, 25 hour course that incorporates self-directed education modules, live online discussion and in-person seminar discussions to get you ready… Read more »

Sunday, July 19, 2015 7:00am-8:30am Dr. Peter Centre 1110 Comox Street VancouverRegistration: Open to Conference Delegates   Vancouver’s Dr. Peter Centre provides care and support to people living with HIV and coping with social disparities and concurrent health issues including: mental health conditions, addiction, hepatitis C, physical disabilities, homelessness, and trauma. Through a range of… Read more »

This blog was published in 2015. Its title has been changed to reflect Janice’s expanded role to Director of Evaluation and Community-Based Research. Janice Duddy is the Manager of Evaluation with the Pacific AIDS Network – in partnership with the CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (REACH). Janice started working with PAN in August 2013 as the… Read more »

Devyn is a former staff member of PAN. Devyn Flesher, PAN’s Prince George Site Coordinator for the Positive Living Positive Homes study, is a 2nd year graduate student at the University of Northern British Columbia, pursuing a Master’s Degree in Gender Studies. Her Master’s thesis focuses on representations of female sexuality in the Twilight Saga… Read more »

Two new training modules for community-based research

The Learning Place for Community-Based Research in HIV/AIDS has released two new training modules. The CBR Case Study (led by Dr. Kelly O’Brien) walks you through the phases involved in designing and conducting a community-based research study. The Participant Observation module discusses ways of using participant observation as a tool for collecting data about people,… Read more »

The Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Community Based Research Collaborative Centre, a Program of the CIHR REACH Centre, and the CIHR-funded Aboriginal HIV and AIDS Community-based Research Collaborative Centre (AHA Centre) invite you to join in a conversation that we hope will uncover the ‘essential ingredients’ needed to ensure successful and respectful cross-cultural community-based research partnerships…. Read more »