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2022 Homelessness Services Association of BC’s Annual Conference

Posted On: Monday, August 29th, 2022

Virtual – September 22-23 Each year, the Homelessness Services Association of BC’s provincial conference brings together over 200 homelessness service providers to engage in professional development and work collaboratively to develop promising practices. HSABC is committed to amplifying diverse perspectives from within the sector. This year’s conference program is centered around people with lived expertise… Read more »

Job posting: Executive Director, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Posted On: Monday, August 29th, 2022

Via Canadian Drug Policy Coalition Job title: Executive Director Reports to: Governing Council The Opportunity: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition seeks a skilled organizational leader and advocate to lead our expanded team to meet this important moment in Canadian drug policy development. The Executive Director will bring insight and skills for strategic drug policy advocacy processes, organizational development and change leadership, fundraising,… Read more »

International Overdose Awareness Day – Time to Act and Remember

Posted On: Friday, August 5th, 2022

On International Overdose Awareness Day this year we’re shouting out to Moms Stop the Harm, a group that was started with love and fury and continues on with the same grace and grit. Moms Stop the Harm is urging everyone to support International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) and has a list of suggestions. Wear and… Read more »

Monkeypox 2022 Outbreak is declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What are the implications?

Posted On: Friday, August 5th, 2022

BC-CfE HIV Care Rounds presents: The Monkeypox 2022 Outbreak is declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What are the implications? Date: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific time. On completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Identify the presentation of Monkeypox (MPX) associated with the 2022… Read more »

PAN and CSUN present to Select Standing Committee on Health on the Drug Poisoning Crisis

Posted On: Friday, August 5th, 2022

In early April, the BC legislature empowered the Select Standing Committee on Health to examine the urgent and ongoing illicit drug toxicity and overdose crisis. This is a non-partisan, all party committee comprised of ten MLAs that have been tasked to come up with recommendations with respect to what reforms and initiatives the province and… Read more »

FoodNOW: Invitation for Face/Content Validation of Questionnaire

Posted On: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022

Exploring Current Nutritional Programming and Resources Available to People Living with HIV/AIDs in Canada: Food NOW Project Established in 2020, FoodNOW (Food to eNhance Our Wellness) is a provincially funded, dietitian-led, community-based, four-phased collaborative initiative based in K’jipuktuk (Halifax), Miꞌkmaꞌki (Nova Scotia [NS]). Led by Dr. Phillip Joy and Dr. Shannan Grant of… Read more »

Indigenous health equity and data collection – decolonizing data and doing research

Posted On: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022

The Indigenous Health Equity self-paced course is a free online resource provided by the Public Health Training for Equitable Systems Change (PHESC) out of the University of Toronto. Recently, Edi Young, a Peer Research Associate with PAN’s Making it Work project, completed the online course and found “the education provided is bountiful.” Making it… Read more »