Category: Conferences and Events

Virtual Event: Strengthening Community-Based Services

Tools for Organizations to Reduce Stigma and Improve Health Outcomes PAN is excited to host a virtual capacity building event that will showcase two exciting projects designed to help community-based organizations deepen their impact, strengthen culturally safer practices, and support stigma-free services for people with lived or living experience(s) of HIV, viral hepatitis, mental health… Read more »

Victoria Holiday Grocery Program Women living with HIV can be part of the first ever Ribbon Community Holiday Grocery in partnership with Vancouver Island Persons Living With HIV/AIDS Society (VPWAS). Join them in Victoria on Monday, December 15 starting at 11:00 AM. (See full poster below).   To register and confirm the confidential location, call or… Read more »

Via BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner Each year on December 10th, to mark the signing of the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948), BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner seeks to bring awareness to human rights issues in BC. This year, BC’s Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender invites you to participate in… Read more »

World Hepatitis Testing Week Continues

With viral hepatitis, other than getting tested, there may not be any indicators for determining whether you’ve been exposed to or have a current viral hepatitis (hepatitis C (HCV) or hepatitis B (HBV)) infection. As a result, although vaccines and treatment options exist, many people remain undiagnosed with ongoing liver damage and potential to transmit… Read more »

World AIDS Day and Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week 2025

 The initial World AIDS Day in 1988 marked the first ever global health day. The tradition continues, and this World AIDS Day, there are several elements of HIV community work that are being highlighted. The UNAIDS theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response. PAN and allies have been working on this,… Read more »

Kitchen Party and Surrey Grocery

Ribbon Community is offering two incredible programs for November and December. Ribbon Community Kitchen Party A community member will demonstrate how to cook a beloved recipe. Participants will get to taste the meal, and go home with the ingredients to try at home! When: Thursday, November 6 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM (PST) Where: 1101… Read more »

Advocacy Reimagined: Staying Focused and Empowered

On behalf of ViiV Healthcare Canada, CAAN is pleased to invite you to the Advocacy Reimagined: Staying Focused and Empowered HIV Community Summit.   Please join them online for a fully interactive experience on Wednesday, November 12 from 9:40 AM to 3:00 PM (PST). The summit will include simultaneous translation throughout the event to ensure… Read more »

Get your rapid tests for International Testing Week 2025

COCQ-SIDA in Quebec is coordinating International Testing Week in Canada, which will take place from November 17 to 23, 2025. They invite you to take part in this international movement by organizing activities related to testing. Whether it’s a mass testing day, a distribution of self test kits, or information booths on testing and sexual… Read more »

STILL WITH US: A Legacy of HIV/AIDS in the Arts

  The Victoria Arts Council, in association with AVI Health & Community Services, is pleased to announce its presentation of STILL WITH US: A Legacy of HIV/AIDS in the Arts.  This cross-disciplinary project is anchored by an exhibition in downtown Victoria running from 24 October through 1 December 2025. Featuring archival materials, films, and visual… Read more »