Category: Conferences and Events

CATIE/PAN HIV and Hep C Testing Course- register now!

You’re invited to take part in an upcoming online HIV and Hepatitis C Testing course! CATIE is partnering with PAN to deliver a training course for you and your colleagues on HIV and Hepatitis C Testing. Here is a full course outline. so you can find out more. You may register for the course here. CATIE’s… Read more »

Registration for CBRC Summit is now open

Source: CBRC Summit 2024: Vigilance & Vision Canada is on a precipice. With a federal election on the horizon, harbouring the potential of a massive political regime change, queer and trans communities face the possibilities of harsh funding cuts and renewed debates about what it means for us to live, love, and access health care…. Read more »

H.E.A.L. Healthcare web site launch

Via the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health H.E.A.L. Healthcare website launch: Open-access, no-cost anti-colonial learning resource offers art to transform healthcare systems across Canada The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning in Healthcare (H.E.A.L. Healthcare) Project unlocks the potential of arts and humanities to disrupt longstanding and well-established health disparities. Starting from the premise that… Read more »

The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS has sent the following invitation. Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2024 Fall BC-CfE Update on the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Update will address the status of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic with an emphasis on regional efforts to accelerate epidemic control. The program… Read more »

International Overdose Awareness Day events in BC

International Overdose Awareness Day is held every year on August 31st to remember people who have died, fight stigma, and acknowledge people left behind.  The theme for 2024 is Together We Can, “highlighting the power of community when we all stand together.” Visit the International Overdose Awareness Day site to learn more about event history,… Read more »

  Please share this leadership training opportunity for people living with HIV. Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) will be hosting and in-person Core Training “Who am I as a Leader?” Thursday October 31- Sunday November 3, 2024, on the unceded traditional territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam First Nations in in Vancouver, BC. This training… Read more »

Via the HIV Legal Network For immediate release The Government of Canada knows that law reform is needed but has yet to act in Parliament — and the world is watching as international advocates gather at AIDS 2024 in Munich The following statement can be attributed to the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization July 16, 2024… Read more »

CBRC Summit 2024: Call for Proposals

From CBRC Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) is excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for Summit 2024, taking place on November 21st and 22nd in Vancouver, BC. Each year, CBRC brings together diverse voices, impactful research, and innovative strategies to improve health outcomes for 2S/LGBTQIA+ communities. Whether your work is in community health… Read more »

  The International Coalition of Older People with HIV (iCOPe HIV) is pleased to share three opportunities to get involved if you’ll be attending AIDS2024 in Munich, Germany at the end of July:   Intergenerational Relationship-Building Events The organizers of the Youth Pavilion (Youthforce) and The Silver Zone (European AIDS Treatment Group & Realize), two… Read more »

  The Connexion is a non-promotional and non-product-focused learning program by Gilead, developed to bring relevant and up-to-date scientific information on HIV to the Canadian HIV community. Topics for this program are selected based on the community learning needs assessment we conducted. This year, we will explore different topics on HIV and how they are… Read more »

Webinar: Hepatitis C Basics Workshop

Are you a service provider who works with people who are disproportionately impacted by hepatitis C? Then this workshop is for you! This 2-hour virtual workshop presented by CATIE and BC Hepatitis Network will introduce hepatitis C transmission, prevention, testing and treatment to support sharing information with their clients and engagement in hepatitis C care. The workshop… Read more »

Funding opportunity: Event and Youth Initiative Grants

  The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)’s National Anti-Racism Fund (NARF) is once again calling for funding applications from organizations across Canada who are planning anti-racist events and youth initiatives in 2024-2025. If your organization wishes to seek funding for events or youth initiatives that will take place between mid-September 2024 and June 30, 2025,… Read more »