Posted On: Friday, January 8th, 2021
A Virtual Series: Session 1 Living Your Best Life with HIV: Wholistic Healing Map as a Potential Framework Friday January 29, 2021 Session 2 Living Your Best Life with HIV: Indigenous Peoples in Canada Monday February 1, 2021 Session 3 Living Your Best Life with HIV: Key Populations Thursday February… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 4th, 2021
From AVI Health and Community Services Last month our Peer Power Project facilitated and delivered a two day Forum focussed on reducing stigma, and bringing peers together to share experiences and skills. It was very successful and had attendees not only from all over the Island but also from as far away as Toronto… Read more »
Posted On: Saturday, December 5th, 2020
Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2021) will be going virtual. CAHR 2021 Virtual will take place in May 2021. CAHR is excited to announce that this meeting will be delivered on a new and exciting technological platform, to provide an interactive and user-friendly experience. Virtual conference participants… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 27th, 2020
AVI Community Health Services is offering a Peer Leadership Forum December 11 and 12. About the Peer Power Project The Peer Power Project has been a six month project run out of AVI Westshore and funded by CAI and the City of Langford. This Project has looked to collaborate with peers to develop and deliver… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 16th, 2020
You are invited to a free online event that includes a screening of HIV: Healing Inner Voices on Dec 3, 2020; 11 AM – 1 PM Pacific time. Register Now – Tickets are limited. Check out our Trailer. In HIV: Healing Inner Voices, the lived experiences and voices of eight diverse Indigenous people living with… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 6th, 2020
On behalf of AVI’s Board of Directors, we would like to invite you to AVI’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday November 24 from 12:00-1:30 PM Pacific time via Zoom. This year’s guest speaker will be Nathan Lachowsky, a community-based HIV researcher, facilitator of enquiry-based learning, and health equity advocate. Nathan, an Associate Professor at the… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
Updated! Click here to view on-demand. Date: Wednesday December 2, 2020 Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Pacific time Registration is open for our next virtual event*. We are pleased to be working in collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) to bring you a day-long virtual event featuring community… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, October 23rd, 2020
The Pacific Hepatitis C Network (PHCN) is excited to invite your participation in a short-term project that aims to gather perspectives, knowledge, and wisdom to inform the multi-stakeholder BC HCV Elimination Forum, scheduled for February 2021. To encourage commitment and action towards eliminating hepatitis C in Canada, the Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CANHepC) plans… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Amid the public health crises of COVID-19 and overdose deaths, plus a heightened awareness of systemic racism that plays out in healthcare and other services, Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week (December 1-5) and World AIDS Day (December 1) are undoubtedly going to look different this year. We welcome hearing what you and your communities are… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020
The Year in Review PAN’s Training and Leadership department offers in-person training events, virtual knowledge sharing and capacity building events; and a wealth of continuously updated resources via our website. As in years past, we have presented a range of in-person events. However, with the emergence of COVID-19, we had to reshape the events… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020
The Year in Review This year has been a busy one for the Community-Based Research (CBR) Department at PAN! We currently support three signature CBR projects – the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index, Making it Work, and Positive Living, Positive Homes. We also support capacity-building relating to CBR with our members and allies… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020
The Year in Review In the last year, through the omnipresent and work-altering impacts of COVID-19, PAN has continued to steer the ‘coordinated and effective community-based response to HIV and hepatitis C in our province’, the stated goal of the Collective Impact Network (CIN). An added uncertainty was that all the community contracts with… Read more »
