Category: Conferences and Events

Date: June 22, 2021 Time: 10-11:30 AM Pacific time For Pride Month this year, Realize is hosting Queer and Trans Conversations about Disability Leadership. This webinar, part of the Real Talk with Realize series, will be hosted by Melissa Egan, National Lead, Episodic Disabilities at Realize and moderated by Heather McCain, Executive Director of Creating… Read more »

HIV in My Day Town Hall

HIV in My Day is a community-based oral history project collecting stories from long-term survivors and caregivers about the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in British Columbia. So far, over 110 interviews have been collected for this project, most of which are available in a publicly accessible digital archive at the University of Victoria. At… Read more »

Volunteer Management Workshops and Seminars

from the Federation of Community Social Services of BC The Federation of Community Social Services of BC is excited to announce the launch of applications and registration for a new series of organizational training workshops and webinars as part of the Community Social Services Training Fund (CSSTF).   Volunteer Management Workshops & Seminars To complement… Read more »

Real Talk with Realize Virtual Townhall Series Igniting East and Southeast Asian Youth Activism on Anti-Asian Racism, Anti-AIDS Stigma & Discrimination, and Anti-Homophobia & Transphobia with Asian Community AIDS Services Date: May 26, 2021 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM Pacific time   Panelists: Justin Anantawan, Youth Activist Michael Arnord, Executive Director at Égides Dany Ko,… Read more »

Updated: Let’s Talk Stigma Reduction!

  About the event Date: Friday, June 11, 2021 Time: 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM Pacific time Let’s Talk Stigma Reduction! is a coming together of diverse individuals, organizations, and communities to discuss stigma from an intersectional perspective as it is experienced/enacted broadly in relation to health and the social determinants of health. Our goal… Read more »

  Join OPEN in its final meeting together for presentations and acknowledgement of the cumulative impact of five years of community overdose prevention, education and response. May 25: 11 AM – 2 PM Pacific time OPEN’s goal was to activate mental health and substance use (MHSU) service providers across British Columbia to respond to opioid… Read more »

  This free online event will gather members of the Fraser Salish Indigenous health research community to learn and share knowledge. Keynote speakers include Dr. Charlotte Loppie, Director of University of Victoria’s Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-led Engagement and Harlan Pruden, Knowledge Translation Lead at Chee Mamuk (BCCDC) and co-founder of the Two-Spirit Dry… Read more »

Register for the HIV in Motion Community of Practice

We invite you to participate in the HIV in Motion Community of Practice (CoP) on Tuesday May 4, 2021 from 9 AM to 11 AM Pacific time. The topic for this session is “May the Fourth Be with You – HIV, Physical Activity and Chronic Pain” If you would like to attend this third HIV in Motion Community of… Read more »

Sex Work, Health and Human Rights book launch April 28

From Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity   Please join us for the international book launch of Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights: Global Inequities, Challenges and Opportunities for Action on Wednesday April 28 at 9:00 AM Pacific time. Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights is the first global textbook co-written by sex workers and academics about… Read more »

Which provinces are on track to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030? Be the first to see the results of the Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination In Canada: 2021 Report. For the last several months, the team at Action Hepatitis Canada has been working to produce this report, the first of its kind in Canada. Using… Read more »