Category: Conferences and Events

The Year in Review: Message from PAN Leadership

Rising to the challenges of our times J. Evin Jones, Executive Director and Board Co-Chairs, Katrina Jensen and Patrick McDougall   Dear Friends, Since the time of last year’s annual report, while PAN and our member organizations have realized many successes, it has been an incredibly challenging year. The overdose crisis is worse than ever… Read more »

  Since March, we have been communicating October 22 as our virtual AGM date, but now we can release the official notice about the business meeting (below), as well as the exciting and timely keynote that precedes it.  Be assured we’ll make sure to take a break between them!  Sign up now, and please spread… Read more »

  Please register to attend: Hope Never Goes Out of Fashion! Resilience to the Clinical and Social Impacts of HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Middle-Aged and Older MSM Date: October 1, 2020 Time: 10 AM- 11 AM Pacific time Register now We are pleased to have Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University… Read more »

HIV Treatment course for people working on Vancouver Island

Working on Vancouver Island? You’re invited to take part in an upcoming HIV Treatment training! CATIE is partnering with AVI Health and Community Services (AVI) to deliver a training course for you and your colleagues on HIV Treatment. This course has been customized specifically for people working on Vancouver Island. Read on for a full course outline. The purpose of the… Read more »

Launching Canada’s World Sexual Health Day Website

  from the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity As CGSHE we are excited to announce that we have partnered with the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) to launch the World Sexual Health Day -Canada platform: www.worldsexualhealthday.ca. Since 2010, the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) has been calling organizations, communities and individuals… Read more »

World Hepatitis Day

July 28, 2020 is World Hepatitis Day World Hepatitis Day 2020 is about the missing millions around the globe who are unaware they are living with hepatitis. British Columbia is part of the picture and Pacific AIDS Network encourages collective effort across the province to find the undiagnosed and link them to care. It takes… Read more »

Pride in Harm Reduction: Rainbow Community Leadership Series

Join AVI Health and Community Services for a sexy series on sexual health and substance use for the LGBTQ2SI+ community, grounded in harm reduction and sex positivity. About this Event Are you interested in making sex safer and more pleasurable? Want to keep yourself and others safe in a party atmosphere? Keen to learn more… Read more »

Summit 2020: November 4-6 In many ways, 2020 has brought unprecedented challenges that make us reconsider how we relate to each other as communities and individuals – and we’re only halfway through the year. In responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing overdose crisis, and police violence towards Black and Indigenous people within and beyond… Read more »

Beyond Blame at HIV2020 Online: Register Now

Beyond Blame: Challenging Criminalization for HIV Justice Worldwide Date: Wednesday July 8, 2020 Time: 6 AM Pacific time   Beyond Blame is a unique opportunity for both new and long-established activists to learn why HIV criminalization matters. Hear about the wide range of initiatives and strategies that have been used by activists around the world… Read more »

Strategem 2020

Strategem 2020 is an amazing online conference – “a hub for meaningful conversation, and a place to turn anger and overwhelm into action” – hosted by a variety of Black organizers and professionals. Full conference access is $199 plus GST and fees. Schedule at a glance Meet the Team

Hep C in Focus: Special Virtual Event

Join us for this special event! Hep C in Focus is a special virtual event featuring presentations, community networking, and resources. Registration provides access to all sessions of the day, which is scheduled to include breaks. You may join any of the sessions using the same registration link. Hep C in Focus is produced in… Read more »