Vancouver Women’s Health Collective – May Calendar & Workshop on Resiliency
Posted On: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
Category: Conferences and Events
REGISTER NOW for the HPV and Males Webinar – May 6, 2015
Posted On: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
Males and HPV: Burden of Disease and Prevention through Immunization Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 9:00-10:00am PDT This webinar is offered at no charge. Moderator: Dr. Joel Kettner MD, MSc, FRCSC, FRCPC, Medical Director of the International Centre for Infectious Diseases and Associate Professor, University of Manitoba Presentations Vaccine Prevention of HPV-Related Diseases in Men Dr…. Read more »
Call for Abstracts: North American Housing & HIV/AIDS Research Summit on the Social Drivers of HIV
Posted On: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
NORTH AMERICAN HOUSING & HIV/AIDS RESEARCH SUMMIT VIII SEPTEMBER 14 – 16, 2015, Washington, DC The scope of Summit VIII is expanded to include the full range of social drivers of HIV, including poverty, housing status, food security, employment, incarceration, race/ethnicity, behavioral health issues, stigma and intimate partner violence. What impact do these drivers have… Read more »
OHTN’s Online Talk Show: What’s hot with PRAs in Canada part 6
Posted On: Friday, April 24th, 2015
Thursday, May 21st @2:00pm EST “What’s hot with Peer Research Associates (PRAs) in Canada” opens a conversation about community based research that has people living with HIV as main protagonists. Episode 6: “Who Needs Boundaries When You Have Methods?” Does method affect boundaries or do boundaries affect methods? No one knows more about this than… Read more »
The CATIE Forum 2015 – “Making it Work: From planning to practice”
Posted On: Friday, April 24th, 2015
CATIE is hosting its national, bilingual forum October 15 and 16, 2015. Our theme of Making it Work: From Planning to Practice is in response to a pressing need for dialogue and learning regarding the frontline implications of new knowledge and approaches in HIV and hepatitis C prevention, testing, treatment, care and support. Registration is… Read more »
Call for Papers for the 2015 National Indigenous Conferences
Posted On: Friday, April 24th, 2015
Inspired by the hugely successful staging of last year’s Indigenous Conferences in Cairns, the event organizers are now calling for papers for these exciting events: The 2015 Indigenous Men’s and Indigenous Women’s Conferences – September 12-14, Darwin, Australia. The 2015 Indigenous Domestic Violence Conference – October 28-30, Mercure Gold Coast Resort, Carrara, Australia. The 2015… Read more »
Positive Women’s Network – 11th Annual SpringBoard Conference: “The Kids are Alright”
Posted On: Friday, April 24th, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015 11:00am-3:00pm, Blue Horizons Hotel for registration and conference program information PWN’s annual SpringBoard conference is an intimate one day conference with education sessions on things that affect the lives of women with HIV. We look at health, social, legal and community issues for positive women, their families and communities. It’s a… Read more »
Universities Without Walls – “Institutional ethnography & HIV”, an online colloquium hosted by Colin Hastings
Posted On: Friday, April 24th, 2015
Institutional ethnography & investigations into the social dimensions of HIV Wednesday, April 29 2:00-3:00pm EST CLICK HERE to register and watch Colin’s welcome video. This online colloquia will provide an introduction to a form of sociological research called institutional ethnography. As we explore the ways that institutional ethnography can be applied to social studies of… Read more »
Universities Without Walls: “Risky Business”, an online colloquium hosted by Mark Gaspar
Posted On: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
Risky Business: Examining the Role of Risk in HIV Prevention Research and Everyday Life Wednesday, April 15 2:00-3:00pm EST CLICK HERE to register and watch Mark’s welcome video. The concept of risk plays a fundamental role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, shaping our research questions, education strategies, governance and activism. Ultimately, ideas about risk come to… Read more »
Universities Without Walls – Are we prepped for PrEP? An online discussion
Posted On: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
On April 17th, from 12:30 – 1:30 PM EST, we’re hosting our 3rd annual online conference for Canada’s next generation of HIV physicians. “Are we prepped for PrEP?” is an interactive online conference designed to meet the specific educational needs of medical students in our HIV Pre-Clerkship program. This conversation is also open to community members, academics, policy… Read more »
Deadline Approaching for Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) Core Training!
Posted On: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
The deadline is fast approaching for the 8th Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) – Core Leadership Training in B.C., taking place on May 28-31, 2015 at Loon Lake, Maple Ridge, BC. The application deadline is Monday, April 13th at 4:00 pm. Click here for application forms and information on how to apply. The Core Leadership… Read more »
OHTN’s Online Talk Show: What’s hot with PRAs in Canada part 5
Posted On: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Wednesday, April 8th @2:00pm EST It’s show time! Join the 5th edition of our online talk show “What’s hot with PRAs in Canada” for peer researchers and those who work with them. Our host: James Watson from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network and contributor to the unique online resource The Learning Place where everybody can… Read more »