Category: Conferences and Events

New PHAC Webinar: Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System Website

Posted On: Thursday, January 30th, 2014

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2014 1PM EST* The Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System has been operating since 1924.  A website has recently been launched that allows users to explore the data in detail, generating charts and graphs, with data tables and limitations of the data provided. This presentation will walk potential users through the functionalities of… Read more »

Exploring Effective Interventions for Viral Hepatitis, STI and HIV Prevention

Posted On: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

February 26 – 28, 2014, Richmond, BC  Registration Deadline: Friday, January 24th @4:00pm The Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) is excited to announce that we will be hosting a two and a half day conference for PAN member organizations and other allied/partner organizations, where frontline prevention, education, harm reduction, health promotion workers and program managers and… Read more »

CAHR Mid-Career Level HIV Researcher Workshop

Posted On: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Banff (March 16-18, 2014) CAHR is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the first ever Mid-Career level HIV Researcher Workshop. This workshop will be held in partnership with Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative Alliance Coordinating Office, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research. This workshop is co-chaired… Read more »

Call For Abstracts for AVI’s First Annual MEN’SCAPES

Posted On: Thursday, December 12th, 2013

MEN’SCAPES: Reshaping the terrain of men’s lives on Vancouver Island Within the world of queer men, recently there has been a strong focus on intersectionality; specifically, how various social factors and identity parameters have influenced the resiliency and/or struggles of queer men and men that have sex with men. Trans* men, bi men, men who… Read more »

Webinar: Prevention of Transmission of MERS-CoV in Acute Care Settings: Interim Guidance

Posted On: Thursday, November 28th, 2013

Thursday, Dec. 5th 2013 @1:00pm EST The Public Health Agency of Canada has developed interim infection prevention and control guidance for healthcare organizations and healthcare workers for the management of patients presenting to acute care facilities in Canada, with suspected or confirmed Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. Join us for this webinar where… Read more »

Riding the Current Evidence – Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference

Posted On: Thursday, November 21st, 2013

Nov. 22- 24th Simon Fraser University Vancouver, Harbour Centre This year’s conference will be focussed on moving towards an evidence-based and health-oriented approach to drug policy reform. It will give community members, youth and students access to information on the best practices and evidence regarding these policies. Conference attendees will learn about the impact drug… Read more »