Posted On: Thursday, December 11th, 2025
On the heels of our successful PLDI Pilot Online Facilitation Training in October 2025 – please find: Training on Governance: find out how your voice can make a difference “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu” This means that if you’re absent from decision-making, your interests may be overlooked,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 8th, 2025
Update (December 15, 2025) : BC-CfE’s World AIDS Day 2025 event recording now available! On Monday, December 1st, 2025, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) alongside the Health Initiative for Men (HiM), Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) and Providence Health Care (PHC), marked World AIDS Day at St. Paul’s Hospital with a passionate call… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 1st, 2025
December 1st marks both World AIDS Day (WAD) and the start of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week, offering an important moment to reflect on progress, renew commitments, and honour the communities and leaders who continue driving BC’s HIV response forward. At the heart of PAN’s work is a commitment to centring community knowledge, particularly the leadership and… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Get weekly substance use news by subscribing to our newsletter: scroll… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 17th, 2025
Vancouver Foundation is pleased to share their 2026 Grant Calendar to provide you with predictability, lead time, and information about funding opportunities as we head into the new year. The calendar outlines details about all open call grant programs and includes: When applications open What each grant program supports What type of funding is available,… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 14th, 2025
November 17, 2025 marks the start of the World Hepatitis Alliance’s World Hepatitis Testing Week. This week also happens to be International Testing Week in Canada coordinated by CoCQ-SIDA in Quebec. Both organizations offer promotional tools and invite you to take part by organizing activities related to testing. In British Columbia, the growing burden… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 3rd, 2025
The initial World AIDS Day in 1988 marked the first ever global health day. The tradition continues, and this World AIDS Day, there are several elements of HIV community work that are being highlighted. The UNAIDS theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response. PAN and allies have been working on this,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 27th, 2025
The purpose of PAN’s Testing Guidance Project provincial consultation is to seek your expertise around the key roles that are (or could be) played by peers and community health workers in STBBI testing and linkage to care – and what best supports this work. These consultations will lead to the development of a guiding… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 27th, 2025
Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Get weekly substance use news by subscribing to our newsletter: scroll… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
PAN’s Annual General Meeting took place on October 16, 2025 and Dr. Sofia Bartlett was our keynote speaker: “Let’s Get It On! Working Together to Equitably Eliminate STBBIs in British Columbia by 2030″ Over the past five years, British Columbia has seen major shifts in how sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) – including… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
**Please note** We unfortunately had a glitch on our PLDI National site with our PLDI online application form. Any applications filled for the upcoming Online Core Training between Wednesday October 29 – Wednesday Nov 5, were not received in our system… so no info captured. We apologize for the inconvenience and this has since been corrected. The application deadline… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
At the end of this year, we are saying fare-thee-well to two staff members who have made a huge difference impact here at PAN, and who each have offered up a long career of service and excellence in our sector! Reliable, supportive, and the generous with their time, both Janet Madsen and Stacy Leblanc have… Read more »
