Category: PAN News and Events

Fall 2022 PAN COVID update

  Last spring, we committed to providing our members and allies with an update in September on our workplace practices and policies, with a view to the ongoing COVID-19 situation.  Here then is that update! Communicable Disease Prevention Plan Our communicable disease prevention plan, designed to reduce the risk of workplace transmission of COVID-19 and… Read more »

Job Posting: Evaluation Specialist

  Position: Evaluation Specialist Status: 0.747 FTE (28 hours per week) Time Period: Position is available immediately – position end date is March 31, 2022 with a possibility of an extension Remuneration: $55,000 – $62,500 based on experience and prorated to 0.747 FTE (28 hours/week) Location: Anywhere in the province Posting: Posting will remain active… Read more »

Position: Project Coordinator; Small Urban, Rural, and Remote (SURR) Harm Reduction Status: Part time – 9 hrs per week (0.24 FTE) Time Period: October 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023 (with possibility of extension) Remuneration: $9,450 ($52,500 annual salary prorated to 0.24 FTE) Location: Flexible, working virtually. Preferably located in a Small Urban, Rural or… Read more »

Substance Use News August 2022

Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay safe from Toward the Heart. Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis. Visit our Substance Use and Overdose Response page for more information… Read more »

Job Posting – Research Trainee, Making it Work Study

    Position: Research Trainee, Making it Work Study Status: Part time –15 hours/week (0.4 FTE) Time Period: October 1st, 2022 – March 31st, 2023 (with possibility of extension) Remuneration: $9,750 over the 6-month contract ($25/hour) Location: Flexible (working virtually) within British Columbia   About the Making It Work Project Making it Work is an… Read more »

On International Overdose Awareness Day this year we’re shouting out to Moms Stop the Harm, a group that was started with love and fury and continues on with the same grace and grit. Moms Stop the Harm is urging everyone to support International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) and has a list of suggestions. Wear and… Read more »

In early April, the BC legislature empowered the Select Standing Committee on Health to examine the urgent and ongoing illicit drug toxicity and overdose crisis. This is a non-partisan, all party committee comprised of ten MLAs that have been tasked to come up with recommendations with respect to what reforms and initiatives the province and… Read more »

  The Indigenous Health Equity self-paced course is a free online resource provided by the Public Health Training for Equitable Systems Change (PHESC) out of the University of Toronto. Recently, Edi Young, a Peer Research Associate with PAN’s Making it Work project, completed the online course and found “the education provided is bountiful.” Making it… Read more »

Substance Use News July 2022

Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis. Visit our Substance Use and Overdose Response page for more information on advocacy and resources.  Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay… Read more »

PAN Launches Leadership Course for World Hepatitis Day

  World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is recognized every year on July 28th to bring awareness and encourage global action on the burden of viral hepatitis. The 2022 WHD theme is “I Can’t Wait.”   Explorations in Leadership course There are many ways you can get involved with WHD, including PAN’s new self-guided online course “Explorations… Read more »

Remembering Hesham Ali

  1970-2022   It is with great sadness that we learned of the sudden passing of Hesham Ali. Hesham’s contribution to the BC HIV movement was extensive, volunteering with many organizations over the years including: As a board member of YouthCO As a board member of Positive Living BC As a dedicated long-term volunteer with… Read more »