Category: PAN News and Events

Via BC Civil Liberties Association on April 23, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER/ (Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories, April 23, 2021 –  Civil Liberties, Indigenous and Community organizations are responding to the Travel Restrictions (COVID-19) Order announced by the BC Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth. The order made under BC’s Emergency Programs Act… Read more »

  April 21, 2021   Premier of BC John Horgan Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General David Eby, Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing   Subject: Proposed Travel Restrictions in BC and Accompanying Police Enforcement   Dear Premier Horgan, Minister Farnworth and Minister Eby, We are writing to you today on… Read more »

Wednesday, April 14 will mark the 5th anniversary of the declaration of the BC Public Health Emergency of overdose and overdose deaths. This anniversary comes on the heels of BC’s deadliest year ever with 1,716 lives lost to Illicit drug overdoses in 2020. With 329 deaths already recorded in January and February, without dramatic changes… Read more »

Updated with Response On August 3, 2021, we received a response from Sheila Malcolmson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. It apologizes for the delay and reads in part, Our ministry and our government are committed to creating a system of care that works for everyone, no matter who they are, where they are, or… Read more »

Substance Use News provides a snapshot of news and resources for those working in harm reduction. We share pieces on the social, medical and political responses to the opioid crisis, from advocacy to welcome change. With the added layer of the coronoavirus/COVID-19 public health constraints, those working in harm reduction have heightened concerns about how… Read more »

We have recently published a new page for our members, allies, and stakeholders titled Indigenous Cultural Safety Resources. We humbly acknowledge we are not an authority on cultural safety.  A core approach of our work is being committed to ongoing learning to enable PAN, as an organization, to reflect, grow and change – and we… Read more »