Category: PAN News and Events

PLDI Holiday Zoom Invite- Let’s celebrate together in the spirit of festive leadership

Posted On: Saturday, December 5th, 2020

Date: Thursday Dec 17, 2020 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Since March 2020  the PLDI Training team has held ten Virtual Gathering opportunities for HIV-Positive PLDI Leaders to gather together in leadership, some topics included:  Self-care, Strategies around COVID-19, Strengthening your self-leadership and peer leadership, Gratitude, Diversity, an indigenous peer led Film Screening and… Read more »

Check out the Findings from PAN’s 2020 BC Testing Needs Assessment!

Posted On: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020

Testing technologies for different sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) have been changing rapidly as new testing interventions are constantly being developed and introduced for wider use. Over the summer of 2020, PAN reached out to 17 of our members and allied stakeholders to talk with them about the changing testing landscape and how it might impact their work, including the HIV self-testing (HIVST)… Read more »

Substance Use News: November 2020

Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2020

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 »

Joint Letter to Minister Hajdu, Federal Minister of Health

Posted On: Friday, November 27th, 2020

The Honourable Patty Hajdu, P.C., M.P. Minister of Health Health Canada   November 26th, 2020   Dear Minister Hajdu: We write during challenging times, and we acknowledge COVID-19 and its impact on PHAC and the Ministry of Health – but we cannot lose sight, or ground, in addressing HIV, hepatitis C and other STBBIs. In… Read more »

Job Posting: Research Coordinator, Making it Work Study

Posted On: Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

Status: Number of hours/week is flexible and will be decided on with the right candidate, at a minimum the position would be 0.5 FTE but would consider additional FTEs depending on the candidate Time Period: Position is available immediately – for one year, with possibility of extension, FTE for a new employment agreement would be… Read more »

What do World AIDS Day and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities have in common?

Posted On: Monday, November 23rd, 2020

What is common between World AIDS Day and International Day of Persons with Disabilities? It is not only the month that marks both of these days (December 1 and December 3 respectively). There are also other connections that can be recognized through a social justice and intersectional approaches. An estimated one in five Canadians (or 6.2 million)… Read more »

Job Posting: The Hepatitis C Leadership Project seeks program trainers with lived experience

Posted On: Friday, November 20th, 2020

Aiming to launch in the spring of 2021, the Hepatitis C Leadership Pilot Program will bring together peers of lived experience of hepatitis C in the spirit of leadership development and community building. As a program trainer you will have the unique opportunity to play a role in helping guide peers on a journey of… Read more »

Working together for the sustainability of the non-profit sector

Posted On: Friday, November 20th, 2020

  Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) has been built on a strong belief in strength in numbers and power in working together.  When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, rocking our collective world, we immediately made three commitments to our members and have kept working for them since then in this crisis.  The need to present the concerns… Read more »

Webinar – Highlights from Summit 2020: Resistance and Responsibility

Posted On: Friday, November 20th, 2020

Date: Thursday December 17, 2020 Time: 10 AM Pacific Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) recently wrapped up Summit 2020, an annual knowledge exchange and capacity building national conference on gay, bi, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer men’s (GBT2Q) health. This webinar will share key highlights from the first-ever virtual Summit, which brought together service providers, researchers, activists,… Read more »

Got a Minute for Hepatitis C?

Posted On: Friday, November 6th, 2020

    Do you have lived experience of hepatitis C and live in BC? Your thoughts, feelings, and opinions will help build the future leadership training program: Click here to complete the Hepatitis C Leadership Project survey for people with lived experience   Are you part of a community-based organization, public health agency, health authority,… Read more »

HIV Self-Testing Approved in Canada!

Posted On: Friday, November 6th, 2020

Exciting news! Health Canada has provided final approval of Canada’s first HIV self-test on November 3, 2020. You can read key messages related to this announcement from REACH Nexus here.   This announcement marks a critical step to ending the HIV epidemic in Canada. HIV self-testing is expected to provide greater access to testing as Canadians will now be able to self-administer the HIV test on their own and where they feel most comfortable. This is… Read more »