Posted On: Friday, March 20th, 2020
Updated with on-demand webinar PAN hosted webinar “Research update from the BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort & highlights from the 2020 CanHepC Symposium & Canadian Liver Meeting: Implications for community & frontline providers” Each presenter summarized the findings from their research that they presented at the 2020 CanHepC Symposium and Canadian Liver Meeting, as well as… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
Status: Part time, 12 hours per week Time Period: Position is available immediately – position end date is March 31, 2021 with possibility of extension Remuneration: $15,600/year Location: Flexibility within British Columbia. About the Making It Work Project Making it Work is an Indigenous focused community-based research (CBR) study that is looking at what… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, March 16th, 2020
Please Note This was the first statement we published in response to the worldwide changes COVID-19 was bringing to communities. When we published the statement below, we couldn’t have imagined the course of things to come. Since then we’ve developed a set of resource pages. Please refer to them for ongoing developments in BC, rather… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
This year’s online Annual General Meeting will take place on October 22nd 2020 in the afternoon (12-3 PM, to be confirmed) and will likely be a similar format to last year – i.e. a relevant keynote presentation followed by our network’s business meeting. AGM 2019 Thanks to all who attended last October’s AGM and filled… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 28th, 2020
Substance Use News provides a snapshot of news and resources for those working to support folks who use substances. We share pieces on the social, medical and political responses to the opioid crisis, from advocacy to welcome change. See our Drug Use and Overdose Response page for resources on overdose services, team resilience, governmental reports, policy recommendations,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, February 24th, 2020
PAN’s voice has joined over 150 national and provincial organizations co-signing a letter to Minister Morneau asking for the necessary commitments for pharmacare in this year’s federal budget. The letter reads in part: We are a diverse coalition of 150 national and provincial organizations representing health care providers, non-profit organizations, unions, workers, business, seniors and… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, February 13th, 2020
CALL FOR PAPERS for Volume XI Special Issue: Navigating Allyship: What does it mean to work together in service to the community? The AHA Centre is a national, Indigenous-led collaborative research centre housed at the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) that supports HIV and AIDS Community-Based Research (CBR) conducted in Indigenous communities across Canada. We support and… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, February 12th, 2020
Updated March19, 2020. Event recorded March18, 2020 This webinar shared information from the formative research informing the Outside In intervention at Health Initiative for Men (HIM) regarding the health and well-being of less-out GBT2Q. Our literature review and consultations with community members showed that compared to their more-out counterparts, less-out community members access HIV/STBBI… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 7th, 2020
A new group called Lets Kick ASS, Vancouver is having a coffee social on Friday, February 14 from 3 PM to 5 PM at 1459 Barclay Street in Vancouver. Let’s Kick ASS™—AIDS Survivor Syndrome is a grassroots movement empowering HIV Long-Term Survivors to thrive since 2013. Founded by 35-year-log AIDS survivor, Tez Anderson. Let’s… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 7th, 2020
Substance Use News provides a snapshot of news and resources for those working to support folks who use substances. We share pieces on the social, medical and political responses to the opioid crisis, from advocacy to welcome change. See our Drug Use and Overdose Response page for resources on overdose services, team resilience, governmental reports,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, February 3rd, 2020
Status: Full-Time Position (37.5 hours per week) Time Period: April 1, 2020 – position end date is March 31, 2021 (with possibility of renewal) Remuneration: $50,000 – $57,500 based on qualifications and experience Location: Anywhere in the province (position works primarily from home office, with option of 1-2 days in downtown Vancouver office location if desired) Posting: We will begin… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 31st, 2020
If you work in harm reduction education, whether it’s informally with your family, in a workplace struggling with how to understand substance use, or as an educator presenting formally, here are two short videos to add to your resource list. They are great to use in the fight against the stigma directed at people who… Read more »
