Posted On: Monday, August 28th, 2017
As we learned in our Rapid Assessment of community –based programs’ needs for capacity building in the face of the overdose crisis, organizational staff and volunteers doing overdose related care and support don’t necessarily have a background in substance use education. This motivated us to develop our Drug Use and Overdose Response Resource page,… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017
Launching Legal Action Against Big Pharma In the US, Louisville has joined other jurisdictions that are suing drug manufacturers over their roles and responsibilities in opioid crisis. “It’s time for the companies that started this epidemic and turned a blind eye to its consequences to take responsibility for the devastation they have caused,” Louisville Mayor… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 21st, 2017
We are excited to share a summary of findings and longer report of results for the PLDI Impact Evaluation that took place over the last year. Please find the summary and report for your reading pleasure! The Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) has built the resilience and leadership capacities of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 21st, 2017
Tabitha is a former staff member of PAN. Tabitha joined the PAN team in April as the Making It Work Research Project Coordinator. Tabitha has a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from UBC and has worked as a communications consultant and notable as a Senior Researcher with the Firelight Group a consulting group that works with… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 11th, 2017
The three latest additions to our KnowledgeConnect webinar series are now open for registration, so sign up and get them into your calendars! Wednesday September 13: What Do You Need to Know About the Good Samaritan Overdose Act? The Good Samaritan Overdose Act became law in May 2017 to encourage people to call 911 in… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 11th, 2017
Janet Madsen joined the PAN team in April 2017 as the Capacity Building and Knowledge Translation Coordinator. Janet has worked in BC’s HIV communities for over 20 years, primarily with Positive Women’s Network, as well as on a few small contracts with PAN over the last few years. What first piqued your interest in… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, August 10th, 2017
You may have heard of shared measurement… or you may be taking a part in it currently! Shared measurement, often linked to collective impact, has been creating a buzz in the evaluation world for some time. Too often, we see organizations working in a disconnected way, unaware of what others are doing. Shared measurement… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017
Today is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the 10th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration addresses many issues to try to rebalance the incredible imbalance of rights and power between Indigenous people and descendants of colonists who traveled and “found” traditional Indigenous… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 4th, 2017
Universities without Walls (fondly referred to as UWW) provides distance education “that moves people and HIV research evidence into practice, and practice into research.” Projects are community-based enquiry to benefit community outcomes. UWW principles include openness, collaboration, plain language, and making research skills visible and accessible to all involved. UWW offers e-learning options you can access… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 4th, 2017
Simon joined the PAN team in April 2017, taking on two roles within the organization: Executive Assistant and the Collective Impact Network Coordinator, a Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) sponsored initiative being led by PAN acting as the “backbone organization”. Simon has been working and volunteering in the non-profit sector since graduating with a chemistry… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
PAN is pleased to participate in the National HIV&STBBI Testing Working Group, an initiative described below. This write-up was produced by our colleague Alex Musten from the CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS and originally posted to national REACH 2.0 blog. If you have questions about this post or about the Working Group, please contact… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 31st, 2017
The Pacific AIDS Network is pleased to share findings from the BC component of a CIHR-funded community-based research study that investigated the impact of food insecurity on health outcomes of people living with HIV in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec. As part of the knowledge-to-action activities for this project, a briefing note and fact sheet were… Read more »
