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 »
Posted On: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017
Janice Duddy, PAN’s Director of Evaluation and Community-Based Research, had the opportunity to speak with Sherri Pooyak, the Community Based Research Manager with the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network/Aboriginal HIV & AIDS CBR Collaborative Centre (AHA Centre), about an interesting new idea called capacity bridging. ‘Capacity-bridging’ is an emerging term proposed by the AHA Centre… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 24th, 2017
Are you looking for opportunities to strengthen your leadership skills? Do you want to support and contribute to your community and a provincial voice regarding HIV, HCV and related issues? Are you interested in networking and sharing your expertise at a dynamic, successful and ever-evolving organization? Then consider applying to join the Pacific AIDS Network… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 20th, 2017
This blog was published in 2017. Its title has been changed to reflect Paul’s expanded role to Evaluation Coordinator. Paul joined the PAN staff team as a part-time Evaluation Assistant. Paul is not a stranger to PAN as he has been working as a Peer Evaluator supporting the impact evaluation of the PLDI program…. Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 17th, 2017
The Pacific AIDS Network takes evidence-based action and accountability seriously. We want to make sure we continue to learn within the organization to improve programs and practices for our members and stakeholders, as well as the people our members serve. In 2015, we developed a tool to do just that. The Members’ and Stakeholders’… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, July 14th, 2017
We’re pleased to announce that our KnowledgeConnect webinar series schedule is filling up. Our next summer webinar will focus on community-based research and will be on Wednesday August 2, 1 PM- 2 PM Pacific Time. Program The research team from CHIWOS (Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study) will share some data from… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, July 7th, 2017
The best CBR is done when community members work closely with researchers who have strong training in methodologies, and when academics work closely with community members who understand the needs/concerns of populations most affected by HIV as well as the challenges of delivering programs and services. Through this process, communities learn more about research… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, July 7th, 2017
We are so pleased to announce that PAN was successful in our proposal to CIHR under the Collaborative Centres of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research competition. This news means that the CIHR CBR Collaborative: A Program of REACH (CBR Collaborative 2.0) will continue and that there will be sustained regional and national support through the CBR Collaborative… Read more »
