Category: PAN News and Events

5 Questions with Heather Holroyd, PAN’s Evaluation & Community Based Research Programs Contractor

Posted On: Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

Heather is a former staff member of PAN. Heather was hired as a contractor in October 2016 to support PAN’s Evaluation and Community Based Research Programs, thanks to funding from the CBR Collaborative Centre and REACH. Collaborating with PAN staff and the Peer Evaluators on the Positive Leadership Development Institute’s impact evaluation will be a… Read more »

BC Stigma Index is now Recruiting Participants

Posted On: Monday, October 31st, 2016

What does Stigma mean to you? [easy-image-collage id=19124] The BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index (the Stigma Index) is a dynamic research project in British Columbia, born out of a community-identified need to turn the tide against persistent HIV stigma and discrimination. Linked to the international HIV Stigma Index initiative, it is the first… Read more »

5 Questions with Stacy Leblanc, PAN’s Director of Capacity Building Initiatives

Posted On: Thursday, September 29th, 2016

Stacy Leblanc is the Director of Capacity Building Initiatives for PAN and has worked in the field since 1995. He is responsible for developing PAN’s skills and capacity building and targeted workforce development programming. Working in partnership with the Ontario AIDS Network Stacy took a leading role in bringing the Positive Leadership Development Institute to… Read more »

New PAN Evaluation Indicators Resource for Community-Based HIV and HCV Organizations

Posted On: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

PAN has recently launched a new, online tool to support the building of shared, or common measures for community-based HIV and HCV Organizations in BC. This tool outlines a series of indicators that can be used to measure the contribution community-based HIV/HCV organizations are making to the prevention and care cascade in their region. It is hoped… Read more »

Job Posting BC Stigma Index Peer Research Associate (PRA)

Posted On: Monday, August 8th, 2016

BC Stigma Index Peer Research Associate (PRA) Job Opportunity JOB DEFINITION: The Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) is presently in the process of hiring four to six Peer Research Associates to assists us with a community-based research project, the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index, a dynamic research project born out of a community-identified need… Read more »

Reflections on 2016 World Hepatitis Day

Posted On: Friday, August 5th, 2016

July 28th marked World Hepatitis Day. World Hepatitis Day is an international event focused on raising awareness about viral hepatitis and works to influence real change in disease prevention and access to testing and treatment. In Canada, there is an estimated 250,000 people living with chronic hepatitis C in Canada, many of them are unaware of their… Read more »

Mapping Home: Positive Living, Positive Homes at CAHR 2016

Posted On: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

The Canadian Association of HIV Research held its 2016 annual conference from May 11-15 in Winnipeg this year, and for the first time, the Positive Living Positive Homes team was there. Darren Lauscher, peer consultant, and Heather Picotte, study manager, discussed using a visual method in which HIV+ participants map their living space and point… Read more »

5 Questions with Jaydee Cossar, PAN’s Manager of PLDI and the PLHIV Stigma Index Project

Posted On: Monday, December 7th, 2015

Jaydee is a former staff member of PAN. Jaydee joined the PAN team in the Spring of 2015, as Manager of the Positive Leadership Development Institute, and Manager of the People Living with HIV Stigma Index project.   What first piqued your interest in the HIV sector? I remember learning about HIV at the same time… Read more »

CIHR features PAN’s Positive Living Positive Homes Study

Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2015

Writers, philosophers and artists around the globe have tried to capture the feeling of “home”—that psychological state of warmth and security, of familiarity and heart—and even though the feeling may be different for each of us, we can usually agree that “home” is a special place. It’s not surprising, then, that where we live can… Read more »

5 Questions with Megan Deyman, PAN practicum student

Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2015

Megan is a former practicum student at PAN. Megan is working to complete her second year of the Masters of Public Health program at the University of Victoria. For her research thesis, she is looking at the intricacies that tie HIV, access to housing, and health together. She is also completing a practicum placement with… Read more »