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Joint Letter to Federal Minister of Health Rona Ambrose from PAN OAN COCQ-SIDA & ACCH

Posted On: Wednesday, January 21st, 2015

For immediate release January 8, 2015 The Honourable Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P. Health Canada Brooke Claxton Building, Tunney’s Pasture Postal Locator: 0906C Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 Dear Minister, We are writing to request your leadership and your confirmation that the current levels of funding that have been uniquely designated for community led HIV prevention programs… Read more »

PAN 2014 Fall Conference Meeting Minutes now available

Posted On: Wednesday, January 14th, 2015

PAN is pleased to announce that all the meeting minutes from our 2014 Fall Conference and photos are now available on the event resource page.

Speaking My Truth: The HIV Stigma Index

Posted On: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014

PAN is working with a team led by people living with HIV in BC to launch a new community-based research project in 2015 that will be looking at stigma. Speaking My Truth: The HIV Stigma Index is an action-oriented project that will document experiences of stigma and discrimination from the perspective of people living with… Read more »

World AIDS Day and AIDS Awareness Week Events 2014

Posted On: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

PAN has been busy collecting details on World AIDS Day AIDS Awareness Week Events happening around the Province. We are very proud of the community response happening in every region around the province and encourage you to read about the events and share them with your communities. PAN will also be sending this list to… Read more »

PAN 2014 Fall Conference Resources, Presentations and Minutes

Posted On: Thursday, October 30th, 2014

It has already been a week since we closed our 2014 Fall Conference. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event a success. We are busy posting all the resources and presentations to our website for all of you who were there and those of you who weren’t. Please remember to check back… Read more »

CBR Musings: What is Program Science?

Posted On: Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

PAN has had a dynamic and active partnership with the CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS since 2011, a partnership that is currently evolving with an exciting new shift to a “program science” approach. REACH is a national partnership of people living with HIV, community-based organizations, front-line service providers, health researchers and federal, provincial and… Read more »

PAN Congratulates PHO on HIV, Stigma and Society Report

Posted On: Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

PAN recently sent Dr. Perry Kendall, BC’s Provincial Health Officer, a letter of congratulations on his recently released report: HIV, Stigma and Society: Tackling a Complex Epidemic and Renewing HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men in British Columbia. PAN notes that: “This is a very significant report in that it highlights the importance of HIV… Read more »

5 Questions with Positive Living, Positive Homes study coordinator Heather Picotte

Posted On: Thursday, October 16th, 2014

Heather is a former staff member of PAN. Heather Picotte is the Positive Living, Positive Homes study coordinator at the Pacific AIDS Network. She recently graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies, where her research focused on the food security of people living with HIV in the Okanagan Valley…. Read more »

Moving Mountains HIV/AIDS CBR conference report now online

Posted On: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

The Community Report from the Moving Mountains: HIV/AIDS Community Based Research Conference, held in Prince George from June 17-19, 2014, is now available. The report captures the main themes of the event and also outlines the results of the evaluation of the conference, including lists of research and capacity building priorities identified by attendees. The… Read more »

PAN Job Posting: Positive Living, Positive Homes Study Coordinator

Posted On: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Positive Living Positive Homes (PLPH) is an innovative community-based research project in British Columbia, co-led by Jennifer Evin Jones (Pacific AIDS Network) and Dr. Catherine Worthington (University of Victoria), and a diverse and skilled community-based team. We are seeking a full-time Project Coordinator to be involved in this exciting opportunity to be involved in research… Read more »

PAN 2014 Fall Conference and AGM

Posted On: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

It gives us great pleasure to announce the 2014 Pacific AIDS Network Fall Conference, Forum, ED Summit, and to provide you with formal notice of the 2014 AGM. Conference Dates: October 21 – 23, 2014 Conference Location: Vancouver Airport Marriott Hotel, 7571 Westminster Highway, Richmond, BC Forum for persons living with HIV/AIDS: The Forum will… Read more »

Mark Your Calendar – PAN’s Frontline Support Workers Training – Feb. 24 – 26, 2015

Posted On: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014

The Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) is excited to announce that that this year’s workforce development training will be focused on Frontline Support Workers and will be held on February 24 – 26 in Richmond. This three-day event will be held in partnership with CATIE. Draft program highlights will be released in late September and registration… Read more »

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