Category: PAN News and Events

PAN 2013 Fall Conference Update

Meeting Agendas and Related Conference Materials We have posted the Meeting Agendas and Related Conference Material to the PAN website, watch the Enews for more updates. The Following Documents are now available: Draft 2013 PHA Forum Agenda Draft 2012 PHA Forum Minutes Draft 2013 ED Summit Agenda Draft 2013 AGM Agenda Draft 2012 AGM Minutes… Read more »

PAN 2013 Fall Conference & AGM

Conference Dates: October 29th & 30th, 2013 Conference Location: Vancouver Airport Marriott Hotel, 7571 Westminster Highway, Richmond, BC Annual General Meeting: The AGM will take place on Wednesday, October 30th from 9:15 to 10:30 am.   Highlights will include: Keynote address by Carla Rieger, The Power of Laughter A Conversation with Micheal Vonn, of the… Read more »

Positive Living Positive Homes is an innovative community-based research project in British Columbia, born out of the HIV community’s identification of housing as a critical health determinant for people living with, or at risk of, HIV and AIDS. The Pacific AIDS Network and the Positive Living, Positive Homes (PLPH) team are seeking a Project Coordinator… Read more »

PAN’s Strategic Planning Draw Winners!

Back in May, PAN solicited feedback from a wide number of stakeholders, including PAN member organizations and PHAs who have participated in PHA Forums or PLDI trainings, via Fluid Surveys.  We had a great response and a number of people opted to provide their name for a draw for two $50 gift cards from Amazon.ca…. Read more »

Update on PHAC Communicable Disease Funding Model

Dear Executive Director of PAN Member Organizations: I am writing to share with you the latest information that PAN has available regarding PHAC’s transition to a Communicable Disease Funding model, and the changes that are currently being discussed that will impact all funding envelopes within the Federal Initiative on HIV/AIDS – including the AIDS Community… Read more »

Positive Leadership Development Institute – Core Training

  We’re very excited to announce that PAN will be hosting a Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) – Core Leadership Training in B.C. on June 27 – 30, 2013 at Loon Lake, Maple Ridge, BC. What is the Positive Leadership Development Institute? The Positive Leadership Development Institute is a three module training (Core Leadership Training,… Read more »

WEBINAR: Trauma Informed Practice

Tuesday February 19th @10:45am Presenter: Nancy Poole *We recognize that this presentation is not at the normal start time and will start at 10:45am. Nancy Poole is the Provincial Research Consultant, Women and Substance Use, BC Women’s Hospital. Director, Research and Knowledge Translation, BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. Nancy will be delivering a… Read more »

What is needed to support community-based service providers to do HIV POC testing? Tuesday January 29th – 10:00am Presenter: James Tigchelaar In this session we will explore the conditions needed to support community‐based workers providing HIV testing. We will explore the benefits and challenges from the perspectives of both the community and health care system…. Read more »