Category: PAN News and Events

PAN’s Strategic Planning Draw Winners!

Posted On: Thursday, July 11th, 2013

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

Posted On: Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

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

Posted On: Thursday, April 11th, 2013

  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

Posted On: Thursday, February 7th, 2013

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 »

Webinar – What is needed to support community-based service providers to do HIV POC testing?

Posted On: Friday, January 18th, 2013

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 »

Webinar – ImpactBC: Putting the Community’s Voice at the Very Heart of Service Design and Quality Improvement

Posted On: Friday, January 18th, 2013

ImpactBC: Putting the Community’s Voice at the Very Heart of Service Design and Quality Improvement Thursday January 31st – 1:00pm Presenters: Peter Toppings & Christina Clarke ImpactBC supports community service organizations to put the community’s voice at the very heart of service design and quality improvement projects. Join this webinar to learn about effective strategies… Read more »

5 Questions with Researcher Surita Parashar

Posted On: Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Surita Parashar helps facilitate “The way I see it,” a community based research project that uses Photovoice methodology to examine the impact of housing on health as seen through the eyes of people living with HIV and AIDS in Vancouver. The project is led by a team of Community Researchers – Randy, Rob, Valerie, Lora,… Read more »

PAN Website Re-Organized

Posted On: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

I’m pleased to let you all know that we did a bit of a re-organization of the PAN website last week.  Based on user feedback we decided to reorganize the main menu and create a set of revised menu items from the home page, those being: Home About News Programs & Projects Resources Contact The… Read more »

PAN Website Maintenance and Newsletter Interruption

Posted On: Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

PAN will be doing some website maintenance on Wednesday and Thursday, July 18 and 19/12. During this time the PAN website will be periodically inaccessible, if at all. Due to this update, there will be no newsletter released next week, July 19/12. We thank you for your patience during this time. Sincerely, The PAN Staff… Read more »

Government Communications – Bill 39 – the Emergency Intervention Disclosure Act

Posted On: Wednesday, July 4th, 2012

On May 9, 2012 PAN met with the Honourable Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Labour to express our concerns about Bill 39, the Emergency Intervention Disclosure Act, into law.  The stated goal of the legislation is to enhance the safety of first responders. PAN expressed concerns that this legislation is not evidence-based and violates persons right to… Read more »