Category: Peer Leadership

Beyond Pride: Sex, Health, Community, and the Future of 2SLGBTQIA+ Life in Canada

Posted On: Monday, June 29th, 2026

Happy Pride Season!    Across Canada, Pride Season officially takes place from June to September; when 2SLGBTQIA+ people and their allies come together to highlight the resilience, celebrate the talent, and recognize their communities’ contributions. Although special attention is put on the Pride during the summer months, they happen throughout the year in many communities…. Read more »

Thrive’s First Community of Practice Meeting

Posted On: Tuesday, May 26th, 2026

Thrive is a project led by PAN in partnership with a team of peer leaders, researchers, service providers, and public health partners. The Thrive project focuses on improving STBBI outcomes for people who use drugs, including those who have experienced criminalization and/or incarceration in smaller urban, rural, and remote (SURR) communities around BC. One of… Read more »

Reshaping the Landscape of Sex Work in BC

Posted On: Monday, April 27th, 2026

You are invited to join a virtual capacity building event on Thursday, May 21 from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM Pacific Time to hear from community-based and peer-led sex work organizations as well as the HIV legal network to gain a landscape view of sex work in BC in 2026. Registration is at the bottom… Read more »

PLDI’s New Facilitation Training Module

Posted On: Thursday, April 23rd, 2026

Skills for better community conversations Since 2006, the Positive Leadership Development Institute has delivered its Core “Who Am I As a Leader?” training. Later, it expanded to deliver its Communications and Governance training modules. Now, PLDI is excited to tell you about the launch of its newest training module: Facilitation. In this article we will… Read more »

Expanding access to STBBI testing through harm reduction in BC

Posted On: Monday, April 13th, 2026

Written by Amrit Tiwana & Sofia Bartlett  New research highlights important gaps, and promising opportunities, to improve sexually transmitted and bloodborne infection testing for people who use substances at harm reduction sites across British Columbia. Sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections (STBBIs), including HIV, hepatitis C virus, and infectious syphilis, continue to be a major public… Read more »

Step Into Your Power: PLDI Core Training June 2026

Posted On: Monday, March 9th, 2026

Step Into Your Power: Discover “Who Am I as a Leader?” The Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) is back at Loon Lake Lodge, Maple Ridge, BC to offer their Core Leadership Training. When: Monday June 1 – Thursday June 4, 2026 Are you ready to explore your leadership journey in a powerful, supportive space surrounded by… Read more »

Check it Out! New Resource Available – Making it Work Community Guidelines

Posted On: Wednesday, January 28th, 2026

Making it Work was born out of conversations within the community when looking at the challenges people living with HIV, hepatitis C and other associated—and complex—social and health issues face every day. These discussions led to a realization that we need to better understand whether people facing these challenges experience better outcomes when they access services… Read more »

Three upcoming PLDI Leadership Trainings early 2026

Posted On: Tuesday, January 20th, 2026

  Governance Training (online): Jan 29- Feb 12: (BC, and Western Canada: AB, SK, MB) (*prerequisite Core training) *applications extended until Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM PST!*   Communications Training (in person, Vancouver): March 20-22: (BC) (*prerequisite Core training) Learn more.   Core Training ‘Who am I as a Leader?” (in person, Loon… Read more »

Virtual Event: Strengthening Community-Based Services

Posted On: Friday, January 9th, 2026

Tools for Organizations to Reduce Stigma and Improve Health Outcomes PAN is excited to host a virtual capacity building event that will showcase two exciting projects designed to help community-based organizations deepen their impact, strengthen culturally safer practices, and support stigma-free services for people with lived or living experience(s) of HIV, viral hepatitis, mental health… Read more »

Queer, Wise, and Inquisitive Collective

Posted On: Wednesday, January 7th, 2026

Ribbon Community, with support by the Community-based Research Centre (CBRC) team, is facilitating an upcoming program on research skill acquistion for 2S/LGBTQIA+ seniors.   Starting on January 27, 2026 a small group of up to 20 seniors (55+) will meet weekly for 10 weeks at Ribbon Community (1101 Seymour St., Vancouver) to learn research skills… Read more »

Substance Use News, December 2025

Posted On: Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Get weekly substance use news by subscribing to our newsletter: scroll… Read more »