Category: Peer Leadership

Study on Intimate Partner Violence Related Brain Injury in the 2S/LGBTQIA+ Community

Posted On: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022

  Study Team Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul van Donkelaar, Professor (UBCO Health and Exercise Sciences) [email protected] Co- Investigators: Ms. Tori Stranges, Graduate Student (UBCO Health and Exercise Sciences) [email protected] Dr. Deana Simonetto, Assistant Professor (UBCO Irving. K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) [email protected]   Study Purpose You are invited to participate in a… Read more »

Substance Use News August 2022

Posted On: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay safe from Toward the Heart. Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis. Visit our Substance Use and Overdose Response page for more information… Read more »

Job Posting – Research Trainee, Making it Work Study

Posted On: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

    Position: Research Trainee, Making it Work Study Status: Part time –15 hours/week (0.4 FTE) Time Period: October 1st, 2022 – March 31st, 2023 (with possibility of extension) Remuneration: $9,750 over the 6-month contract ($25/hour) Location: Flexible (working virtually) within British Columbia   About the Making It Work Project Making it Work is an… Read more »

International Overdose Awareness Day – Time to Act and Remember

Posted On: Friday, August 5th, 2022

On International Overdose Awareness Day this year we’re shouting out to Moms Stop the Harm, a group that was started with love and fury and continues on with the same grace and grit. Moms Stop the Harm is urging everyone to support International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) and has a list of suggestions. Wear and… Read more »

PAN and CSUN present to Select Standing Committee on Health on the Drug Poisoning Crisis

Posted On: Friday, August 5th, 2022

In early April, the BC legislature empowered the Select Standing Committee on Health to examine the urgent and ongoing illicit drug toxicity and overdose crisis. This is a non-partisan, all party committee comprised of ten MLAs that have been tasked to come up with recommendations with respect to what reforms and initiatives the province and… Read more »

Substance Use News July 2022

Posted On: Friday, July 29th, 2022

Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis. Visit our Substance Use and Overdose Response page for more information on advocacy and resources.  Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay… Read more »

PAN Launches Leadership Course for World Hepatitis Day

Posted On: Monday, July 25th, 2022

  World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is recognized every year on July 28th to bring awareness and encourage global action on the burden of viral hepatitis. The 2022 WHD theme is “I Can’t Wait.”   Explorations in Leadership course There are many ways you can get involved with WHD, including PAN’s new self-guided online course “Explorations… Read more »

Indigenous homelessness study: Indigenous 2SLGBTQIA+

Posted On: Monday, July 25th, 2022

    On August 2, 2022, from 2-3 PM Pacific time, Resilience Planning will be hosting a Discussion Circle for members of the Indigenous 2SLGBTQIA+ community to share their lived experience with homelessness and housing insecurity in BC. An honorarium of $60 (e-transfer or alternate) will be provided to each participant in reciprocity for their… Read more »

Remembering Hesham Ali

Posted On: Friday, July 22nd, 2022

  1970-2022   It is with great sadness that we learned of the sudden passing of Hesham Ali. Hesham’s contribution to the BC HIV movement was extensive, volunteering with many organizations over the years including: As a board member of YouthCO As a board member of Positive Living BC As a dedicated long-term volunteer with… Read more »

Round Table on Community Hep C Screening and Beyond

Posted On: Friday, July 22nd, 2022

Date: August 2, 2022 Time: 10 AM Pacific time Join BC Hepatitis Network for our virtual round table on community hep C screening and linking to care! Whether you’ve been doing point-of-care testing for hepatitis C for years, just getting started, or curious and wanting to learn more, join us for a casual virtual discussion… Read more »

Women and life with HIV featured in new book

Posted On: Friday, July 15th, 2022

  There are Things that Cannot be Changed  is a compilation of twenty years of women’s experiences in Rwanda and Canada. This work of creative non-fiction by Peggy Frank is based on a friendship developed through letters written between a Rwandan, Emerthe Nakabonye, and herself. Their story begins even before they exchanged their first letters… Read more »