Category: Peer Leadership

via CAAN The next Wise Practices and Skills Building Gathering is May 18-20, 2022. Abstract deadline is February 14, 2022.  The Wise Practices Gathering is hosted by CAAN and the AHA Centre in support of Community-Based HIV Research (CBR) by and with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples in Canada. The very first Gathering was… Read more »

Job posting: PLDI Indigenous Outreach Coordinator

The Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) is a program developed by and for people living with HIV (PLHIV) that aims to create a network of informed and empowered PLHIV who will participate in and influence their local community. Training sessions are designed to build individual resilience to confront HIV stigma and discrimination, identify personal leadership… Read more »

January 24, 2022 Honourable Adrian Dix Minister of Health Sent via email: [email protected] Dear Minister Dix: Hope this finds you well. We are writing on behalf of PAN and our membership to thank you for your World AIDS Day message for December 1st, 2021. The response from Positive Living North No Kheyoh t’sih’en t’sehena Society,… Read more »

Job posting: Indigenous Peer Navigator, AIDS Vancouver

Date Posted: January 2022 Closing Date: until position is filled Employment Type: Contract Part-Time (5-10 Hours/Week) Location(s): Operating within the area covered under the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Employer: AIDS Vancouver Salary Range: $22.50/hr Send Cover Letter and Resume to: [email protected] or drop off in person at AIDS Vancouver Office – 1101 Seymour St. Vancouver… Read more »

Description The Executive Director is the key management leader of the Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War Society (CPDDW). The Executive Director is responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include fundraising, and community outreach. The position reports directly to the Board of Directors and work… Read more »

Researchers at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and Oak Tree Clinic are looking for women living with and without HIV to take part in a research study about women’s healthy aging.  This study is called the British Columbia CARMA-CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3). Our main study inclusion criteria are that: 1)     You identify as a… Read more »

  CAAN and the Dr. Peter Centre will be hosting four National Dialogue sessions throughout January and February for a chance to gather to share perspectives and learnings on how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the experiences of gender-based violence amongst Indigenous Women (inclusive of Trans-women, Two-Spirit, Femme/Feminine-identifying, Genderqueer, or Non-binary, 2SLGBTQ+) who are living… Read more »

About the project Fraser Health is developing a plan to implement recommendations towards creating a gender inclusive climate for Transgender, Non-Binary, Two Spirit (TNB2S) patients, staff and volunteers within Fraser Health. Fraser Health is seeking TNB2S community members to join our Steering Committee. This is part of a patient-oriented research project funded by the BC… Read more »