Posted On: Monday, January 9th, 2023
The Provincial Mental Health and Substance Use Network is inviting people with lived/ living experience (PWLLE, including families) to participate in a Zoom focus group in mid-January. Please see the following details. Background In 2016, the Office of the Auditor General’s (OAG) Report, indicated that there are long standing system level gaps that… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 19th, 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. Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay safe from Toward the Heart. Visit our Substance Use and Harm Reduction page for more resources. … Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 19th, 2022
Virtual Training January 25 and February 22, 2023 9 AM to 2 PM Pacific time each day We look forward to seeing you in this series that will explore gender construction and the gender continuum. There will be 3 featured sessions on January 25 and 3 featured sessions on February 22, 2023. Each day will have… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 19th, 2022
Vancouver Coastal Health (“VCH”) is welcoming expressions of interest from community-based organizations (“Respondents”) located in the areas of Vancouver, Powell River, Central Coast, North Shore, Richmond, Sea to Sky and/or the Sunshine Coast for the provision of a Peer to Peer treatment and recovery system navigation program, serving people who use substances, have experienced an… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, December 9th, 2022
The Positive Leadership Development Institute trainings are developed by and for people living with HIV. PLDI Western Canada- PLDI CORE training “Who am I as a Leader?” will start in February 2023 on Wednesdays. PLDI Trainer led Zoom sessions will be Feb 1, 8, and 15, 2023 from 9 AM-12 PM Pacific. Online self-paced sessions… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, December 2nd, 2022
The PRIDE-RX (Promoting 2SLGBTQQIA+ Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Pharmacy Education) team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences wants to hear from you! The mandate of PRIDE-RX is to integrate sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (SOGIE) content throughout all four years of the UBC Entry-to-Practice Doctor of… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, December 2nd, 2022
From Battered Women’s Support Services: An in-person community gathering from 6 – 8 PM Pacific time. 312 Main Street, Vancouver, on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh) Nations. It has been over 30 years since the horrific murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal (December 6,… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, December 2nd, 2022
On Friday, December 9th from noon to 1 PM via Zoom, please join AVI for the launch of There are Things that Cannot be Changedin honor of World AIDS Day with Guest Speaker and Author, Peggy Frank! Register for the free Zoom event. About the Book: Author Peggy Frank provides a look at women,… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, December 2nd, 2022
Stimulus Connect 22 December 8, 2022 10 AM-12 noon Pacific time People use drugs in bathrooms for a range of reasons. Responding to an overdose in a bathroom is tricky and there are ways of making bathrooms safer. Join us as we learn and discuss the Safer Bathroom Toolkit, which aims to make life… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 30th, 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. Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay safe from Toward the Heart. Visit our Substance Use and Harm Reduction page for more resources. In… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 28th, 2022
As we look to honor World AIDS Day on December 1st and the start of Canada’s Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week, one way we can all take action is by renewing our calls for an end to the ongoing criminalization of people living with HIV (PLHIV). The Government of Canada is now in the process of… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 28th, 2022
December 1st will mark the 35th World AIDS Day (WAD) and the start of Communities, Allies, and Networks (CAAN)’s Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week (IAAW). PAN stands with people living with HIV (PLHIV) across the world to mark this milestone, to remember those we have lost, as well as the work still to be done. The… Read more »
