Category: Peer Leadership

Virtual Event: Gender Construction and Continuum

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 »

Funding Opportunity: Peer to Peer Recovery Support Services

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 »

PLDI Core Training February 1-15, 2023

  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 »

Survey on 2SLGBTQQIA+ Peoples’ Experiences at the Pharmacy

  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 »

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 »

Webinar: Safer bathrooms for people who use drugs

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 »

Substance Use News November 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 »

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 »

PLDI Online Leadership Trainings are now offered nationally

  “Transformative, uplifting, empowering, inspiring and fun!” Whether in French or in English, people living with HIV (PLHIV) from everywhere in Canada are invited to embark on their PLDI leadership journey through a dynamic combination of online self-paced and real-time facilitated group sessions. The mixed format allows participants flexibility to learn at their own pace… Read more »