Category: Peer Leadership

Remembering Hesham Ali

  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 »

Women and life with HIV featured in new book

  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 »

Job posting: Research Coordinator Rural Studies BCCSU

Are you passionate about improving the lives of people who use drugs in rural, remote, and Indigenous settings? Do you want to effect systems level changes through community-engaged research? We’re seeking a Research Coordinator to join our team and help lead research on overdose prevention and access to opioid agonist therapy in the qathet region… Read more »

PLDI at International AIDS Conference 2022

Calling Positive Leadership Development Institute grads! Are you coming to Montreal? Come meet us at the Global Village Saturday July 30th | Sunday July 31st | Monday August 1st 10 AM to 6 PM PLDI graduates and trainers from Quebec, British-Columbia, Ontario, New Zealand and Australia are looking forward to meeting you, as we share… Read more »

World Hepatitis Day 2022

July 28th is World World Hepatitis Day, a day to raise awareness, educate and advocate. If you have events or resources you wish to share, please let us know. This page will be updated as more information comes in.   PAN Launches Leadership Course for World Hepatitis Day There are many ways you can get… Read more »

Date: July 28, 2022 Time: 9 AM Pacific time   For World Hepatitis Day, this session will share information on how safer supply providers can integrate hepatitis C care into their practice. This will include an overview of hepatitis C testing, treatment and prevention, examples of how other safer supply programs are providing hepatitis C… Read more »

Two-Spirit Medicine Bundle pilot program

  The Two-Spirit Medicine Bundle Pilot provides accessible and independent HIV self-testing and sexual health resources for Two-Spirit, queer and trans Indigenous community members in British Columbia. Each bundle contains sexual health supplies (including the INSTI HIV self-tests, and dry blood spot tests for HIV and other ailments), Indigenous medicines, and a variety of resources… Read more »

  The British Columbia CARMA-CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3) Study on women’s healthy aging is recruiting people who identify as women to participate! The study is led by Dr. Helene Cote, Dr. Angela Kaida, Dr. Melanie Murray, and Ms. Valerie Nicholson, in a community-based, women-centered approach. The goal of this study is to better understand the complex… Read more »