Category: Peer Leadership

5 Questions with Candice Norris, Peer Evaluator for the PLDI Impact Evaluation

Posted On: Wednesday, January 18th, 2017

  Candice is a mother of three beautiful children (2 biological) ages 21, 4, and 3. She is an aboriginal woman from the Cree/Dene nation. Candice happens to be in recovery from substance abuse going on 7+ years. She was diagnosed as being HIV+ 22 years ago when pregnant with her now 21 years old… Read more »

Participate now in PAN’s peer-driven evaluation of the Positive Leadership Development Institute!

Posted On: Friday, December 16th, 2016

The Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI), a three-module leadership training program led by and for people living with HIV (PLHIV), has delivered 20 sessions of leadership training to over 167 participants in BC since 2009, when PAN’s partnership with the Ontario AIDS Network was established. The purpose of this highly-valued series of three- and four-day… Read more »

Learning From Each Other Survey: Best Practices in Hiring and Retaining People with Episodic Conditions

Posted On: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

Do you have an Episodic Health Condition? Participate in our Survey! People with episodic disabilities face significant employment and income support issues. Recurring periods of ill health make it difficult to work, especially full-time. Most people with episodic disabilities must rely on health and disability benefits. And due to the strict definitions and policies that… Read more »

Positive Living BC – September Healing Retreat

Posted On: Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Healing Retreats at Positive Living BC are an opportunity for people living with HIV from all walks of life, ages and cultures to come on retreat.  They provide a personally valuable, fun and relaxing opportunity to be with other PLHIV and know you are not alone. At the camp, there are opportunities to swim, hike,… Read more »

Positive Plus One: A research study of serodiscordant relationships

Posted On: Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

As HIV rates have stabilized, HIV-positive individuals are living longer lives. More and more people today are in relationships where only one of the two people has HIV (an HIV-serodiscordant relationship). While there has been research on living with HIV, far less is known about the issues faced by HIV-serodiscordant couples. Researchers from the Dalla… Read more »

Job Posting BC Stigma Index Peer Research Associate (PRA)

Posted On: Monday, August 8th, 2016

BC Stigma Index Peer Research Associate (PRA) Job Opportunity JOB DEFINITION: The Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) is presently in the process of hiring four to six Peer Research Associates to assists us with a community-based research project, the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index, a dynamic research project born out of a community-identified need… Read more »

Webinar – Positive Living BC: Body image, metabolism and effects of treatment for people living with HIV

Posted On: Tuesday, May 17th, 2016

Date: May 18, 12 pm to 1 pm Presenter: Dr. Brian Conway, Medical Director, Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre Register: Click here You are invited to attend Positive Living BC’s next lunch and learn session by webinar. You will be able to listen, participate in the discussion, and ask questions. Please forward this to anyone you… Read more »

CATIE News – Leading Canadian biomedical organization recommends early initiation of ART

Posted On: Monday, May 2nd, 2016

Since the arrival of the first anti-HIV drug in the late 1980s, the question of when to begin treatment in the course of HIV disease has ignited debate. Over the years, recommendations about the ideal treatment starting point have moved back and forth between early and late initiation. In the past decade, however, the evidence… Read more »