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 »
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 »
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 »
Posted On: Monday, June 6th, 2016
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 »
Posted On: Monday, May 2nd, 2016
Housing can be an issue for some people living with HIV. Programs designed to provide safe and secure housing for those in need can be a stabilizing force in the lives of people with HIV. The Enhanced Supportive Housing Program provides intensive support to people living with HIV who have complex needs. … Read more »
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 »
Posted On: Monday, April 25th, 2016
OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR CANADIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES TO BE INCLUDED IN CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION TO THE UN HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON AIDS – JUNE 8-10, 2016 Canada will include two civil society representatives to its delegation: one individual from a registered Canadian Non-Government Organization (NGO) whose mandate focuses on HIV/AIDS, and one self-declared… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, April 25th, 2016
Join PWN for our 12th Annual SpringBoard Conference! Intersections: Care for Women Living with HIV and hepatitis C Date: Thursday, May 19th 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Location: Blue Horizon Hotel (1225 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC) Please RSVP to reserve your spot: [email protected] or call 604-692-3000. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Link on website:… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, April 18th, 2016
Positive Living BC is hosting Healing Retreats for HIV-positive men and women. Retreats take place June 24 – 27 and September 2 – 7, 2016, and are supported by volunteer peer leaders. When you go on retreat, you will spend three nights and four days at beautiful Loon lake Forest Camp. This experience can help reduce… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, April 4th, 2016
Friday, April 22 10am-4pm Begbie Hall, 2199 Richmond Road, Victoria Register here AIDS Vancouver Island is pleased to invite you to this free, all day forum and training on HIV as it relates to women and their unique experiences with the virus. The day will include presentations by Dr. Mary Kestler, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network,… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
The Public Health Agency of Canada’s HIV and Hepatitis C Community Action Fund supports the community-based response to HIV, hepatitis C and related sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBI). The approach to the Community Action Fund includes a commitment to the greater and meaningful engagement of people living with HIV and/or hepatitis C. We… Read more »
