Category: Research

PAN at the Canadian Association of HIV Research (CAHR) Conference 2026

Posted On: Thursday, April 30th, 2026

From April 23-26, the 35th annual Canadian Association of HIV Research (CAHR) conference was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, “Under open skies: Rising to meet unprecedented challenges in the HIV response.” Hundreds of conference attendees, including people living with HIV, community-based organizations, researchers, academics and allies from across the country gathered for Canada’s premier HIV-focused event… Read more »

New Research and Evaluation Treehouse Resources, April 2026

Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

Research and evaluation both offer opportunities for learning and community building in meaningful ways. We see research and evaluation like two different trees with different origins that are intertwined in methods and analysis yet also separate in what they can tell us. We see this relationship as beneficial to both evaluation and research. Read more about… Read more »

Making Knowledge Translation Work: From Frameworks to Frontline

Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

A previous Treehouse piece explored Making it Work and the variety of knowledge translation pieces developed to address a diverse number of audiences. In this resource, we continue the discussion by providing tangible examples on how to bridge the gap between research and practice, ensuring that research findings are used to inform policy, practice, and… Read more »

Engaging Cellphilm as an Arts-Based Research Technique

Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

A cellphilm is a short video that is entirely shot using a cell phone or a tablet. It is typically about 1-4 minutes and unedited. It is a participatory visual technique that conveys a particular perspective or message and can be thought of under the larger umbrella of arts-based research. The term combines the words… Read more »

Supporting Recommendations and Planning for Programs using Environmental Scan

Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

The TIE Study (Treatment Adherence, Social Isolation, and Engagement) is an ongoing research study of PAN’s that is aiming to understand how social isolation impacts HIV treatment adherence for people living with HIV in smaller urban, rural, and remote areas. After completing surveys and interviews with people living with HIV, the last stage of the… Read more »

Approaching Province-Wide Guidance through the Testing Guidance Project

Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

In 2020, PAN released an HIV testing needs assessment which recommended community service providers such as peers [someone who applies their knowledge and experience of (for examples, but not exclusively) a bloodborne infection, using illicit substances, and/or im/migration processes to the performance of their job duties within healthcare, community or social service settings] or other staff in community-based organizations… Read more »

Mapping the Phases of CBR

Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

As already established in this series of articles, community-based research (CBR) is a way of doing research with communities, not just about them. It brings together people with lived experience, service providers, and researchers to ask questions and find answers that matter to the community. This article provides an overview of the different phases of… Read more »

Expanding access to STBBI testing through harm reduction in BC

Posted On: Monday, April 13th, 2026

Written by Amrit Tiwana & Sofia Bartlett  New research highlights important gaps, and promising opportunities, to improve sexually transmitted and bloodborne infection testing for people who use substances at harm reduction sites across British Columbia. Sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections (STBBIs), including HIV, hepatitis C virus, and infectious syphilis, continue to be a major public… Read more »

Five Questions with Jericho Watson

Posted On: Monday, February 9th, 2026

We are happy to welcome Jericho to the PAN team. Jericho (she/her) is currently completing her MPH at the University of Victoria and is completing her practicum with PAN on the Research and Evaluation team. She previously completed a BSc in Biomedical Science at the University of Ottawa in 2020 and has been working in… Read more »

Check it Out! New Resource Available – Making it Work Community Guidelines

Posted On: Wednesday, January 28th, 2026

Making it Work was born out of conversations within the community when looking at the challenges people living with HIV, hepatitis C and other associated—and complex—social and health issues face every day. These discussions led to a realization that we need to better understand whether people facing these challenges experience better outcomes when they access services… Read more »

Queer, Wise, and Inquisitive Collective

Posted On: Wednesday, January 7th, 2026

Ribbon Community, with support by the Community-based Research Centre (CBRC) team, is facilitating an upcoming program on research skill acquistion for 2S/LGBTQIA+ seniors.   Starting on January 27, 2026 a small group of up to 20 seniors (55+) will meet weekly for 10 weeks at Ribbon Community (1101 Seymour St., Vancouver) to learn research skills… Read more »

Substance Use News, December 2025

Posted On: Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Get weekly substance use news by subscribing to our newsletter: scroll… Read more »