Category: Research

British Columbia 2SLGBTQ+ Aging Needs Assessment

  Thank you for taking the time to read this invitation to participate in an interview. We need to learn more about the needs of Two-Spirit/ Lesbian/ Gay/Bisexual/ Transgender/ Queer Plus (2SLGBTQ+) older adults in British Columbia. Our study seeks to document the housing, health, community, and financial needs of 2SLGBTQ+ seniors in British Columbia…. Read more »

A new study funded by the Canada Social Sciences Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) called Understanding the Impact of Psychosocial Vulnerabilities on Access to and Utilization of Women centred HIV Support Services among African, Caribbean and Black Women in Canada is looking for participants. The study aims to understand the impact of psychosocial vulnerabilities (racism, sexism, gender discrimination,… Read more »

The UBC Hampton Endowment Grant study Experiences of African, Caribbean and Black Women Living with HIV During the COVID Pandemic: Impact of the Pandemic and Psychosocial Vulnerabilities on Quality of Life is looking for participants. The study aims to explore perceptions of quality of life by African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) women living with HIV, the… Read more »

  We are excited to share with you a report summarizing findings from four Members’ and Allies’ surveys conducted in 2015-2018. This report includes a summary of the feedback we received over these years and our actions to adapt, change and improve PAN’s services and programs based on this feedback. The Annual Members’ and Allies’… Read more »

The next in our PAN Presents webinar series focuses on overdose prevention site research and evaluation. Mary Clare Kennedy, PhD and Michelle Olding, MPH of the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and the University of British Columbia will present on recent research examining benefits and challenges of overdose prevention sites, including studies examining health impacts… Read more »

Five Questions with Anna Mertens, Evaluation Coordinator

Anna Mertens joined the PAN Evaluation Team in early 2022 after she volunteered with us on a project. Before joining PAN, she worked in Montreal’s HIV community for seven years at ACCM. She brings her experience coordinating and evaluating an online sexual health program. Anna also brings the evaluation and research experience she gained through… Read more »

via CAAN The next Wise Practices and Skills Building Gathering is May 18-20, 2022. Abstract deadline is February 14, 2022.  The Wise Practices Gathering is hosted by CAAN and the AHA Centre in support of Community-Based HIV Research (CBR) by and with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples in Canada. The very first Gathering was… Read more »

New BCCSU guidance: Risk Mitigation and OUD Practice Update

Via BC Centre on Substance Use After over a year of Risk Mitigation prescribing experience, the emergence of preliminary evaluation data and experience from clinicians and people who use drugs has led to the development of an update to Interim Clinical Guidance: Risk Mitigation in the Context of Dual Health Emergencies, which features expanded and… Read more »

Researchers at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and Oak Tree Clinic are looking for women living with and without HIV to take part in a research study about women’s healthy aging.  This study is called the British Columbia CARMA-CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3). Our main study inclusion criteria are that: 1)     You identify as a… Read more »

  CAAN and the Dr. Peter Centre will be hosting four National Dialogue sessions throughout January and February for a chance to gather to share perspectives and learnings on how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the experiences of gender-based violence amongst Indigenous Women (inclusive of Trans-women, Two-Spirit, Femme/Feminine-identifying, Genderqueer, or Non-binary, 2SLGBTQ+) who are living… Read more »