Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020
The Year in Review In the last year, through the omnipresent and work-altering impacts of COVID-19, PAN has continued to steer the ‘coordinated and effective community-based response to HIV and hepatitis C in our province’, the stated goal of the Collective Impact Network (CIN). An added uncertainty was that all the community contracts with… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020
The Year in Review This has been a year of growth for our evaluation work at PAN and the department continues to be very active on a number of evaluation programs, projects and fee-for-service contracts. The CIHR Centre for REACH (REACH Nexus) One of the biggest changes over the last year has been… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, October 16th, 2020
Rising to the challenges of our times J. Evin Jones, Executive Director and Board Co-Chairs, Katrina Jensen and Patrick McDougall Dear Friends, Since the time of last year’s annual report, while PAN and our member organizations have realized many successes, it has been an incredibly challenging year. The overdose crisis is worse than ever… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
The Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative asks, “Are you in a region of BC where affordability is affecting your organization or practice? Then we definitely want to hear from you!” Through the Space for Community Survey, the Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative and Real Estate Institute of BC want your input on the the space… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 28th, 2020
see original post on SFU site “Conversion therapy” includes practices that try to change sexual attraction to people of the same gender (eg, felt identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, etc.) or change gender identities that are different from sex assigned at birth (eg, transgender, including non-binary). These include practices that discourage or delay the… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, September 25th, 2020
from CBRC Sexual minority people in Canada continue to experience greater social, economic, and health challenges when compared with their cisgender heterosexual peers. These challenges are often larger for people who are also gender minorities due to the persistence of transphobia and cisnormativity. However, limited population data exists about the experiences of trans and non-binary… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 21st, 2020
Date: Wednesday September 23 Time: 12 – 1:00 PM Pacific time Register online: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1443201779773579278 Presenter: Dr. Chanson Brumme, Assistant Director, Research Laboratories BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Webinar Main Objectives: • Update on recent technological advances in genotypic HIV Resistance testing • Review of the clinical relevance of low-frequency resistance mutations detected by Next-Generation Sequencing… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 21st, 2020
This study is funded by the Vancouver Foundation. A new research study is looking for volunteers to take part in a study of transgender women`s experiences accessing the mental healthcare system. In order to participate you must meet the following inclusion criteria: Self identify as a transgender woman Over 19 years of age Accessed mental… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 21st, 2020
Thanks to leadership from REACH Nexus (CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS), we are imminently expecting Health Canada’s approval for Canada’s first HIV self test. This builds off previous changes made in September 2019 making Biolytical’s INSTI HIV POC more accessible for use by non-healthcare providers. In order to support implementation REACH Nexus has launched… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
A new special COVID-19 edition of Community Based Research Centre (CBRC)’s annual Sex Now survey is now open! (Learn more about the annual Sex Now survey here). This online survey, open to gay, bi, queer and trans men, and Two Spirit and non-binary people (GBT2Q), explores experiences around the “health and well-being of gay, bi,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 17th, 2020
The Thrive study at BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is recruiting participants for phone interviews. If you are 50 years or older, living with HIV and have ever accessed home and community care services through Vancouver Coastal Health, you may be eligible to participate in our study. Interviews are conducted on the phone, co-led… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 7th, 2020
Update: Thank you for your interest in the People with Lived Experiences’ Strengths in the Face of Stigma study. Please note that we have closed recruitment for this study and are no longer accepting new participants. New study on strengths and resilience of people living with HIV in BC is looking for participants! Are you… Read more »
