Posted On: Friday, October 19th, 2018
This content was originally published by CATIE, Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information. By Tara Marie Watson and Carol Strike Supervised injection services (SIS) provide safer spaces for people to inject drugs and help reduce the risk of overdose and behaviours linked to HIV and hepatitis C. Now more than ever, as Canada… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 15th, 2018
Summit 2018: How’s your Head? Sexual Identity, Mental Health and Substance Use Date: November 8 – 9 Location: SFU: Vancouver Campus, 515 West Hastings Vancouver, BC Don’t miss this opportunity for capacity building, training, and education initiatives designed to strengthen the network of those working and volunteering in GBT2Q men’s health. Local, national and international activists… Read more »
Posted On: Saturday, October 13th, 2018
The STI & HIV 2019 World Congress will be held July 14 – 17, 2019, in Vancouver, in the Vancouver Convention Centre. This Congress represents the joint meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) and the International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI). This biennial meeting is one of the largest… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, October 5th, 2018
by Megan Deyman Life is often said to be defined by a series of choices. Day after day, month after month, year after year, we make choices about every detail of our lives. We make choices about what to eat, what to wear, what to say and how to say it, how to react, who… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 24th, 2018
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS will present its Fall HIV/Antiretroviral update on October 22nd, from 830 AM – 430 PM in Vancouver. Registration is free, and now open. Please note that seating is available for up to 400 people and, therefore, pre-registration is strongly recommended. On-site registration will not be available. … Read more »
Posted On: Friday, September 21st, 2018
Mark your calendars for the Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research Saskatoon, May 9-12th, 2019 Join us for the 28th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2019), from May 9 – 12, 2019 in Saskatoon. Organized annually by the Canadian Association for HIV Research, the Conference is the premier gathering in Canada for those associated in… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, September 21st, 2018
This is a repeat of the webinar that was presented on September 6th. In this webinar, national estimates of the number of new HIV infections, the number of people estimated to be living with HIV and Canada’s progress towards global HIV elimination targets will be presented. Nashira Khalil, the Manager of the HIV Estimates Unit… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 17th, 2018
Submitted by LHIVE Healthy The LHIVE Healthy Study is still looking to recruit participants until March 2019. We wish to recruit a total of 375 participants across Canada. Would you like to … Exercise more? Eat better? Smoke less? A web-based study is currently looking for someone like you! LHIVE Healthy is a… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 17th, 2018
Part 3* This is the third part of a three-part blog where I’m sharing what I have learned from the 9th North American Housing and HIV Research Summit held in Washington DC on August 1st and 2nd. You can still have a read of part 1 and part 2 if you missed them. An interesting… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 10th, 2018
Submitted by The NewHITES Canada Community-Based Research (CBR) Team Update, August 2018 As a team we are pleased to provide you an update on our work in the area of HIV stigma, migration and settlement, and the health of newcomers in Canada. Last September 2017, we re-named ourselves after our face to face meeting in Calgary… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, September 10th, 2018
Part 2* This is the second part of a three-part blog where I am sharing what I learned from the 9th North American Housing and HIV Research Summit held in Washington DC on August 1st and 2nd. Missed the first part? Click here for a read! All throughout the Summit, there were some great… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 31st, 2018
UPDATE, September 26, 2018 Due to scheduling issues beyond our control, we will be recording this webinar for on-demand viewing. Watch the PAN Weekly News for its release. Not subscribed to PAN Weekly News? Subscribe on our home page. PAN’s Positive Living Positive Homes (PLPH) research study is giving us much to think about… Read more »
