Posted On: Thursday, November 18th, 2021
Via Stamina Not Stigma: Announcing the launch of Stamina Not Stigma, an important community health project for BC’s Southern Gulf Islands region. Drawing on experiences of a diverse group of islanders who supported each other through the worst days of the AIDS pandemic and evolved with the changing realities of living with HIV, the… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
By Gordon Casey of Brave Coop. This piece is excerpted from Medium. Brave has been working on preventing overdose deaths for 4 years now. And it’s working! We have just reached 101 overdoses (and counting). We are a cooperative that builds tools to detect and respond to overdose. Our tools include an app,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 8th, 2021
It’s that time of year again, where we build awareness, honour people with lived experience, and challenge the stigma that is part of life for many people living with HIV. World AIDS Day and Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week events and resources can connect communities and support vital work. World AIDS Day: December 1… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Message from PAN Leadership The theme of this year’s PAN annual report is Doubling Down in Dual Public Health Emergencies. When talking about the theme for this year’s report and our upcoming AGM. (Register now), we wanted to convey both the challenges facing our sector and communities, but also the strength and resilience of the… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, May 7th, 2021
Starting in 2020, because of restrictions on in-person gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, many services and opportunities in communities shifted to online formats. While many in the disability community celebrated digital adoption for creating accessible opportunities for many folks that could only access online services, we know that many in-person services and programs became inaccessible… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, May 7th, 2021
In this short video, we will provide you with an overview of participatory evaluation, describing briefly what it is and offering a few useful tips and tools for conducting participatory evaluation projects. In addition to discussing the principles of participatory evaluation, we will also provide an example of a participatory evaluation project and discuss our… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Relationships between community-based organizations and researchers are very important. We know that having strong, respectful and reciprocal relationships are crucial in doing our work. However, it can be tough to know exactly what steps to take to move these relationships forward when researchers approach community-based organizations to work together. These relationships include a lot of moving pieces, important conversations and meeting each other where… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
One of the core values of our approach to research at PAN is “Meaningful Engagement and GIPA/MEPA”. In practice, this means that people with lived experiences (sometimes known as peers) must be engaged in research at all points in the process, including being actively engaged in developing and leading research. One way that this has shown up in our work… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, April 26th, 2021
This past year has been hard, and ongoing stress is drawing a lot from us all. Let’s gather together to gain medicine from the ancient stone people. They have lived so long that they have experienced all hardships and joys and have been able to find stillness. They have many wisdoms to share with us…. Read more »
Posted On: Friday, April 16th, 2021
The CV-19 Indigenous Knowledge Translation Working Group recently published some new COVID-19 Indigenous Resources to promote vaccination in Indigenous communities. The new resources are titled Protect Your Community with COVID-19 Immunity and feature five Indigenous doctors and is a series of six printable posters. Additionally, social media images (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) were also developed… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 15th, 2021
As we head into a new fiscal year and welcome the onset of spring, we would like to take a moment to update members and allies on our work in light of the continuing dictates of COVID. On an operational level, PAN’s own programs and services continue to be impacted as both BC and Canada… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
As the project coordinator for the Hepatitis C Leadership Project, I wanted to learn more specifics about the various hepatitis C testing technologies. During a conversation focused on community knowledge-building with Dr. Sofia Bartlett from the BCCDC, it was recognized that creating a visual summary of hepatitis C testing technologies could be useful for community…. Read more »
