Category: Resources

Invitation to submit a letter of intent: Enhanced Surveillance for Chronic Disease Program

Posted On: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019

Please see the NEW Funding Opportunity: Enhanced Surveillance for Chronic Disease Program (ESCDP). The ESCDP provides grants and contributions funding to organizations to enhance their capacity for public health chronic disease and injury surveillance activities in order to address persistent public health surveillance evidence gaps and support the development of a robust evidence base on… Read more »

New Horizons for Seniors Program Funding Opportunity

Posted On: Friday, May 17th, 2019

On May 15, 2019, the Government of Canada launched the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) 2019-20 call for proposals for community-based projects across Canada. The NHSP is a federal grants and contributions program whose goal is to support projects that help improve the well-being and quality of life of seniors and foster social inclusion and engagement of… Read more »

PHAC launches next solicitation for the Harm Reduction Fund

Posted On: Thursday, May 9th, 2019

Dear Stakeholders, We are pleased to announce the launch of the solicitation of Letters of Intent (LOI) for the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Harm Reduction Fund for the period of April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2022. The Harm Reduction Fund is investing $3M annually through this solicitation to support two-year projects across Canada… Read more »

PHSA Innovation Fund

Posted On: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) has released guidelines on their $100,000 Innovation Fund. This one-time funding for fiscal year 2019/2020 is dedicated to exploring innovative solutions with demonstrable impact to HIV and HCV in British Columbia. Projects may be provincially focused or regionally focused with the potential for scale up.   PHSA is particularly… Read more »

Emergency Preparedness Resources

Posted On: Monday, March 11th, 2019

Does your organization have emergency plans in place? If so, great, and if not, you may wish to look at some of the resources below. Whether it is floods, wildfires, earthquakes or tsunamis, severe weather and power outages, natural and unnatural events can severely impact our organizations and personal lives, and can strike at any… Read more »

PAN’s Checklist: What needs to be in place to provide adequate support to peer researchers?

Posted On: Monday, March 4th, 2019

Background:In 2015, PAN began the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index (BC Stigma Index), a community-based research (CBR) study to document the experiences of stigma and discrimination from the perspective of people living with HIV (PLHIV). One of the objectives of this study was to “support PLHIV to be Stigma Index leaders & build… Read more »

Women’s Wellness & Leadership Project

Posted On: Sunday, February 3rd, 2019

Vancouver Friends for Life Society is pleased to announce our new initiative to support women with lived experience of HIV and hepatitis C (HCV). The Women’s Wellness and Leadership Project is designed to support women in BC on their own path to health and wellness. The project is accepting applications from women up to $2500… Read more »

Community Action Fund Project Descriptions Now Available on PHAC’s Website

Posted On: Saturday, December 1st, 2018

Via Public Health Agency of Canada   Dear HIV and Hepatitis C Community Action Fund Recipients, As we recognize World AIDS Day on December 1, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is highlighting the efforts of community-based organizations across the country to reduce HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood borne infections…. Read more »

Civil Forfeiture Crime Prevention and Remediation Grant Applications

Posted On: Friday, November 9th, 2018

2018/19 Civil Forfeiture Crime Prevention and Remediation Grant program is now accepting applications. Applications are available for the following funding streams: Crime Reduction and Crime Prevention Indigenous Healing and Rebuilding Serving Victims Through Restorative Justice: Enhancing Program Capacity Addressing Violence Against Women: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation and Vulnerable Women in… Read more »

Community Innovation Grants Awarded to Address Overdose Crisis

Posted On: Saturday, October 13th, 2018

The provincial government issued a news release October 12 announcing the recipients of Community Innovation grants through the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and Community Action Initiative (CAI). A number PAN members are in this group, including AIDS Vancouver Island, Central Interior Native Health Society, Positive Living North, and ANKORS. Twenty-seven communities and organizations in British Columbia were… Read more »

SexED SOGI123 Candidate List

Posted On: Saturday, October 13th, 2018

Sex Ed is Our Right is a campaign developed and launched by YouthCO HIV and Hep C Society in partnership with Community Based Research Centre. We are calling for more LGBTQ+ inclusive and relevant sexual health education in BC classrooms. We know that more HIV intervention and education can be happening at the youth level…. Read more »

Island Health STOP HIV/AIDS Program Call for Proposals

Posted On: Saturday, October 13th, 2018

The Island Health STOP HIV/AIDS Program is excited to announce a call for proposals for our Community Grants Program. We will be awarding grants of up to $10,000 each to communities or groups who are interested in planning and delivering activities addressing HIV prevention, testing and engagement into care and treatment. Special focus will be… Read more »