Posted On: Monday, April 9th, 2018
If you attended one of the webinars about the Community Action Fund Funding Reporting Tool (CRT), you may want to have a copy of the webinar on hand for reference. If you have questions about your project or details about the reporting process, please contact your Project Manager. View slide deck (pdf) Download slide… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 30th, 2018
Updated April 16, 2018 The Public Health Agency of Canada will launch the 2018 Harm Reduction Open Solicitation in May, 2018. Webinars were will be offered in April (see below to register) to provide information on the Fund’s objectives, the application process, and to answer questions, and hear suggestions from stakeholders. I. About the Harm… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) has issued an RFP for HIV & HCV Prevention, Care and Treatment Services for Women. There are 3 Components: Component 1. System Navigation and Support, maximum annual budget $150,000 Component 2. Network Mobilization and Peer Navigation Services for Women Living with HIV, maximum annual budget $75,000 Component 3. Peer-led… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 2nd, 2018
The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions has recently launched an overdose awareness campaign across BC: www.stopoverdosebc.ca The campaign aims to challenge the way people think about people who use drugs, humanize the overdose crisis, and call on all British Columbians to get informed, get help, and get involved by having courageous conversations. We are reaching… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 2nd, 2018
As those living with HIV and /or working in the HIV and HCV communities know, stigma remains a large and challenging issue. PAN’s BC People Living with Stigma Index Project is currently in the data analysis phase and the reality of stigma experienced by people in BC is clear. Even as we are almost 40… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
Positive Living BC’s new Dental Clinic is dedicated to providing comprehensive oral and dental care to PLHIV while extending our outreach to include other under-serviced individuals in the community.
Posted On: Saturday, February 10th, 2018
During this webinar, the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) will share key findings from their work and elucidate the individual and organizational factors that contribute to stigma, and the strategies that can be used to reduce stigma and ultimately improve health outcomes for those affected by or living with sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs)…. Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, February 8th, 2018
Peer health navigation is a person-centred approach to guide, connect, refer, educate and accompany people living with HIV through systems of care. This webinar will unpack diverse peer health navigation models and introduce participants to the new CATIE resource Practice Guidelines in Peer Health Navigation for People Living with HIV…. Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 2nd, 2018
Thursday February 15, 10 AM PT Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to be an important public health issue, both in Canada and worldwide. This webinar will present the three STIs (gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis) featured in the Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) issue released on February 1st, and highlight the trends and findings of… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
Overdoses and overdose-related deaths are often reported as numbers to the public, but those who work with people who use drugs never lose sight of the individuals behind them. Everyone has a story and everyone matters. Overdoses begin long before a substance is taken into the body, and this is something that those reading about… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 25th, 2018
For Charlene Burmeister, a peer leader with Quesnel, B.C.’s Opening Doors to Harm Reduction project, people with lived experience, or peers, are capable of providing expertise and knowledge, but that expertise necessitates appropriate payment. “Knowledge has value and valuable insight deserves recognition and compensation,” said Burmeister. The BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) new Peer… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 15th, 2018
The Canadian Webinar Series on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights would like to invite you the third of a multi-phase series of webinars focused on key aspects regarding the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV in Canada: Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice: Canadian Webinar Series on Implementing the WHO… Read more »
