Posted On: Thursday, May 15th, 2025
BC Hepatitis Network has released two new reports that are complementary to each other. The first is an overview of lab access across the province, a request that came from community providers and individuals trying to get viral hepatitis bloodwork. The second is a larger report that was built around responses from over… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, May 9th, 2025
Circulated by request of the BCCDC The following updates to the immunization and communicable disease guidance for Mpox will shortly be reflected here as well. Prevention and vaccination Mpox can be prevented by avoiding close contact with persons with symptoms consistent with Mpox, frequent washing of hands, covering coughs and sneezes and if at… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, May 8th, 2025
PAN is proud to be part of a province-wide initiative to strengthen leadership across BC’s non-profit and social service sectors: BC Social Care Training. Leadership is essential to a strong and resilient social care sector. That’s why we’ve joined other organizations in developing a new platform that connects service providers with highquality supervisory training, grant… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
PHSA is now accepting applications for the Innovation Fund. Information about this funding opportunity can be found in the guidelines below, and the Innovation Fund Application Form should be used to apply for funding. Innovation Fund Guidelines The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) Innovation Fund was created as part of the framework for HIV and HCV… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, April 28th, 2025
Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Get weekly substance use news by subscribing to our newsletter: scroll… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Research and evaluation both offer opportunities for learning and community building in meaningful ways. We see research and evaluation like two different trees with different origins that are intertwined in methods and analysis yet also separate in what they can tell us. We see this relationship as beneficial to both evaluation and research. Read more about… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 10th, 2025
A previous Treehouse piece explored Decolonizing Data Analysis Methods which explored various methods to approach data analysis from an Indigenous perspective with learnings from the Making it Work Project. In this resource, we continue the discussion with some ways to communicate out findings by discussing different approaches to knowledge translation. According to Canadian Institutes of… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Evaluation is the systematic process of assessing the value, worth, or quality of something. While evaluation can apply to events, projects, and services, this article focuses on its role in community-based programs. Rather than rigid rules, the evaluation concepts presented here serve to visually organize and make sense of the complexities involved in program assessment…. Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 10th, 2025
In 2014, GetCheckedOnline set out to improve sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI) testing and treatment by removing barriers to sexual health care. It is British Columbia’s (BC) digital testing service for STBBIs operated by the BC Centre for Disease Control and the BC Public Health Laboratory. It was first launched in Vancouver and is now… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 10th, 2025
The Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) is a leadership development program for people living with HIV. One goal of the PLDI Alliance was to evaluate the program for inclusivity and cultural safety in a deliberate, specialized way. Having this goal resulted in the creation of The Culturally Safer HIV Leadership Training Project. The project took… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Purposes of Community-based Research: Supporting communities driving change In general, community-based research can help drive meaningful change by actively involving those directly affected by the issues in the research process. To name a few examples, active involvement can include being a part of: What needs researching How to conduct the research and what methods to… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 10th, 2025
CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks and Dr. Peter Center are delighted to invite you to another virtual Community of Practice (CoP) Call on Indigenous-led trauma informed Harm Reduction training. This session is part of the national project, The Canoe and is free to attend. The Canoe aims to bring relevant, non-stigmatizing, context specific harm… Read more »
