Category: Resources

by Susan Holtzman, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia Okanagan campus Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) represent almost half of new HIV infections in Canada each year. However, the vast majority of research on HIV testing among MSM has been conducted in major urban centres. The main objectives of this… Read more »

During the 2014 Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness conference in Vancouver, a group of individuals came together with a common goal: to ensure that individuals with lived experience received equitable representation from service providers, researchers, policy makers, and others, so that they can better understand and tackle the problem of homelessness. To that end, the… Read more »

ANKORS is excited to announce the launch of Drug Checking at Music Festivals: A How‐To Guide by Chloe Sage and Warren Michelow – a groundbreaking and comprehensive guide that will move the national and international conversation about drug checking forward into action. This guide is the culmination of fourteen years of experience operating a drug… Read more »

Jun 22, 2016 by Jessica Chenery, Program Lead, Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program, BCCDC, and Amanda Porter, Nurse Educator, Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program, BCCDC What’s Around The Kitchen Table? Around The Kitchen Table (ATKT) is a program that actively engages aboriginal women as natural teachers to host conversations around HIV, STI and hepatitis education in their… Read more »

Northern Health seeks to extend the reach of community-based services in response to HIV and Hepatitis C. Following the announcement of the Regional HIV and Hepatitis C Implementation Plan in December, 2015, the Regional Chronic Diseases Program (RCD) has been consulting northerners about the best way to assist communities to take the next steps, outside… Read more »