Category: Archive

DTES women’s-only services provide safety and support to clients with complex needs “Women living in the Downtown Eastside often face barriers in accessing traditional health care services, but have great need for both primary care services as well as access to substance use and mental health programs,” says Smadar Levinson, Team Leader – Women’s ICMT,… Read more »

New research demonstrates how construction, gentrification and ongoing criminalization increase risks of violence and harassment of trans sex workers Vancouver, BC [January 11, 2017]—Newly published peer review research shows how gentrification and construction in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, as well as ongoing criminalization, displaced trans sex workers to unsafe and isolated spaces. These factors increased trans… Read more »

PAN’s 2016 Fall Conference was held on October 25 and 26th. A significant portion of the conference program was devoted to discussing the pressing issue of Canada’s national drug policy and its effects on public health in the context of BC’s ongoing crisis of overdose (OD) and overdose deaths. Since that time, we have been… Read more »

Evaluation Coordinator (Part-Time) Job Posting Position: Evaluation Coordinator Status: Part-time – 0.6 FTE Time Period: To March 31, 2018 with a possibility of renewal/extension Location: To be negotiated Salary Range: $25,000 – $35,000 commensurate with experience Reports To:  Director of Evaluation and Community-Based Research PAN is hiring an Evaluation Coordinator, with strong data analytics skills,… Read more »

PLN’s Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Tuesday November 29th , 2016 starting at 5:00 p.m. at the Fire Pit Cultural Drop-In Centre, located at 1120 Third Avenue. Your valid membership and participation in the AGM ensures that you’re eligible to vote on any resolutions put forth. There will be amendments proposed to… Read more »

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 a total of $50,000) to communities or groups who are interested in planning and delivering activities addressing HIV prevention, testing and engagement into care and… Read more »

Camp Moomba became part of our work at YouthCO in 2015, and this past summer, YouthCO ran camp for the first time. We got the chance to integrate our commitment to peer education, peer support, and indigenizing into the longstanding Moomba family and traditions! In order to fund Camp Moomba for summer 2017, we’ve teamed up with… Read more »

Public Health Agency of Canada Cutting Funding to Canadian AIDS Service Organizations HIV and Hepatitis C Community Action Fund will leave many Canadians living with HIV or Hep C out in the cold, with several established service organizations having their funding partially or completely cut. Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 12, 2016 – Just two weeks… Read more »

Sep 22, 2016 12:19 am | Deb Schmitz Tainted blood victims who contracted hepatitis C before and after 1986-1990 are in court seeking equal compensation and to undo “…a basic unfairness” after failing to access some of the $240-million won last month by the 1986-1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement climates,, an article by The Globe… Read more »

This message is to provide you with an update to the Letter of Intent (LOI) applications to the Community Action Fund (CAF) and the ongoing review process. We provided an update at the end of June indicating that the results of the review will be shared in late summer. We are now anticipating that the… Read more »

The Yes2SCS Campaign have launched a petition calling on the government to establish Supervised Injection Services across the province. “We the undersigned are parents, caregivers, and guardians of people who use drugs. Some of us have lost our children unnecessarily to preventable overdose death and some of us fear the loss of our children daily… Read more »