Posted On: Friday, November 26th, 2021
Date: December 8, 2021 Time: 10-11:30 AM Pacific time As we move through the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the HIV sector continues to respond to the needs of people living with and affected by HIV in Canada, shifting, resuming and adapting services as needed. A new landscape of HIV services is emerging. What… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 26th, 2021
Date: Thursday, December 2, 2021 Time: 10-11 AM Pacific time The COVID-19 pandemic presents new and distinct challenges to the sexual health and well-being of youth. Educators in schools and health care settings are uniquely positioned to provide young people with sexual health education and/or care to help youth build their capacity to enhance and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 22nd, 2021
Presenter: Guy Felicella Moderator: J. Evin Jones Date: Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 Time: 1:00-2:00 PM The next in our PAN Presents webinar series concentrates on alternative models of safer supply, something that stirred up interest during our last webinar with the BCCSU. Guy Felicella will springboard from his statement “We need to meet substance users where they’re at,… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
Date: Thursday, November 25 2021 Time: 10-11 AM Pacific time The Government of Canada launched a Five-Year Action Plan on Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBI) in July 2019, following the establishment of Canada’s Framework for Action, Reducing the Health Impact of STBBI in Canada by 2030: A Pan-Canadian STBBI Framework for Action. Coordinated work… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 5th, 2021
Date: November 17, 2021 Time: 10 AM Pacific time Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant, unprecedented changes to the delivery of healthcare and social services. There is a real concern that these changes in healthcare have led to delays in hepatitis C diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care, with potentially severe health consequences… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 1st, 2021
Date: November 10, 2021 Time: 10 AM Pacific time CATIE is presenting a webinar on peer health navigation, a person-centred approach to guide, connect, refer, educate and accompany people living with HIV through systems of care. The presenters include AIDS Vancouver’s Hesham Ali and Glen Bradford. From CATIE write-up: Building off of the release of… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
You are invited to a webinar presented by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) Date: Wednesday November 10, 2021 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific time Following this webinar, participants will be able to: Describe broadly studies to date that have measured immune responses to COVID-19 vaccination in people living with HIV Summarize the results… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 25th, 2021
A new webinar series sponsored by Gilead will focus on HIV and Ageing Register now Date: Friday, November 5 Time: 9-10:30 AM Pacific time Children and Young Adults Living with HIV Panelists: Muluba Habanyama and Dr. Jason Brophy Date: Friday, November 12 Time: 9-10:30 AM Pacific time Women, HIV, and Ageing Panelists: Valerie Nicholson and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 25th, 2021
Get ready for the next Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) Online Core Training! We encourage you to share this post with your Peers, Support Workers, Educators, Case Managers and Peer Navigators to communicate this leadership opportunity to People Living with HIV. This training is offered at no cost to participants. (Funding for this program is… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 18th, 2021
Date: October 25, 2021 Time: 12 noon Pacific time Join the HIV Legal Network’s Co-Executive Director Sandra Ka Hon Chu and others as they launch their paper on migrant sex work and the ineffectiveness and harm of anti-human trafficking laws in addressing exploitation. Written with Elene Lam of Butterfly, Judy Fudge from McMaster University, and… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, October 15th, 2021
Date: Friday October 29, 2021 Time: 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Pacific time Via CIHR CTN network Co-morbidities and HIV workgroup: People living with HIV are living longer and healthier lives due to the benefits of antiretroviral therapy. But problems related to inflammation from poorly controlled HIV, or damage due to previous or current medications, are one… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, October 15th, 2021
Date: Wednesday November 3, 2021 Time: 9-10:30 AM Pacific time via CATIE: An exciting development in our efforts to reach people living with undiagnosed HIV has been the licensing of the first HIV self-test in Canada in November 2020. Self-testing is a tool that has the potential to reach people who are not accessing HIV… Read more »
