Posted On: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
This year’s online Annual General Meeting will take place on October 22nd 2020 in the afternoon (12-3 PM, to be confirmed) and will likely be a similar format to last year – i.e. a relevant keynote presentation followed by our network’s business meeting. AGM 2019 Thanks to all who attended last October’s AGM and filled… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, February 24th, 2020
Date: March 10, 2020 Time: 9:00 – 10:00 AM Pacific time Join CATIE and the Dr. Peter Centre for a webinar sharing lessons learned from an injectable opioid agonist therapy (iOAT) program in British Columbia. Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is a medical treatment option used to treat opioid dependency and to reduce the harms of… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 14th, 2020
Date: Thursday, February 27 2020 Time: 10 AM Pacific time Rates of infectious and congenital syphilis are on the rise in Canada. Please join Dr. Troy Grennan (BC Centre for Disease Control) and Dr. Todd Hatchette (NS Health Authority) as they review key information to help healthcare professionals screen, diagnose and treat syphilis. Note: This… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, February 12th, 2020
Updated March19, 2020. Event recorded March18, 2020 This webinar shared information from the formative research informing the Outside In intervention at Health Initiative for Men (HIM) regarding the health and well-being of less-out GBT2Q. Our literature review and consultations with community members showed that compared to their more-out counterparts, less-out community members access HIV/STBBI… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, February 3rd, 2020
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020 Time: 10 AM Pacific time Sex-ed is often treated as a polarizing topic or as fodder for jokes that involve condoms and bananas. It is time to change the narrative! Sex-ed, when done right, is one of the most important health intervention we can offer young people. During Sexual Health… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 24th, 2020
Date recorded: Wednesday February 26, 2020 Presenter: Ben Klassen, Research Manager, Community-Based Research Centre This webinar focused on CBRC’s Sex Now survey, Canada’s largest and longest-running survey of gay, bi, and queer men’s health (inclusive of trans and Two-Spirit people). Presenter Ben Klassen provided an overview of the survey’s history, questionnaire design and consultation process,… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 24th, 2020
The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), the Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development and CATIE will be presenting a two-part webinar series on Indigenous-centred and reconciliatory harm reduction approaches this February and March. The first webinar will provide an overview of what these approaches look like, the link between colonialism and substance use, HIV… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 10th, 2020
Post updated with on-demand webinar Slides PAN hosted Ashley Stoppler and other staff from Northern Health to talk on topics of most interest to our members – as chosen by you. These webinars are open to all and we encourage you and your colleagues to attend. Recording Date: Wednesday January 29, 2020 Time: 10 -11… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 9th, 2020
Date recorded: Wednesday February 12, 2020 Hep C treatment is now short term, highly effective, and has minimal side effects for most people. What do you need to know for yourself or the people you support about getting treatment? Pacific Hepatitis C Network team members Deb Schmitz and Daryl Luster explain the road to treatment… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 6th, 2020
from the BCDC: Please join us our first grand rounds in 2020 on Tuesday, January 7 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM in BCCDC Lane Level Lecture Hall where Dr Amanda Slaunwhite and Ms Louise Mellieur present Towards a comprehensive understanding of the overdose crisis and its relationship to social and health inequities. Please see… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, December 20th, 2019
Casting the traditional fiscal year aside, the calendar shows 2019 was an amazing year with you all. Thank you to everyone who walked through the months, events, and issues with us. PAN and our members continued to do critical social justice work in every corner of the province throughout 2019. Some social change and equity… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 16th, 2019
Watch on demand Date recorded: Wednesday February 5, 2020 This dialogue-based webinar featured Andrea Medley in conversation with Janet Madsen of PAN. Andrea is one of the Indigenous Wellness Educators with the First Nations Health Authority’s Indigenous Wellness team. When Andrea and her teammates are invited into BC First Nations communities, they’ve found that harm reduction… Read more »
