Posted On: Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
PHAC Harm Reduction Fund Webinar and Q&A May 21, 2019 10:30-11:25am At last year’s PAN fall conference, one of the requests we heard at the ED summit was for PAN to facilitate more conversations and potential collaborations across the network when it came to large national and provincial funding calls. In the weeks before PHAC… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 27th, 2019
We want to hear from you and your organization! Reducing the health impact of sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBIs) is a key goal for British Columbia, for Canada, and globally. To support this goal, the Public Health Agency of Canada released a Pan-Canadian STBBI Framework for Action and a working group has been developed… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Date: Wednesday June 19, 2019 Time: 8 AM Pacific Time Objectives: Explore the community experience of people living with HIV who have had decreased cognition; Review the epidemiology of decreased cognition as it relates to HIV and aging; Characterize and distinguish differences in cognition and methods of screening for decreased cognitive function; and… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Supporting capacity building of community-based organizations across Canada to provide supervised consumption services: lessons learned to-date Date: Thursday May 30, 2019 Time: 10 AM Pacific time In early 2017, the Dr. Peter Centre received project funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to provide capacity building to community-based organizations starting supervised consumption services (SCS)…. Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, May 15th, 2019
Updated with webinar recording June 11-17 is Men’s Health Week, and we sat down with James Watson, the host of Pozcast. The goal of Pozcast is to connect people living with HIV with HIV research in ways that matter. Episodes on men’s health have included HIV and fatherhood, and a series on drug use… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, April 15th, 2019
If you couldn’t make this live webinar on April 25th, slides are now available. Viral hepatitis – including hepatitis B and C – has been characterized by the World Health Organization as a major public health burden. In this webinar, PHAC’s Sexually Transmitted Infections and Hepatitis team presented the latest national data for hepatitis B… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Join CATIE for a webinar to learn more about how Terrence Higgins Trust developed and delivered its “Can’t Pass It On” campaign in the United Kingdom, and the lessons we can apply here in Canada. Date: March 28, 2019 Time: 9:00 AM Pacific time Terrence Higgins Trust is a British charity that increases awareness and… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 15th, 2019
Universities Without Walls (UWW) invites you to our 7th online seminar, Investigating Intersections between Mental Health, Hep C, HIV, and STBBIs. Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019. Time: 9:30 – 10:30 AM Pacific time This seminar will be led by Dr. Oralia Gomez-Ramirez, sociocultural anthropologist, qualitative health researcher, and early career evaluator. Oralia completed a Ph.D…. Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
Date: March 21, 2019 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 Pacific Time As part of their Reducing stigma related to sexuality, substance use and STBBIs, the Canadian Public Health Association presents The effect of public health policies on stigma and innovations in HIV case management nursing This interactive webinar presented by Linda Juergensen from York University and… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
This the final webinar in the series on Peer Navigation Program Development. It is a partnership between CATIE and Positive Living BC. Date: Thursday, March 21, 2019 Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific Time Peer health navigation is a person-centred approach to guide, connect, refer, educate and accompany people living with HIV through systems of… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 22nd, 2019
YouthCO has been working to reduce the impact of stigma related to HIV and hepatitis C since 1994. YouthCO’s Yúusnewas program is an Indigenous peer-led program. Their work includes workshops on HIV, sexual health and harm reduction in urban and rural communities; Culture is Healing events by and for Indigenous youth in downtown Vancouver; First… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 15th, 2019
Gonorrhea Update: Treatment Guidelines, AMR Surveillance, Ceftriaxone-Resistant Gonorrhea Case Study Date: Thursday February 28th, 2019 Time: 10 AM Pacific Time Gonorrhea is the second most commonly reported bacterial STI in Canada. Reported cases of gonorrhea have more than doubled between 2010 and 2016 with 23,708 reported cases in 2016. This webinar will provide an update on… Read more »
