Category: Webinars and Online Learning

Webinar: Supporting capacity building of community-based organizations across Canada to provide supervised consumption services

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 »

Pozcast: Supporting PLHIV in their Health

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 »

Webinar: Hepatitis B and C in Canada: National Surveillance Data from 2007 to 2016

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 »

Webinar from CATIE- Can’t Pass It On: Lessons from the United Kingdom

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 »

Investigating Intersections between Mental Health, Hep C, HIV, and STBBIs

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 »

Webinar: The effect of public health policies on stigma and innovations in HIV case management nursing

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 »

Webinar: Peer Health Navigation Series- Integrated Systems of Care

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 »

Webinar: Creative, Inclusive, Rooted: Supporting Indigenous Youth with Yúusnewas

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 »

Webinar: Gonorrhea Update from Public Health Agency of Canada

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 »

Webinar: Options for Sexual Health: Partners for Impact

Posted On: Sunday, February 3rd, 2019

  Date: Tuesday March 5, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Time Join Michelle Fortin and Nicole Pasquino of Options for Sexual Health to hear how their work can support PAN members in frontline services, as well as provide professional development for staff and volunteers. Options for Sexual Health provides BC communities with comprehensive sexual health… Read more »

Webinar: Canadian Guidelines on STIs – Mycoplasma Genitalium

Posted On: Saturday, January 26th, 2019

Date: Thursday February 7, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Time In 2018, the Public Health Agency of Canada released the Mycoplasma genitalium chapter for the first time as part of the Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections. Mycoplasma genitalium is an emerging sexually transmitted pathogen that can cause non-chlamydial/non-gonococcal urethritis. This webinar will provide information on… Read more »

Webinar: Using Collective Impact to Strengthen Services for Women

Posted On: Monday, January 21st, 2019

  Shared Vision; Regional Action: Using Collective Impact to Strengthen Services for Women Date: Wednesday February 27, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Time Join Molly Bannerman, Provincial Director  of the Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative (WHAI) in Ontario as she shares the WHAI’s work to strengthen communities. The WHAI builds capacity in organizations that provide services… Read more »