Posted On: Saturday, January 29th, 2022
Date: Tuesday, February 8,2022 Time: 10-11:30 AM Pacific time Throughout history, advocacy has been essential to improving access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and ensuring our human rights are upheld. This webinar puts a spotlight on healthcare providers who have dedicated their lives to ensuring that people who have been pushed to the margins have… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 28th, 2022
The next in our PAN Presents webinar series focuses on overdose prevention site research and evaluation. Mary Clare Kennedy, PhD and Michelle Olding, MPH of the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and the University of British Columbia will present on recent research examining benefits and challenges of overdose prevention sites, including studies examining health impacts… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 14th, 2022
A national Hidden Disability Symbol: It is time. It is right. It is needed. Millions of Canadians live with hidden disabilities. They are often marginalized, misunderstood, and ignored. There is a need to not only understand the complexities associated with hidden disabilities, but to share those experiences so that Canadians in the hidden disability… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 13th, 2022
Nurses, Policymakers, Allied Health Professionals, and community members may now submit abstracts for the 2022 Conference of the Canadian Association of Nurses in HIV Care, Co-hosted by PAN! When: May 13-15, 2022 Where: Virtually Theme: Decolonize & Decriminalize Abstracts and inquiries can be sent to [email protected] by February 15, 2022
Posted On: Friday, December 10th, 2021
Date: December 16, 2021 TIme: 12- 1 PM Pacific time The World Health Organization has recently designated the omicron variant of COVID-19 as a variant of concern. Many people have questions about what the omicron variant is, what it may mean for our public health response to COVID-19, and what we should be doing to… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 26th, 2021
Date: Thursday December 16, 2021 Time: 10 AM – 1:30 PM Pacific time We are pleased to announce a West Coast learning and discussion virtual event with Cree Two-Spirit community organizer, researcher and educator Harlan Pruden. This two-part event will situate Two-Spirit people in Indigenous and colonial histories, and how we can work towards… Read more »
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 »
