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PAN at the Canadian Association of HIV Research (CAHR) Conference 2026
Posted On: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
From April 23-26, the 35th annual Canadian Association of HIV Research (CAHR) conference was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, “Under open skies: Rising to meet unprecedented challenges in the HIV response.” Hundreds of conference attendees, including people living with HIV, community-based organizations, researchers, academics and allies from across the country gathered for Canada’s premier HIV-focused event… Read more »
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New Research and Evaluation Treehouse Resources, April 2026
Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
Research and evaluation both offer opportunities for learning and community building in meaningful ways. We see research and evaluation like two different trees with different origins that are intertwined in methods and analysis yet also separate in what they can tell us. We see this relationship as beneficial to both evaluation and research. Read more about… Read more »
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Making Knowledge Translation Work: From Frameworks to Frontline
Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
A previous Treehouse piece explored Making it Work and the variety of knowledge translation pieces developed to address a diverse number of audiences. In this resource, we continue the discussion by providing tangible examples on how to bridge the gap between research and practice, ensuring that research findings are used to inform policy, practice, and… Read more »
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Engaging Cellphilm as an Arts-Based Research Technique
Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
A cellphilm is a short video that is entirely shot using a cell phone or a tablet. It is typically about 1-4 minutes and unedited. It is a participatory visual technique that conveys a particular perspective or message and can be thought of under the larger umbrella of arts-based research. The term combines the words… Read more »
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Supporting Recommendations and Planning for Programs using Environmental Scan
Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
The TIE Study (Treatment Adherence, Social Isolation, and Engagement) is an ongoing research study of PAN’s that is aiming to understand how social isolation impacts HIV treatment adherence for people living with HIV in smaller urban, rural, and remote areas. After completing surveys and interviews with people living with HIV, the last stage of the… Read more »
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Approaching Province-Wide Guidance through the Testing Guidance Project
Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
In 2020, PAN released an HIV testing needs assessment which recommended community service providers such as peers [someone who applies their knowledge and experience of (for examples, but not exclusively) a bloodborne infection, using illicit substances, and/or im/migration processes to the performance of their job duties within healthcare, community or social service settings] or other staff in community-based organizations… Read more »
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Mapping the Phases of CBR
Posted On: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
As already established in this series of articles, community-based research (CBR) is a way of doing research with communities, not just about them. It brings together people with lived experience, service providers, and researchers to ask questions and find answers that matter to the community. This article provides an overview of the different phases of… Read more »
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Reshaping the Landscape of Sex Work in BC
Posted On: Monday, April 27th, 2026
You are invited to join a virtual capacity building event on Thursday, May 21 from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM Pacific Time to hear from community-based and peer-led sex work organizations as well as the HIV legal network to gain a landscape view of sex work in BC in 2026. Registration is at the bottom… Read more »
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PLDI’s New Facilitation Training Module
Posted On: Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Skills for better community conversations Since 2006, the Positive Leadership Development Institute has delivered its Core “Who Am I As a Leader?” training. Later, it expanded to deliver its Communications and Governance training modules. Now, PLDI is excited to tell you about the launch of its newest training module: Facilitation. In this article we will… Read more »
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Expanding access to STBBI testing through harm reduction in BC
Posted On: Monday, April 13th, 2026
Written by Amrit Tiwana & Sofia Bartlett New research highlights important gaps, and promising opportunities, to improve sexually transmitted and bloodborne infection testing for people who use substances at harm reduction sites across British Columbia. Sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections (STBBIs), including HIV, hepatitis C virus, and infectious syphilis, continue to be a major public… Read more »
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Marking the 10th Anniversary of BC’s Public Health Emergency of Overdose and Overdose Deaths
Posted On: Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
April 14th will mark the 10th anniversary of the Province of B.C.’s declaration of a public health emergency due to the poisoned drug supply. We are all called upon to remember the 19,000 people who have died from the toxic drug supply since 2014 – and to reflect on the reality that these were preventable… Read more »
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New Webinar: Grief Handiwork: What is beginning? (Spring/East)
Posted On: Thursday, March 19th, 2026
Grief does not move in stages. It moves in cycles. Building off of the impact of Fall 2025’s Grief Series in demonstrating the value of intential space for conversation, connection and sharing in a supported way, through the leadership of Carlene Dingwall, PAN’s Capacity Building and Leadership team will be hosting a year-long circle which… Read more »
