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Upcoming PLDI Communications Training Weekend in Vancouver
Posted On: Thursday, August 13th, 2026
PAN-PLDI (Positive Leadership Development Institute) will be hosting an in-person Communications Training Weekend in Vancouver, Friday November 6th to Sunday November 8th 2026! The training will take place at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel (1180 W Hastings St.) over three days at a pace to support learning and connection. Day 1: Friday… Read more »
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Beyond Pride: Reclaiming Community, Health, and the Future of 2SLGBTQIA+ Life in Canada
Posted On: Wednesday, August 12th, 2026
Written by Marc Seguin Every summer, rainbow flags appear across Canada. Streets fill with parades, festivals, drag performances, community gatherings, and celebrations of queer joy. Pride Season offers a visible reminder of how far 2SLGBTQIA+ communities have come in the fight for recognition, equality, and human rights. But what happens after the parade ends and… Read more »
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Upcoming Webinar: BC Hepatitis Elimination – What We Heard and Where We Go Next
Posted On: Tuesday, August 11th, 2026
On Thursday, September 17th from 9:30 to 11:00 AM PT, PAN and CanHepC will be co-hosting a webinar to share key findings from the BC Hepatitis Elimination What We Heard Report (also available here along with other provincial reports) and create space for dialogue about what those findings mean in practice. The session… Read more »
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PAN Advocacy Efforts regarding concerns around changes to the Community Action Fund
Posted On: Thursday, July 9th, 2026
PAN and our partners at the National Advocates table continue to advocate for the future of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) Community Action Fund (CAF), a critical source of support for community-based HIV, hepatitis C and other STBBI initiatives. Following concerns raised earlier this year about potential changes to the CAF and Harm Reduction Fund (HRF)… Read more »
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Beyond Pride: Sex, Health, Community, and the Future of 2SLGBTQIA+ Life in Canada
Posted On: Monday, June 29th, 2026
Happy Pride Season! Across Canada, Pride Season officially takes place from June to September; when 2SLGBTQIA+ people and their allies come together to highlight the resilience, celebrate the talent, and recognize their communities’ contributions. Although special attention is put on the Pride during the summer months, they happen throughout the year in many communities…. Read more »
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Celebrating Indigenous Writers
Posted On: Friday, June 19th, 2026
Written by Emily Taylor-Lariviere Books are more than just entertainment — they train us in the art of being human. When we read, hear, or watch stories we are practicing empathy and expanding the ways we can emotionally understand one another. In honour of National Indigenous Month and Day 2026, I’d like to take some… Read more »
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Call for public input for PharmaCare Drug Coverage review: Maviret® for Acute hepatitis C virus infection
Posted On: Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
For added information, visit BC Government Your Voice page PharmaCare regularly reviews drugs to decide whether to cover them. PharmaCare considers the drug’s safety, how well it works, how much it costs, and how it compares to other, similar drugs. Another consideration is input from people with experience using the product under review and/or with… Read more »
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Thrive’s First Community of Practice Meeting
Posted On: Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
Thrive is a project led by PAN in partnership with a team of peer leaders, researchers, service providers, and public health partners. The Thrive project focuses on improving STBBI outcomes for people who use drugs, including those who have experienced criminalization and/or incarceration in smaller urban, rural, and remote (SURR) communities around BC. One of… Read more »
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HIV testing and a recent amendment to the Reporting Information Affecting Public Health Regulation
Posted On: Monday, May 25th, 2026
PAN has been advised by the BC Centre for Disease Control of recent announced changes to HIV testing and reporting in BC following an amendment to the Reporting Information Affecting Public Health Regulation under the Public Health Act. As of May 15, 2026, the option for non-nominal reporting (removing an individual’s name and identifiers… Read more »
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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 »
