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Substance Use News, June 2024
Posted On: Thursday, June 27th, 2024
Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Subscribe to our newsletter for information weekly- scroll… Read more »
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CBRC Summit 2024: Call for Proposals
Posted On: Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
From CBRC Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) is excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for Summit 2024, taking place on November 21st and 22nd in Vancouver, BC. Each year, CBRC brings together diverse voices, impactful research, and innovative strategies to improve health outcomes for 2S/LGBTQIA+ communities. Whether your work is in community health… Read more »
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iCOPe HIV: Seeking Presenters, Panelists and Volunteers for AIDS2024 in Munich
Posted On: Monday, June 24th, 2024
The International Coalition of Older People with HIV (iCOPe HIV) is pleased to share three opportunities to get involved if you’ll be attending AIDS2024 in Munich, Germany at the end of July: Intergenerational Relationship-Building Events The organizers of the Youth Pavilion (Youthforce) and The Silver Zone (European AIDS Treatment Group & Realize), two… Read more »
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New book, ‘Criminalized Lives’ on HIV Criminalization
Posted On: Monday, June 24th, 2024
via HIV Justice Network [Last] week saw the publication of a powerful and important new book, Criminalized Lives. Based on 24 interviews conducted across Canada over two years with 16 people who were criminally accused of not disclosing their HIV-positive status, author Alexander McClelland details the many complexities of disclosure, and the violence that results… Read more »
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Real Life, Real Time, Peer-Led Data Collection and the OSAC Project
Posted On: Thursday, June 20th, 2024
As part of our seven-step cycle in the Organizational Stigma Assessment Cycle project (OSAC), the input of people with lived and living experience (PWLLE) is essential as we learn how people experience stigma at organizations where they receive support and services. We held focus group conversations with service users and staff at pilot partner organizations…. Read more »
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Current Updates and Progress Reports of the BC CfE Per-SVR Study
Posted On: Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Click on image to read newsletter in larger format. What’s Per-SVR? Per-SVR is part of the development of Treatment as Prevention® for HCV strategy in British Columbia. Per-SVR (PrEseRvation of Sustained Virological Response) is a longitudinal cohort study following people who have been successfully treated for HCV using Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAAs). Clients are eligible… Read more »
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Harm Reduction for GBT2Q People who Use Drugs
Posted On: Thursday, June 20th, 2024
via HIV Legal Network Stigma kills. From experience, 2SLGBTQ+ people know this. And people who use drugs know this. The use of both legal and criminalized substances plays a significant role in the lives of many people who identify as 2SLGBTQ+. This role can be both positive and negative. As Pride season kicks off across… Read more »
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HIV-associated NeurocognitiveDisorder and HIV Management (webinar)
Posted On: Tuesday, June 18th, 2024
The Connexion is a non-promotional and non-product-focused learning program by Gilead, developed to bring relevant and up-to-date scientific information on HIV to the Canadian HIV community. Topics for this program are selected based on the community learning needs assessment we conducted. This year, we will explore different topics on HIV and how they are… Read more »
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Living Positive Resource Centre closing at end of June
Posted On: Tuesday, June 18th, 2024
The board of Living Positive Resource Centre (LPRC) Okanagan has announced the closure of Living Positive Resource Centre. After 32 years of service to the Central Okanagan, LPRC will finish operations on June 28, 2024. They are working closely with local services to facilitate a smooth transition of care to other services for harm reduction… Read more »
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Webinar: Hepatitis C Basics Workshop
Posted On: Thursday, June 13th, 2024
Are you a service provider who works with people who are disproportionately impacted by hepatitis C? Then this workshop is for you! This 2-hour virtual workshop presented by CATIE and BC Hepatitis Network will introduce hepatitis C transmission, prevention, testing and treatment to support sharing information with their clients and engagement in hepatitis C care. The workshop… Read more »
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Webinar: Building Blocks for Hepatitis and Sexual Health Literacy
Posted On: Thursday, June 13th, 2024
Attention educators and frontline service providers! We are pleased to be presenting a webinar with Cherlyn Manderson Cortes in recognition of World Hepatitis Day. Join us July 17th at 10 AM Pacific time! Cherlyn is a Clinical Nurse Educator at the BC Centre for Disease Control. Cherlyn will highlight inter-relationships of STIBBIs including hepatitis, and… Read more »
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Funding opportunity: Event and Youth Initiative Grants
Posted On: Thursday, June 13th, 2024
The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)’s National Anti-Racism Fund (NARF) is once again calling for funding applications from organizations across Canada who are planning anti-racist events and youth initiatives in 2024-2025. If your organization wishes to seek funding for events or youth initiatives that will take place between mid-September 2024 and June 30, 2025,… Read more »