Recorded On: Wednesday, December 18th, 2024 - 10:00 am
People who use substances often experience stigma and discrimination when accessing health and social services. This failing of the system can lead to folks not accessing and/or disconnecting from care and support. Concept mapping is a process that supports community people where they are at to brainstorm, sort, and rate important concepts for health… Read more »
Recorded On: Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 - 9:00 am
This event put the spotlight on HIV and aging. At one time, people living with HIV (PLHIV) didn’t anticipate the onset of middle and senior years, but treatments have radically changed that possibility. We gathered to learn and talk about the physical, mental, and social aspects of HIV and aging, and how we can support… Read more »
Recorded On: Monday, December 2nd, 2024 - 12:00 pm
As part of awareness events around World AIDS Day and during Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week, we hosted a free online webinar featuring presenters from the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). This STBBI surveillance update highlighted the most recent results and trends concerning HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis, and how you can keep track… Read more »
Recorded On: Thursday, October 17th, 2024 - 12:00 pm
We were pleased to welcome Rachelle Dallaire*, BSW/MSW/RSW, Executive Director of Indigenous Perspectives Society as keynote speaker at our Annual General Meeting virtually on October 17, 2024. Since 2021, we have had the privilege of building relationship and learning from Rachelle and the team at Indigenous Perspectives Society (IPS), working on organizational changes that reflect… Read more »
Recorded On: Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 - 9:00 am
We hosted a 3-part virtual event to help strengthen organizational growth, from understanding where you are at now, and potential for change. Build Your Capacity through Nonprofit Lifecycles This simple but powerful framework offers a straightforward approach for determining the current stage of growth of your organization. It provides a rapid method for… Read more »
Recorded On: Wednesday, July 17th, 2024 - 10:00 am
We were pleased to work with Cherlyn Manderson Cortes to present a session on hepatitis in recognition of World Hepatitis Day. Cherlyn is a Clinical Nurse Educator at the BC Centre for Disease Control. She presented information on the different strains of hepatitis, transmission, prevention, and treatment. She also talked about how understanding hepatitis is… Read more »
Recorded On: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 - 10:00 am
This webinar featured Health Initiative for Men (HIM), and Ribbon Community with an overview of recent changes to the HIV medication landscape in Canada. This presentation provides frontline staff, educators, and community members with information on long-acting HIV treatment and prevention options, advocacy opportunities, and current realities for accessing long-acting medications for priority populations in… Read more »
Recorded On: Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 - 10:00 am
Meet the team, see the vision, and learn how BC’s new STBBI dashboard can support your work. The dashboard team includes community members and BC Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC) staff. This webinar shares their vision for a tool that is easy to use and understand. The dashboard information can help you in… Read more »
Presenter: Thomas Iglesias Trombetta and Grant Picarillo
Recorded On: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 - 10:00 am
We were pleased to hear from community educators representing Freddie and PAN member Health Initiative for Men in PrEP 201: Prevention for Every Body. Thomas Iglesias Trombetta and Grant Picarillo from Freddie offered information about some of the lesser-known intricacies of PrEP for HIV prevention, talking about considerations for different types of communities, new developments… Read more »
Recorded On: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 - 9:00 am
Our first virtual event of 2024 featured conversation to build core knowledge for practice and policy development in frontline support work. It featured two different topics embedded in relationships, as providing services to a couple can present intricate layers that differ from working with an individual. Each session offered information to help attendees enhance connections… Read more »
Recorded On: Thursday, December 7th, 2023
Speakers: Elaine Chan, MPH, CPH (she/her) Teddy Consolacion, PhD (she/they) Epidemiologists with Clinical Prevention Services at the BC Centre for Disease Control Elaine Chan and Teddy Consolacion pull out some key messages for the community based response based on current data and comparing back over the years.
Recorded On: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 - 9:00 am
This year’s theme for World AIDS Day 2023 was “Let Communities Lead“. We upheld the theme and expanded the vision to the intersecting communities we support with this training on December 6th. We featured discussions on improving client connection and cultural safety; ethical and open employment practices supporting people with lived andl iving experience (PWLLE);… Read more »
