In the fall of 2016, we offered webinars to showcase ongoing projects and share responses from the 2015 Member and Stakeholder Survey. Scroll down to view the webinar of your choice.
PLDI Peer Evaluators Impact Evaluation Project
Positive Living, Positive Homes
The BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index
Results from the 2015 PAN Members’ & Stakeholders’ Survey
See our KnowledgeConnect Webinar Series
Webinar On: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 - 10:00 am
Join Health Initiative for Men (HIM) , PAN and Ribbon Community for an overview of recent changes to the HIV medication landscape in Canada. This webinar will empower frontline staff, educators, and community members with new information on long-acting HIV treatment and prevention options and highlight current realities for accessing long-acting medications for priority populations… Read more »
Webinar On: Wednesday, July 17th, 2024 - 10:00 am
Attention educators and frontline service providers! We are pleased to be presenting a webinar with Cherlyn Manderson Cortes in recognition of World Hepatitis Day. Cherlyn is a Clinical Nurse Educator at the BC Centre for Disease Control. Cherlyn will highlight inter-relationships of STIBBIs including hepatitis, and share education approaches that build hepatitis and sexual health… Read more »
Presenter: Venessa Ryan, Senior Practice Lead in Epidemiology for Clinical Prevention Services at the BC Centre for Disease Control
Recorded On: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 - 12:00 pm
KnowledgeConnect events help frontline organizations build their skills, health literacy, and community connections. We were pleased to host Venessa Ryan, who is the Senior Practice Lead in Epidemiology for Clinical Prevention Services at the BC Centre for Disease Control, supporting provincial surveillance of STIBBIs and TB. Venessa provided an update on current trends in… Read more »
Recorded On: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 - 9:00 am
We were excited to host this virtual training series looking at gender constructs and experiences along the gender continuum. Our goal for this series is that it supports people in making their work more affirming, welcoming, and culturally safe*, reducing stigma and discrimination. Turning up the Outrage Machine with Dr. Gerald Walton Suggested… Read more »
Presenter: Elizabeth Racz, National Research & Program Officer, Realize
Moderator: Melissa Egan, National Lead Episodic Disabilities, Realize
Recorded On: Thursday, January 19th, 2023 - 12:00 pm
Join us for a webinar with the Canadian HIV and Disability Project (CaNHDis) of Realize: A National Environmental Scan of HIV and Disability Resources Register Summary: Systemic ableism is increasingly being identified as a major barrier in Canada’s HIV Response (PHAC, 2020). Realize’s ongoing dialogues across the HIV and Disability sectors have flagged systemic ableism… Read more »
Recorded On: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 - 12:00 pm
As part of our Annual General Meeting, we welcomed Trevor Stratton, Indigenous Leadership Policy Manager for CAAN as keynote speaker: The key to ending HIV/AIDS: Meaningful Engagement with Indigenous peoples Trevor Stratton is a 57-year-old, two-spirit citizen of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation near Toronto, Canada with mixed English and Ojibwe… Read more »
Presenter: Daniel Boyle, HIM
Recorded On: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 - 10:00 am
Health Initiative for Men (HIM)’s PnP & Me harm reduction-based program is for gay, bi, queer men and gender diverse folks who use meth during sex and want support achieving health goals. As a harm reduction program, abstinence may be part of the conversation, but isn’t a requirement. HIM’s Daniel Boyle presents the basics of… Read more »
Presenter: Theodora B. Consolacion, Ph.D., Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
Moderator: J. Evin Jones
Recorded On: Thursday, June 16th, 2022 - 10:00 am
This webinar in our PAN Presents series focused on an epidemiological snap-shot of STI and blood-borne Infections (STBBI) across 5 years. Testing for STBBIs fell in 2020 coinciding with the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn about changes in test positivity and cases compared to previous years. Suggested audience: HIV and hepatitis C organization… Read more »
Presenter: Sally Maguet MPH and Sally McBride MPH
Moderator: Madeline Gallard
Recorded On: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 - 11:30 am
British Columbia saw the effects of climate change first hand in 2021 with heavy rains in the fall, wildfires and extreme heat in the summer. We will need to prepare and adapt our communities and our systems for more frequent and extreme climate stressors in the coming decades, ensuring that we keep equity top of… Read more »
Presenter: Mary Clare Kennedy, PhD and Michelle Olding, MPH
Moderator: J. Evin Jones
Recorded On: Thursday, February 24th, 2022 - 10:00 am
This webinar in the PAN Presents webinar series focuses on research and evaluation of overdose prevention sites. Mary Clare Kennedy, PhD and Michelle Olding, MPH of the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and the University of British Columbia present research examining benefits and challenges of overdose prevention sites, including studies examining health impacts… Read more »
Presenter: Harlan Pruden
Recorded On: Thursday, December 16th, 2021 - 10:00 am
We were pleased to work with Cree Two-Spirit community organizer, researcher and educator Harlan Pruden on Two-Spirit Reconcilation. This two-part event situated Two-Spirit people in Indigenous and colonial histories, looking at how we must work towards decolonizing Two-Spirit realities today. Part 1 : Gender, Sexuality and Two-Spirit Lives Harlan led us through a history of… Read more »
Presenter: Guy Felicella
Moderator: J. Evin Jones
Recorded On: Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 - 1:00 pm
This session in our PAN Presents webinar series concentrates on alternative models of safer supply, something that stirred up interest during the October 2021 webinar with the BCCSU. Guy Felicella expands on his statement “We need to meet substance users where they’re at, and not the medical system. Heroin co-op’s and/or compassion clubs would give… Read more »
Recorded On: Thursday, October 21st, 2021
This was the Special Keynote Presentation from PAN’s 2021 AGM (October 21, 2021). Len talked about how we can mobilize Indigenous knowledge and values to care for one another as teams, organizations, and human beings doing work on the frontlines. Doing the “good work” as Len calls it is really just caring for fellow… Read more »
Presenter: Guy Felicella and Kevin Hollett
Moderator: J. Evin Jones
Recorded On: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 - 11:00 am
This addition to our PAN Presents webinar series focuses on safer supply. More than a year ago, BC introduced the clinical guidance Risk Mitigation in the Context of Dual Health Emergencies. Hear about how the guidance has been updated to reflect lived and clinical experiences as drug poisonings are worse than ever and the… Read more »
