October 25-26, 2017
Vancouver Airport Marriott in Richmond, BC
Thank you to the members of the PAN community and allies who attended and contributed to the 2017 Fall Conference, PLHIV Forum and Annual General Meeting. Please see our Conference Collage blog for a quick look at the work we accomplished together. Resources from presentations are available below.
The 2017 PAN Fall Conference featured:
- Opening & Territory Acknowledgement: Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society
- Government and Health Authority Partner Panel
- Where do we go from here? – Conversations on Canadian Drug Policy
- PAN 101 – Structure, Policies, and Programs
- Forum for People Living with HIV
- Executive Director’s Meeting
- Annual General Meeting
Spotlight on Community-Based Research at PAN:
- Positive Living, Positive Homes Project
- The BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index Project
- Moving Knowledge to Action Discussion: Taking Action on Housing and HIV in BC – with data from the Positive Living Positive Homes Study
- Moving Knowledge to Action Roundtable: Identifying Stigma in BC Communities: Action Items for Change from the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index Project
- Closing: Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society
The 2017 PAN Fall Conference draft minutes and notes:
- AGM Draft Minutes
- ED Summit Draft Notes
- PLHIV Forum Draft Minutes
- Day 1 Draft Notes
- Day 2 Draft Notes
- Day 2 KTA for PLPH
- Day 2 KTA for Stigma Index
Immediate Action Item
One advocacy piece that was discussed with urgency during the Executive Director’s Summit was the need for PrEP funding. The Community Based Research Centre for Gay Men’s Health (CBRC), Health Initiative for Men (HIM) and YouthCO are driving the charge that PrEP be funded by the BC government. (For those who aren’t familiar with PrEP, it is medication that is prescribed to people who don’t have HIV to prevent them from becoming infected if they are exposed to the virus.) HIM developed a comprehensive resource last year that has alink on it to make it easy for people to advocate with the Premier and their MLA, and YouthCo has a link as well. PAN has written in support of this funding, and other groups are encouraged to do the same.
Learn more about the PrEP advocacy campaign
Documents and Resources (in order of program)
Conference Schedule and list of Speakers
Government and Health Authority Partner Panel
Where do we go from here? – Conversations on Canadian Drug Policy
Dr. Dan Werb, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
PAN 101
Forum for People Living with HIV
Executive Director’s Summit
Annual General Meeting
Spotlight on Community-Based Research at PAN
Positive Living, Positive Homes Project Heather Picotte and research team
The BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index Project Heather Picotte and research team
Background Documents
HPV Vaccine Advocacy Update
Positive Living, Positive Homes and BC People Living with Stigma Index research summaries
For additional information please contact Janet Madsen at [email protected]