Webinar Category: Advocacy, Policy and Public Health

Walking Our Talk: Everyday Decolonizing

Presenter: Dr. Shauneen Pete and Nikki Sanchez

Webinar On: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 - 9:00 am

We look forward to seeing you in this virtual training, which will engage approaches to incorporating decolonization ethics into our everyday practice in nonprofit and community-based work. There will be two featured sessions on March 29th, each focusing on strengthening our approaches to standing against colonialism in our work. These discussions will offer essential insights… Read more »

Hepatitis C Testing to Treatment Know-How

Presenter: Sofia Bartlett, Senior Scientist in sexually transmitted infections and blood borne infections (STIBBI) at the BC Centre for Disease Control.

Recorded On: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 - 10:00 am

This webinar recording will be available soon.  KnowledgeConnect events help frontline organizations build their skills, health literacy, and community connections. In this KnowledgeConnect webinar, Sofia Bartlett presented information about different kinds of hepatitis; hepatitis C testing and what different methods can tell us; hepatitis C prevalence in BC, and where we are at in meeting… Read more »

STIBBI Savvy to Support Your Work

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 »

A National Environmental Scan of HIV and Disability Resources

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 »

The key to ending HIV/AIDS: Meaningful Engagement with Indigenous peoples

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 »

PnP 101

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 »

An Earth Day Special Webinar on Climate Change, Equity and Lessons from Public Health

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 »

Two-Spirit Reconciliation

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 »

Safer Supply through Compassion Clubs with Guy Felicella of BCCSU

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 »

Taking Care of Each Other in Times of Change and Crisis

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 »

Risk Mitigation and Safer Supply: What’s Next and What’s Needed

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 »

Ensuring Supportive Services for Men in Sex Work

Presenter: Health Initiatives for Men team

Recorded On: Wednesday, October 20th, 2021 - 10:00 am

  This webinar in our KnowledgeConnect series focuses on men in sex work, who deal with specific needs and challenges, from access to health services, to safety considerations, and dealing with stigma. Join presenters from Health Initiative for Men (HIM)  and Peers The HIM and Peers team shared their perspectives and best practices in creating… Read more »