Webinar Category: Advocacy, Policy and Public Health

Reshaping the Landscape of Sex Work in BC

Presenter: VSWCA, SWAN, the HIV Legal Network, HIM, and The Loops SWA in partnership with KSACC

Recorded On: Thursday, May 21st, 2026

This virtual capacity building event hosted community-based and peer-led sex work organizations as well as the HIV legal network who offered a landscape view of sex work in BC in 2026. Some presentations were recorded, and will be made available for on-demand viewing. Please stay tuned.   Sex Work and Health: Strategies and Tools for… Read more »

Grief Handiwork: What is beginning? (Spring/East)

Presenter: Carlene Dingwall

Recorded On: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 - 9:30 am

Grief does not move in stages. It moves in cycles. Building off of the impact of Fall 2025’s Grief Series in demonstrating the value of intential space for conversation, connection and sharing in a supported way, through the leadership of Carlene Dingwall, PAN’s Capacity Building and Leadership team will be hosting a year-long circle which… Read more »

The Landscape of Grief: Coping, Connection, and Care

Recorded On: Thursday, October 30th, 2025 - 9:00 am

In sexual health and harm reduction, grief is woven into our daily work. We experience it, we witness it, and we walk alongside our communities as they navigate it. We strive to offer compassion and care to others—but how often do we pause to offer the same to ourselves? This virtual series explored how grief… Read more »

Building Knowledge and Using Data for a Community-Based Response to Syphilis

Recorded On: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025

Syphilis rates are increasing across Canada, and the impacts are being felt throughout communities in British Columbia. This two-part virtual event offered foundational knowledge and practical tools to help strengthen the community-based response.    Syphilis Essentials This webinar offered a foundational overview of syphilis for front-line service providers working in community-based organizations, serving priority populations…. Read more »

2025 AGM Keynote Presentation

Presenter: Dr. Sofia Bartlett

Recorded On: Thursday, October 16th, 2025 - 12:00 pm

PAN was pleased to host our Annual General Meeting with Dr. Sofia Bartlett as our keynote speaker. “Let’s Get It On! Working Together to Equitably Eliminate STBBIs in British Columbia by 2030″ Over the past five years, British Columbia has seen major shifts in how sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) – including HIV, hepatitis… Read more »

Taking Action on Viral Hepatitis

Presenter: Sofia Bartlett (BC Centre for Disease Control) and Mo Korchinski (Unlocking the Gates)

Recorded On: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 - 8:30 am

World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is an annual day of recognition, education, and advocacy on July 28th. The 2025 theme was Let’s break it down. “Let’s break down the barriers holding us back from a hepatitis-free world. The World Hepatitis Alliance, our partners, allies, and our 400 members in 120 countries are calling for action to… Read more »

Is BC going to be able to eliminate viral hepatitis?

Presenter: Jennifer van Gennip

Recorded On: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 - 10:00 am

  Canada committed to the World Health Organization’s goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Each province and territory is responsible for their own health services, and Action Hepatitis Canada (AHC) is tracking how each area is doing.  AHC Executive Director Jennifer van Gennip took us through national information and… Read more »

Peer-led models for STBBI testing and linkage to care: a case study series

Presenter: Dr. Sofia Bartlett

Recorded On: Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 - 11:00 am

  In this presentation, Dr. Sofia Bartlett discussed various strategies for improving access to prevention, testing, and linkage to care for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. She highlighted four case studies: linkage to care without testing; dry blood spot (DBS) collection; peer phlebotomy, and mobile testing and treatment. For each case study, she looked at… Read more »

Harm Reduction themed virtual training

Recorded On: Monday, March 17th, 2025 - 9:00 am

We had great discussion at this virtual training on Monday March 17, 2025. Thank you to all who attended! The sessions were recorded and will be on this page once they are edited.   The shifting sands of harm reduction in BC and Canada   “A new ‘fentanyl czar’ in Ottawa, plans for so-called involuntary… Read more »

Using Concept Mapping for Empowerment and Advocacy

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 »

PAN World AIDS Day webinar: The numbers that should drive effective, responsive, and equitable HIV and STBBI services

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 »

Reconciliation from an Indigenous Perspective: 2024 AGM Keynote

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 »