Webinar Category: Health Determinants

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 »

HIV and Aging Virtual Event

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 »

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 »

Building Blocks for Hepatitis and Sexual Health Literacy

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 »

Understanding and Navigating Long-Acting (injectable) HIV Treatment and Prevention Options in BC

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 »

Making data work for YOU: a new tool for support, education, outreach, and advocacy

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 »

Supporting interpersonal relationships

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 »

2023 AGM Keynote panel on Addressing the Deadly Gap in Drug Policy

Presenter: Charlene Burmeister and Kurt Lock

Recorded On: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 - 12:00 pm

 PAN held its Annual General Meeting virtually on Thursday, October 19, 2023. We convened a special keynote panel called Addressing the deadly gap in drug policy: treatment and harm reduction are not enough. We need safer supply. Presentations were by Charlene Burmeister (Coalition of Substance Users of the North) and Kurt Lock (Research Coordinator at… Read more »

HPV Prevention, Care, and Research in 2SLGBTQ+ Individuals

Presenter: Dr. Troy Grennan

Recorded On: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 - 10:00 am

At least three out of four people will be exposed to human papillomavirus (HPV) at some point in their lives, and there are different kinds, or strains. Some strains cause warts, which are generally not dangerous; other strains can lead to cervical or anal cancer if not detected. In this webinar, Dr. Troy Grennan shared… Read more »

Hep C Diversities

Recorded On: Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 - 9:00 am

  World Hepatitis Day is an annual day of recognition, education, and advocacy on July 28th. In the lead up, we hosted this virtual community event Wednesday July 19, 2023 to look at some of the layers of living with hepatitis C. The recordings of the sessions are available below. Program Micro-elimination of hep C… Read more »

Community Discussion Forum on HIV/Hepatitis C Testing Technologies in BC

Presenter: Shriya Hari, Health Educator at CATIE

Moderator: J. Bajgai

Recorded On: Thursday, April 27th, 2023 - 10:00 am

  Our Community Discussion Forum on HIV/Hepatitis C Testing Technologies in BC featured a presentation from Shriya Hari from CATIE, who provided insights on the latest testing technologies available for HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada. Following Shriya’s presentation, Daniel Boyle from HIM shared the organizational experience in implementing HIV Self-Testing.   Suggested audience: The… Read more »

Do vaccines reduce the harm of COVID-19 for people living with HIV and people who inject drugs in BC?

Presenter: Monte Strong, COVAXHIV Study Team member

Moderator: S. Goff

Recorded On: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 - 11:00 am

 People living with HIV (PLHIV) have been reported to be at increased risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes. Yet it remains unclear how vaccines work in this population as they were mostly underrepresented in the early vaccine trials that determined vaccine approvals. We utilized a population-level data platform which links COVID-19 data on testing and… Read more »