Webinar 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 explores how grief… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Recorded On: Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 - 9:00 am
We hosted a 3-part virtual event to help strengthen organizational growth, from understanding where you are at now, and potential for change. Build Your Capacity through Nonprofit Lifecycles This simple but powerful framework offers a straightforward approach for determining the current stage of growth of your organization. It provides a rapid method for… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Presenter: Thomas Iglesias Trombetta and Grant Picarillo
Recorded On: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 - 10:00 am
We were pleased to hear from community educators representing Freddie and PAN member Health Initiative for Men in PrEP 201: Prevention for Every Body. Thomas Iglesias Trombetta and Grant Picarillo from Freddie offered information about some of the lesser-known intricacies of PrEP for HIV prevention, talking about considerations for different types of communities, new developments… Read more »
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 »
