Webinar On: Thursday, September 17th, 2026 - 9:30 am
On Thursday, September 17th from 9:30 to 11:00 AM PT, PAN and CanHepC will be co-hosting a webinar to share key findings from the BC Hepatitis Elimination What We Heard Report (also available here along with other provincial reports) and create space for dialogue about what those findings mean in practice. The session… Read more »
Recorded On: Wednesday, July 15th, 2026 - 10:30 am
Happy Pride Season! Across Canada, Pride Season officially takes place from June to September; when 2SLGBTQIA+ people and their allies come together to highlight the resilience, celebrate the talent, and recognize their communities’ contributions. Although special attention is put on the Pride during the summer months, they happen throughout the year in many communities…. Read more »
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. Sex Work and Health: Strategies and Tools for Inclusive Practices In complement to this virtual event, those living in BC only can still… Read more »
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 »
Recorded On: Thursday, February 12th, 2026
Tools for Organizations to Reduce Stigma and Improve Health Outcomes This virtual capacity building event showcased two exciting projects designed to help community-based organizations deepen their impact, strengthen culturally safer practices, and support stigma-free services for people with lived or living experience(s) of HIV, viral hepatitis, mental health challenges, and/or substance use. Presented by: Edi… 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: 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 »
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 »
Recorded On: Thursday, December 7th, 2023
Speakers: Elaine Chan, MPH, CPH (she/her) Teddy Consolacion, PhD (she/they) Epidemiologists with Clinical Prevention Services at the BC Centre for Disease Control Elaine Chan and Teddy Consolacion pull out some key messages for the community based response based on current data and comparing back over the years.
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 »
