You may wish to share this information with any eligible researchers in your network who may be interested in submitting a proposal.  Provincial and territorial governments are not eligible to apply.

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Background:
The HPS seeks to fund research projects on evidence-based promising practices in order to provide communities with the tools that they need to prevent or reduce homelessness for those with mental health issues. These practices should account for the diversity of the homeless population with mental health issues so that communities can tailor programs to their local needs. Applicants must define how communities are active partners with the projects and demonstrate that their research is relevant to the community.  This CFP has been developed in close collaboration with the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC). It is designed to generate projects that will complement the work of the MHCC and is consistent with the Mental Health Strategy for Canada launched on May 8, 2012.

Donna Wingfield
Senior Development Officer
Citizen Services and Program Delivery
595 Pandora Avenue
Victoria, BC V8W 1N5
Tel:  (250) 220-3103
Fax: (250) 363-0243
Email:  donna.wingfield@servicecanada.gc.ca

We’ve invited speakers from the front lines of the struggle to share with us how community involvement, research, policy, and legal strategies led to the success of Canada’s most discussed harm reduction service.

Join us for this community event in honour of Community Solidarity for Harm Reduction week.

With speaker’s corner (hosted by Universities without Walls) — bring your two cents to share!

Speakers:
Liz Evans – Portland Hotel Society
Dean Wilson – Community Activist
Kenneth Tupper – Director, Problematic Substance Use Prevention, BC Ministry of Health
Scott Bernstein – Lawyer with Pivot Legal Society
Moderated by Gregor Craigie, from CBC’s On the Island

FREE! Tickets at: www.whyinsitewon.eventbrite.com

May 31, 2012
Doors open at 6:30pm, event from 7pm to 9pm
Ambrosia Event Centre – 638 Fisgard
Victoria, BC

Presented by: Pivot Legal Society, AIDS Vancouver Island, VIPIRG, SOLID, VARCS, Harm Reduction Victoria, The Beddow Centre, and Allies of Drug War Survivors

Location: Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University
515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

Information will be available shortly on the 2012 Call for Submissions.

www.gaysummit.ca

The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is one of the world’s oldest and largest grassroots mobilization campaigns for HIV awareness in the world. Started in 1983, the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial takes place every third Sunday in May and is led by a coalition of some 1,200 community organizations in 115 countries. AIDS Vancouver is honoured to be the host community organization for the Vancouver event, lovingly returned to Alexandra Park.

This is the 29th year for the candlelight memorial and the theme is “Promoting Health and Dignity Together”. The International gatherings all aim to raise awareness around HIV and to promote respect for the human rights of people living with HIV everywhere. Together, alongside with our community partners and allies, we invite you to join us.

Sunday May 20th, 8 PM
1755 Beach Avenue (at Bidwell)

For more information, please go to:
Website: www.aidsvancouver.org/memorial
Facebook event invite: http://www.facebook.com/events/326164710785600/

Details:  June 1st, 10am-12pm at the Victoria Public Library, central meeting room (through the courtyard through the talking books entrance.

The event is free, but registration is required: http://waysofseeingvictoria.eventbrite.com/

Practices in accordance with the standards of professional practice and code of ethics as outlined by the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC) as well as within a client and family centred care model and the vision and values of the organization. Provides clinical education services including individual and group learning assessments, developing, implementing and evaluating clinical education programs and resources using specialized theory and knowledge of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health certified practice (Sexually Transmitted Infections – STI) as well as teaching and learning principles and processes. Consults, confers, and collaborates with program and team members as well as other Educators and employees of partner organizations, in promotion of continuous quality improvement, resolution of clinical education issues, and coordination of activities required for progressive educational and clinical practice programs; takes corrective action with respect to individual and group learning needs.
Please use this link to see the complete posting:

http://jobs.workopolis.com/jobshome/db/vcha.job_posting?pi_job_id=9627740&pi_search_id=719122316&pi_sort=&pi_curjob=2&pi_maxjob=10

Darren Lauscher, Co-Chair of the PAN Board of Directors, is an active member and participant with the STOP HIV/AIDS Structured Learning Collaborative. He reflects on what both organizations gain through collaboration.

syn·er·gy: The interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.

What is the Pacific AIDS Network (PAN)? We are an umbrella organization for almost all the HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C service organizations in the province along with other allied agencies in public health and related sectors.

The Patient Voices Network is an associate member of PAN and as the two organizations continue to work together I see so many benefits of this collaboration.

PAN’s involvement with the Network is not as an advocate for HIV patients but to share the wealth of experience HIV patients have had dealing with the health care system. The goal of the Patient Voices Network is to actively engage patients in the ongoing transformation of the health care system. Perhaps no demographic of patients has had as much experience with changing and innovating health care than the HIV/AIDS community.

PAN provides member organizations with skills and workforce development opportunities, leadership training, networking with individuals and organizations, partnership building, and knowledge exchange on many different levels. PAN’s work is therefore very much in alignment with the role of the Patient Voices Network, given the Network’s principles of public participation, and their mission and mandate to improve health care. Impact BC, which operates Patient Voices Network, also administers the STOP HIV/AIDS Collaborative, which PAN has been very active with. It’s a nice relationship.

The Patient Voices Network is a potential resource for other member agencies. I would like to invite graduates of PAN’s Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI), to consider becoming involved with the PVN as a way to build on their knowledge and experience.

In my opinion, the biggest synergies potentially rest with the volunteers, members and clients shared across the two organizations. By working together, PAN’s partnership with the Patient Voices Network means we can offer members an additional path for volunteering – one that engages them further in the health care system and helps them shape it. It also builds skills that PAN member agencies are not always able to offer. The end result is a more highly skilled volunteer, benefitting all of us.

It has been highly interesting relationship. The Patient Voices Network staff have been a pleasure to work with and I look forward to doing more with the Network as a volunteer with both organizations.

The original article is available on the ImpactBC website HERE.

Position Summary:
The Resource Centre Worker facilitates activities and events within the AIDS Vancouver Resource Centre. Maintains and updates print resources; and, assists clients in accessing resources relating to their health, housing, employment, immigration and social needs. Oversees client and peer-led programming within the Resource Centre and trains and supervises volunteers in the Resource Centre. The Worker reports to the Manager of Volunteer Resources and Support Services.

The complete listing is available HERE.

Please note that this job posting closes Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, 4:00pm.

Presenters:
Maggie Atkinson BA, LLB, LSM, O. Ont
Sean B. Rourke PhD, Scientific & Executive Director, Ontario HIV Treatment Network Director, CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS & University Without Walls, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

RSVP by May 18 to 
Jen MacPherson  jenm@positivelivingbc.org 
or 604.893.2239

Date:  Tuesday, 22 May 2012 – 6:00pm
Location:  Chateau Granville (Granville & Helmcken)
Contact:  jenm@positivelivingbc.org

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