Posted On: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
Madeline is part of the Community Based Research and Evaluation section of the PAN team. In addition to working with PAN, she has worked at Pacific Hepatitis C Network, and is also on staff with YouthCO as the Mpowerment Fraser East Coordinator. Madeline follows in the Meet the People at PAN tradition with the 5 Question Challenge. … Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 25th, 2018
PAN member groups are located in all regions of BC, and provide services for people living with HIV, HCV, and other health and social issues. Miles, workloads and funding make it hard to get together enough, we know. We also know that one of the things people comment on when we do get together for… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, June 22nd, 2018
Follow up to the earlier HIV Testing Day June 27th The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is holding Canada’s first country-wide HIV Testing Day on June 27th in more than 40 sites across Canada. The goal of the day is to effectively target groups disproportionately affected by the disease, said Mr. Gary Lacasse, Executive Director of… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, June 22nd, 2018
PRICK! is a private and confidential on-the-spot STI testing event for all ‘guys who like guys.’ Our definition of ‘guy’ includes: bi, cis, curious, gay, male, non-binary, queer, questioning, straight, trans, two-spirit, and all other guys who like guys. Tests included are for chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis (A,B &C), HIV and syphilis. Nurses can also… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, June 19th, 2018
This is the sixth in a series of monthly blog posts representing perspectives on potential governance changes at PAN. These posts represent voices across the network – staff, Board members, people living with HIV, and community members – sharing their thoughts on these changes. This month we hear from Jesse Brown, Co-Chair of PAN’s Board… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 18th, 2018
The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) has developed resources to mark National HIV Testing Day, which the US promotes as well. June 27 is the official day to encourage your communities to roll up their sleeves and learn their status. Several PAN member groups are promoting National HIV Testing Day in their communities. If you would like… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 18th, 2018
In April we shared information about a petition submitted to the House of Commons asking for community support. We received this info on its progress from one of the organizers. The petition campaign is just past the halfway mark and the online petition now has over 1900 signatures The majority response is from BC, then Ontario,… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
The BC Community-Based Research (CBR) Quarterly Meetings (referred to as the CBR Quarterly Meetings hereon) is a community of practice that gathers three to four times a year to share learnings, challenges, and best practices related to CBR, evaluation, and knowledge translation/sharing initiatives. Meetings are organized by Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) staff, hosted by McLaren… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 11th, 2018
Several members of the PAN team were welcomed in Prince George for the regional training on June 5-6. A sincere shout out and thank you from the PAN folks that attended (Stacy Leblanc, Janice Duddy, Mona Lee, Jaydee Cossar, Tabitha Steager and myself) to the people from Positive Living North (Prince George and Smithers), Central Interior… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 11th, 2018
The BC Center for Disease Control’s Chee Mamuk and the First Nations Health Authority invite you to: PrEP 4 Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll – HIV Prevention Community Forum for BC’s Lower Mainland Indigenous and Two-Spirit community members. Date: June 18, 2018 5:30 – 7:30pm Location: SFU Downtown Campus Room 1430 515 W Hastings St.,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 11th, 2018
Reprinted from Vancouver Island PWA Society site HIV in My Day: Reflecting Back, Looking Forward is an oral history project that hopes to document the beginning of the HIV epidemic (1980s) in Victoria and Vancouver Island’s history by having those with lived experience and their caregivers recount their experiences. We are an inter-generational community-based research team… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, May 31st, 2018
The criminalization of HIV non-disclosure has long been an issue for people living with HIV and their allies. Research shows that given the threat of prosecution, some people may choose not to test for HIV, increasing public health risk overall, an ironic outcome for laws purportedly created to protect and promote public health. Advocates- including… Read more »
