Posted On: Friday, May 24th, 2019
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is undertaking a two-year research project called the Thrive Project to understand how older adults living with HIV experience Home and Community Care. Older adults living with HIV are people with HIV who are over the age of 50. Home and Community Care includes three types of services:… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Supporting capacity building of community-based organizations across Canada to provide supervised consumption services: lessons learned to-date Date: Thursday May 30, 2019 Time: 10 AM Pacific time In early 2017, the Dr. Peter Centre received project funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to provide capacity building to community-based organizations starting supervised consumption services (SCS)…. Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 9th, 2018
PRICK! is a private & confidential full STI testing event for all ‘guys who like guys.’ Four PRICK! events are coming up this November! Kelowna – Thursday Nov 15 6-9pm Kamloops – Tuesday Nov 20 4-6pm Nelson – Wednesday Nov 21 6-8pm Penticton – Thursday Nov 29 6-8pm
Posted On: Monday, May 28th, 2018
The AHA Centre is a national, Indigenous-led collaborative research centre housed at the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN). The AHA Centre supports HIV and AIDS Community-Based research conducted in Aboriginal communities across Canada. There are a number of positions available at the AHA Centre. Including: National Aboriginal Research Advisory Committee (NARAC). The AHA Centre is looking for 5… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 20th, 2017
Today is the day we remember transgender folks who have gone ahead, gone public, gone true to their souls to live lives of dignity. Too many times, they have lost their lives to bigotry and violence. There is energy to change the world, and change it must. We can’t go on like this. I hope… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 15th, 2017
Gayle Restall, Associate Professor at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba has contacted PAN to ask for assistance in distributing a request for research participation in a survey about HIV and Workplace Disclosure. The study has been approved by the Health Research Ethics Board at… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 15th, 2017
Wednesday May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. It’s a worldwide day to celebrate diverse genders and sexualities and note the tensions between living proudly and living with the stigma that many LGBTQ people face. Its aim is “to draw the attention of policymakers, opinion leaders, social movements, the public and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 8th, 2017
Interested in working with a great team this summer? PAN member organization AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI) may be your match. AVI is looking for two Social Service Support Workers for the summer (June 5- August 4). One of the positions will be based in Courtenay and one will be based in Victoria. The Social Service… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 8th, 2017
Maxine Davis is leaving her Executive Director position at the Dr. Peter Centre. Maxine was born on the East Coast and worked in different parts of the country before settling in BC and taking the helm of the Dr. Peter Centre, where she led the organization for 20 years. We wish Maxine the best as… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
New research demonstrates how construction, gentrification and ongoing criminalization increase risks of violence and harassment of trans sex workers Vancouver, BC [January 11, 2017]—Newly published peer review research shows how gentrification and construction in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, as well as ongoing criminalization, displaced trans sex workers to unsafe and isolated spaces. These factors increased trans… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
Darcy joined PAN in the summer of 2016, as one of the new Peer Evaluators working on the PLDI Impact Evaluation team. He comes from a varied career background and is currently a licensed educator and thespian (for anyone who might recall his 2015 Fringe musical – LOCO HERO JOE). Darcy is pleased to have… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
PAN’s 2016 Fall Conference was held on October 25 and 26th. A significant portion of the conference program was devoted to discussing the pressing issue of Canada’s national drug policy and its effects on public health in the context of BC’s ongoing crisis of overdose (OD) and overdose deaths. Since that time, we have been… Read more »
