Category: Pacific AIDS Network

Job Posting: Hepatitis C Leadership Project Coordinator

Posted On: Friday, April 19th, 2019

Position: Project Coordinator Status: 0.8 FTE (4 days/week) Time Period: 2 ½ year contract position Remuneration: $50,000 pro-rated ($40,000 per annum) plus a competitive benefits package Location: Flexible Reporting to: Director of Program Development Closing date for applications: Thursday, May 2, 2019 by 4:00 PM   Summary of the position: The Hepatitis C Leadership Project Coordinator, working… Read more »

New Prosecutorial Guidelines Announced

Posted On: Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

Over the past few months, PAN and other allied organizations including the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (CHLN) have been in contact with BC Attorney General David Eby’s office regarding collective concerns about the ongoing overly broad and unjust use of the criminal law in relation to HIV non-disclosure, exposure and transmission. We have called on… Read more »

The Cost of Living: the Lower Mainland’s Affordability Crisis and PLPH

Posted On: Friday, April 12th, 2019

Living in the Lower Mainland means a hyper-awareness of the housing affordability crisis. It is impossible to ignore the uncomfortable reality that the Lower Mainland is an expensive place to live. Similarly, in Positive Living, Positive Homes (PLPH for short), a community-based research study, it became evident that the housing affordability crisis in the Lower… Read more »

Substance Use News March 2019

Posted On: Thursday, March 28th, 2019

Substance Use News provides a snapshot of news and resources for those working to support folks who use substances. We share pieces on the social, medical and political responses to the opioid crisis, from advocacy to welcome change. See our Drug Use and Overdose Response page for resources on overdose services, team resilience, governmental reports, policy… Read more »

“Time goes flying away”: How housing insecurity affects time for health

Posted On: Friday, March 15th, 2019

As I read through interviews from Positive Living Positive Homes (PLPH) (a community-based research study that explores experiences of people living with HIV on HIV and housing over time), one thing that has struck me is the way that unstable housing can affect people’s experience of time. Many people have shared that when they do… Read more »

Job Posting: Human Rights Education Project – Peer Coordinator, Pacific AIDS Network

Posted On: Friday, March 15th, 2019

Position: Peer Coordinator Status: Part time, 20 hours per week Time Period: 1-year contract position Remuneration:  $25,000 over contract term plus competitive benefits package Location: Flexible Reporting to: Manager of Human Rights Project Closing Date for Applications:  Friday, March 29, 2019. Please submit your cover letter and CV to [email protected]   Summary of the position: The Peer Coordinator will be responsible for… Read more »

PAN’s Checklist: What needs to be in place to provide adequate support to peer researchers?

Posted On: Monday, March 4th, 2019

Background:In 2015, PAN began the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index (BC Stigma Index), a community-based research (CBR) study to document the experiences of stigma and discrimination from the perspective of people living with HIV (PLHIV). One of the objectives of this study was to “support PLHIV to be Stigma Index leaders & build… Read more »

The U = U movement continues to change the global conversation around HIV, stigma, prevention and the law

Posted On: Thursday, February 21st, 2019

As many of us are now aware, U=U (Undetectable Equals Untransmittable), means that people living with HIV (PLHIV) can feel confident that, if they have a sustained undetectable viral load for at least six months, they will not pass on HIV to their sexual partners. Treatment as Prevention®, pioneered by the BC-CfE in 2006, formed… Read more »

Substance Use News: Escalating BC’s Response to the Overdose Emergency

Posted On: Friday, February 15th, 2019

The BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions recently released a new report,  Escalating BC’s Response to the Overdose Emergency.   Excerpt from the Executive Summary:  The Province of British Columbia continues to respond to a public health emergency that is claiming four lives every day. The province continues to experience the highest number of overdose deaths… Read more »

Webinar: Options for Sexual Health: Partners for Impact

Posted On: Sunday, February 3rd, 2019

  Date: Tuesday March 5, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Time Join Michelle Fortin and Nicole Pasquino of Options for Sexual Health to hear how their work can support PAN members in frontline services, as well as provide professional development for staff and volunteers. Options for Sexual Health provides BC communities with comprehensive sexual health… Read more »

Building Evaluation Capacity, Improving Community-Based HIV and Hepatitis C Services

Posted On: Saturday, January 26th, 2019

PAN Research and Evaluation programs are made possible through PAN’s partnership with the CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS, and the CIHR CBR Collaborative (A Program of REACH). The following post is part of a collection of Regional Accomplishment and Change Stories that were originally published on the REACH site to reflect on work during the REACH 2.0 funding period…. Read more »