Posted On: Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
BC-CfE Webinar Learning Series “Water Women Rising” Indigenizing Re-search to explore how Indigenous women living with HIV understand and support their health Date: Wednesday February 24, 2021 Time: 12 – 1:30 PM Pacific time Webinar main objectives: Following this webinar, participants will be able to: 1. Explain new approaches to research, including Indigenizing the re-search… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
The CIHR HIV Clinical Trials Network (CTN) is looking for new members to fill open spots on our Community Advisory Committee (CAC). The CAC represents diverse groups of people living with HIV and other related communities from across Canada. They review research proposals and informed consent forms, and offer formal community input to the CTN’s Steering Committee. A scientific… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 14th, 2021
Edi is a Peer Research Associate with the Making it Work Community Based Research Study. What first piqued your interest in the HIV sector? My interest in this work is a result of my own experience in having illness. It is because of this journey that it became very evident to me that although there… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 4th, 2021
From AVI Health and Community Services Last month our Peer Power Project facilitated and delivered a two day Forum focussed on reducing stigma, and bringing peers together to share experiences and skills. It was very successful and had attendees not only from all over the Island but also from as far away as Toronto… Read more »
Posted On: Saturday, December 5th, 2020
Date: Thursday Dec 17, 2020 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Since March 2020 the PLDI Training team has held ten Virtual Gathering opportunities for HIV-Positive PLDI Leaders to gather together in leadership, some topics included: Self-care, Strategies around COVID-19, Strengthening your self-leadership and peer leadership, Gratitude, Diversity, an indigenous peer led Film Screening and… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 27th, 2020
AVI Community Health Services is offering a Peer Leadership Forum December 11 and 12. About the Peer Power Project The Peer Power Project has been a six month project run out of AVI Westshore and funded by CAI and the City of Langford. This Project has looked to collaborate with peers to develop and deliver… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 20th, 2020
Aiming to launch in the spring of 2021, the Hepatitis C Leadership Pilot Program will bring together peers of lived experience of hepatitis C in the spirit of leadership development and community building. As a program trainer you will have the unique opportunity to play a role in helping guide peers on a journey of… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
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Posted On: Friday, November 6th, 2020
Do you have lived experience of hepatitis C and live in BC? Your thoughts, feelings, and opinions will help build the future leadership training program: Click here to complete the Hepatitis C Leadership Project survey for people with lived experience Are you part of a community-based organization, public health agency, health authority,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 2nd, 2020
The People with Lived Experiences’ Strengths in the Face of Stigma project (linked to the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index project) is looking for two community members from British Columbia to join the research team as Peer Research Associates. Are you someone with lived and living experience of HIV? Are you passionate… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
October 5, 2020 arrived with the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Medicine being jointly awarded to three scientists for their 1989 discovery of the hepatitis C virus. The scientific work of Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice answered a significant question: since hepatitis A and B had already been discovered and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 19th, 2020
The Year in Review PAN’s Training and Leadership department offers in-person training events, virtual knowledge sharing and capacity building events; and a wealth of continuously updated resources via our website. As in years past, we have presented a range of in-person events. However, with the emergence of COVID-19, we had to reshape the events… Read more »
