Category: Webinars and Online Learning

Webinar: Caught in the Carceral Web: Anti-Trafficking Laws and Policies and their Impact on Migrant Sex Workers

Posted On: Monday, October 18th, 2021

Date: October 25, 2021 Time: 12 noon Pacific time Join the HIV Legal Network’s Co-Executive Director Sandra Ka Hon Chu and others as they launch their paper on migrant sex work and the ineffectiveness and harm of anti-human trafficking laws in addressing exploitation. Written with Elene Lam of Butterfly, Judy Fudge from McMaster University, and… Read more »

Webinar: Fertility and fertility intentions among youth living with HIV

Posted On: Friday, October 15th, 2021

Date: Friday October 29, 2021 Time: 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Pacific time   Via CIHR CTN network Co-morbidities and HIV workgroup: People living with HIV are living longer and healthier lives due to the benefits of antiretroviral therapy. But problems related to inflammation from poorly controlled HIV, or damage due to previous or current medications, are one… Read more »

The Year in Review, 2020-21

Posted On: Thursday, October 14th, 2021

  Message from PAN Leadership   The theme of this year’s PAN annual report is Doubling Down in Dual Public Health Emergencies.  When talking about the theme for this year’s report and our upcoming AGM. (Register now), we wanted to convey both the challenges facing our sector and communities, but also the strength and resilience of the… Read more »

COVID update: the continuing impact on PAN in-person events, and PAN’s Prevention Plan

Posted On: Thursday, October 7th, 2021

  As we roll into another fall where the dangers of COVID-19 are both all-pervasive and ever-changing, we wanted to give a quick update on PAN’s response. Communicable disease prevention focuses on basic risk reduction principles to reduce the risk of workplace transmission of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases.  Our Communicable Disease Prevention Plan includes… Read more »

Register now for PAN AGM/Keynote Presentation with Len Pierre

Posted On: Friday, October 1st, 2021

PAN will hold our Annual General Meeting virtually on Thursday, October 21, 2021. REGISTER AND JOIN US FOR ONE OR BOTH PARTS   12 – 1:45 PM  AGM Keynote (All welcome!) Taking Care of Each Other in Times of Change and Crisis Len will talk about how we can mobilize Indigenous knowledge and values to… Read more »

Webinar: Risk Mitigation and Safer Supply: What’s Next and What’s Needed

Posted On: Friday, October 1st, 2021

Date: October 14, 2021 Time: 11 AM Pacific time Presenters: Guy Felicella and Kevin Hollett Moderator: J. Evin Jones The next in our PAN Presents webinar series focuses on safer supply. More than a year ago, BC introduced the clinical guidance Risk Mitigation in the Context of Dual Health Emergencies. Hear about how the guidance… Read more »

Risk Mitigation and Safer Supply: What’s Next and What’s Needed

Presenter: Guy Felicella and Kevin Hollett

Moderator: J. Evin Jones

Recorded On: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 - 11:00 am

  This addition to our PAN Presents webinar series focuses on safer supply. More than a year ago, BC introduced the clinical guidance Risk Mitigation in the Context of Dual Health Emergencies. Hear about how the guidance has been updated to reflect lived and clinical experiences as drug poisonings are worse than ever and the… Read more »

Launch of free, accredited online CPD course on providing STBBI care

Posted On: Monday, September 27th, 2021

In collaboration with the University of Ottawa Office of Continuing Professional Development, the Canadian Public Health Association has recently released a free online continuing professional development (CPD) course – Provide safer, more inclusive care for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. Intended for clinical care providers in Canada, including family physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, students/trainees and… Read more »

Webinar: Ensuring Supportive Services for Men in Sex Work

Posted On: Friday, September 24th, 2021

Date: Wednesday October 20, 2021 Time: 10 AM Pacific time The next in our KnowledgeConnect webinar series focuses on men in sex work. They have particular needs and challenges, from access to health services, to safety considerations, and dealing with stigma. Health Initiative for Men (HIM) provides outreach education along with peer-centred programs. The HIM… Read more »

Ensuring Supportive Services for Men in Sex Work

Presenter: Health Initiatives for Men team

Recorded On: Wednesday, October 20th, 2021 - 10:00 am

The next in our KnowledgeConnect webinar series focuses on men in sex work. They have particular needs and challenges, from access to health services, to safety considerations, and dealing with stigma. Health Initiative for Men (HIM) provides outreach education along with peer-centred programs. The HIM team will share their perspectives and best practices in creating… Read more »