Hepatitis C is highly treatable, and once a person begins treatment, they can be cured within a few months. Yet starting treatment isn’t as easy as that for many. In this webinar, researcher Jessica Jacob will share findings from a study looking at how youth who use drugs experience hep C related healthcare access. Discussion… Read more »
Webinar Category: Advocacy, Policy and Public Health
Let’s get together with a small carbon footprint
Presenter: Dr. Laura U. Marks and Dr. Stephen Makonin
Recorded On: Thursday, May 27th, 2021 - 10:00 am
As a follow up to the Earth Day Special Webinar on Health, Equity and Climate Change, we hosted PAN Presents: Let’s get together with a small carbon footprint. Our work time and meetings have a hidden carbon footprint! Online video, including streaming, videoconferencing, and video embedded in apps, uses a lot of electricity. Since about… Read more »
An Earth Day Special Webinar on Health, Equity and Climate Change
Presenter: Dr. Maya Gislason
Recorded On: Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 - 10:00 am
April 22 is Earth Day and PAN was pleased to host a PAN Presents… special Earth Day webinar with Dr. Maya Gislason. This webinar presented opportunities to think about an equity approach to climate change – what are some of the impacts of climate change on health equity? How can we understand the relationship between… Read more »
Build Your Trans-Friendly Services
Presenter: Gwen Haworth, Trans Care BC
Recorded On: Thursday, February 25th, 2021 - 10:00 am
“Gwen had a really beautiful way of helping people understand the diversity of transition and experience.” Working within HIV, hep C and harm reduction, you are likely used to working with folks of varied sexual identities, but might not be as experienced working with people along the gender continuum. We partnered with Gwen Haworth to… Read more »
Alcohol: Community Trends and Impact
Presenter: Brittany Graham, Dr. Adam Sherk, Dr. Bernie Pauly, Michelle, Dr. Kiffer Card, Meaghan Brown
Recorded On: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020 - 9:00 am
#AlcoholHarmReductionPAN We were pleased to work in collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) on this day-long virtual event* featuring discussion on alcohol use patterns and harm reduction in British Columbia. Scroll to bottom for resources to read and download after viewing webinars. “Alcohol and tobacco use contributed 89% of… Read more »
Highlights from Summit 2020: Resistance and Responsibility
Recorded On: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 - 10:00 am
Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) produces Summit, an annual knowledge exchange and capacity building national conference on gay, bi, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer men’s (GBT2Q) health. This summary shares key highlights from the first-ever virtual Summit, which brought together service providers, researchers, activists, and community members from across Canada around the theme of Resistance and Responsibility…. Read more »
Safe Supply and The Role of Community in Saving Lives and Changing Systems: A Call to Action
Presenter: Guy Felicella
Recorded On: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Presentation ends at 1:03 followed by questions and comments. Keynote Session at AGM 2020 The overdose crisis continues to ravage our province, taking lives, devastating families and forever-changing communities. COVID-19 has only made the situation worse, greatly increasing the unnecessary loss of life and other harms. Now more than ever, there is a need for… Read more »
HIV, hepatitis c and Syphilis Testing and Cases for 2020 in BC
Presenter: Dr. Theodora B. Consolacion
Recorded On: Thursday, September 24th, 2020
As part of the Collective Impact Network meeting, PAN hosted a short presentation called “HIV, Hepatitis C and Syphilis Testing and Cases for 2020 in BC”, followed by an unrecorded Q&A. The results presented were from 2016 – 2020 (estimated). They included: HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis testing and percent positivity HIV, hepatitis C… Read more »
PAN Presents… CBRC Webinar on New Testing Tech
Presenter: Chris Draenos, Darren Ho, Community Based Research Centre
Recorded On: Thursday, June 25th, 2020 - 9:30 am
After years of advocacy, Health Canada is expected to approve the first HIV self-test in the country. As testing is the critical first step in HIV prevention, treatment, and care cascade, HIV self-testing will be an additional tool in our tool-box to reach GBTQ2+ men who experience vulnerabilities for HIV as well as the undiagnosed…. Read more »
The Hepatitis C Leadership Project
Presenter: Monte Strong, plus a peer with the Hepatitis C Leadership Project
Recorded On: Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 - 10:00 am
The Hepatitis C Leadership Project is about modelling and developing the leadership skills and knowledge of people with lived experience of hepatitis C in BC. This webinar provided an opportunity to hear from some members of the project’s advisory committee that is predominantly led by peers. They shared concepts & principles guiding the project, needs… Read more »
Hep C in Focus
Recorded On: Thursday, July 16th, 2020 - 9:00 am
Hep C in Focus was a special virtual event on July 16, 2020. It featured the presentations available on-demand below, as well as community networking in breaks. This collaboration of women with lived experience of hepatitis C, researchers, and the attendees who shared their day with us was a great experience. We look forward to bringing… Read more »
Fighting stigma and offering support for people who use meth
Presenter: Jessica Bridgeman and Shane Dallyn
Recorded On: Thursday, June 18th, 2020 - 10:00 am
Crystal meth is a commonly used drug in BC, so HIV, hep C and harm reduction organizations and advocates may well work with people using meth. What do we need to know about crystal meth’s affects on health and spirit to best support people using it? This webinar looked at the use patterns for meth… Read more »