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SUMMARY:World AIDS Day - Hosted by AIDS Vancouver Island
DESCRIPTION:World AIDS Day\nHosted by AIDS Vancouver Island\nRoyal BC Museum\n675 Belleville Street\nVictoria\, BC \n  \n  \nDecember 1\, 2018 will be the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day and the 20th Anniversary of National Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week in Canada.  This year’s theme is “Know your status”. \nhttps://knowyourstatus.unaids.org/?fbclid=IwAR3ERRqetYeKkFoNXomXnj7Zpf0IRlbSw7L2FoUsY9_TsHC_kmdUS84YS0A \nWe know from research that early detection is the key to successful treatment but in Canada up to 25% of people living with HIV are unaware they have the virus because they have never been tested.  In addition\, many people who are living with HIV don’t have access to good health care and struggle to access and remain on treatment.  There is good news too with the increasing availability of PrEP (https://www.catie.ca/prep)\, and the success of campaigns like U=U (https://www.catie.ca/en/positiveside/summer-2017/uu). \nThis year\, as part of Global AIDS Awareness Week and National Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week\, AIDS Vancouver Island is hosting an event at the Royal BC Museum from 1-4pm on Saturday December 1st \,  followed by our annual red ribbon display on the steps of the Legislature.  The schedule is as follows: \n\n1:00pm – 4:00pm: Drop in viewing of We Are Here Storyboards\, education and resources\, Living Library\n2:30pm: Welcome and Territory acknowledgement by Elder\, guest speakers\n3:00pm: Showing of Strong Medicine: a short film made by Indigenous people living with HIV (https://www.catie.ca/en/strong-medicine)\n3:30pm: Resistance Rising Choir performance (https://www.facebook.com/Resistance-Rising-Choir-2210208235969675/)\n4:15pm: We will walk together over to the front steps of the BC Legislature and light the red ribbon memorial candle display.\n\n  \nThis event is free and everyone is welcome.  Refreshments will be available. \nTo invite your friends and family\, and to see the plans in more detail: https://www.facebook.com/events/2148516951865492/
URL:https://phabc.org/event/world-aids-day-hosted-by-aids-vancouver-island/
LOCATION:Royal BC Museum\, 675 Belleville Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W 9W2\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Understanding Harm Reduction Strategies
DESCRIPTION:BC Centre for Disease Control & BCCDC Foundation for Public Health present: \nUnderstanding Harm Reduction Strategies\n  \nDate: December 4\, 2018\nTime: 6:00pm–9:00pm\nLocation: Science World at TELUS World of Science\n1455 Quebec Street\nVancouver\, BC \n  \nThis event will focus on harm reduction strategies in the Lower Mainland. Experts will speak on best practices and other initiatives that aim to reduce harm and increase acceptance. Following the discussion there will be opportunities to chat with organisations in the community who are working on a variety of harm reduction strategies. There will also be time to participate in a variety of smaller discussion groups. \n  \nAn expert panel will be on hand including Dr. Mark Tyndall\, BC Centre for Disease Control; Dr. Jane Buxton\, BC Centre for Disease Control; Erica Thomson\, Fraser Health\, Jonathan Deakin\, BC EHS and moderated by Donald MacPherson\, Director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition. \n  \nThis event is free but space is limited so register HERE \nFor more information go HERE
URL:https://phabc.org/event/understanding-harm-reduction-strategies/
LOCATION:Science World at Telus\, Vancouver\, British Columia\, V6A 3Z7\, Canada
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