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Please join us for the Vancouver Island Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Society (VPWAS) Annual General Meeting and open house. November 14, 2018 101-1139 Yates Street Coast Salish Territory Victoria, BC V8V3N2 We are excited to invite back this year, Guest speaker, Nathan Lachowsky, PHD Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy The Annual General Meeting is open to all VPWAS members and community partners. vpwas agm invite 2018 (PDF) Interested in joining the board and making a difference for […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2018 POSITIVE YOUTH CALL ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CREATE NATIONAL HIV STRATEGY LANGLEY, BC: This past week saw 28 HIV-positive, Hepatitis-C positive, and co-infected youth aged 18-32 (hereinafter referred to as ‘positive youth’) converge for 4-day national meeting to discuss gaps in care resulting from the lack of a coordinated national HIV strategy. The event, Youth Unleashing Power: a Pozitive Youth Symposium, now in its 3rd year, provides an opportunity for positive youth to share […]

ARE YOU A GAY, BI, QUEER, PAN OR TWO-SPIRIT GUY LIVING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND OR A GULF ISLAND? Cis or trans guys, non-binary and genderqueer folx included We are a team of guys into guys and our allies who live and work on Vancouver Island and are working to improve the life and health of other guys into guys in our region. You are invited to participate in a confidential one-on-one interview for a research study to discuss your experiences […]

Community Consensus Statement Download the Community Consensus Statement (including the full list of endorsers) The Community Consensus Statement outlines a shared critique of why Canada’s approach to HIV criminalization is wrong and calls for some specific actions that federal, provincial and territorial governments should take to end unjust criminal prosecutions against people living with HIV. It was developed by the CCHRC to be a common set of demands by those organizations who sign on to it. The Coalition is looking […]

Join us for our Annual Yard Sale & Barbeque, now in it’s 5th year! We’ll have lots of gently used clothing, furniture, and household items for sale. We will also be cooking up hamburgers and hot dogs! David from Soma Active Health will be joining us to provide chair massages during the yard sale! Treatments will be available by donation. We are accepting donations (gently used clothing, furniture, and household items) this week for our fundraiser Yard Sale, please call […]

Paris Community Declaration We, Key Affected Populations living with or affected by HIV, proclaim that we are more than just numbers. We have essential needs that must be met equitably. It is time to put an end to our prosecution. We demand full commitment and respect from all the stakeholders we address in this Declaration. The definition of key populations may change across different contexts: based on epidemiological evidence and geographic, social, legal and political environments. People living with HIV, […]

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Vancouver Island Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Society (VPWAS). For a quarter of a century, VPWAS has been advocating for and providing support and services to individuals on Vancouver Island living with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. While we have participated in Victoria Pride for many years, this year, to mark 25 years of activism and resistance in the HIV/AIDS movements, we will not be walking in this year’s Pride Parade. We do so […]