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Lecture on The Neurobiology of Stress and Addiction by Professor George Koob
George F. Koob, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders and Director of the Laboratory of Psychopharmacology at The Scripps Research Institute and Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.
THURSDAY JULY 14, 2011 at 6:00 pm
SFU Harbour Centre
515 W Hastings, Fletcher Challenge Theatre (Room 1900)
Hygiene and Infection Class by Russ Maynard at LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Peer workers learn the great importance on good hygiene and different types of infection from Russ Maynard, Program Coordinator of InSite at LifeSkills Centre
AHA MEDIA filmed at COMMUNITY ARTS DIALOGUE: Community, Politics and Resistance in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – Part 1 on June 18, 2011
Dr. Maggie O’Neill, researcher from Durham University, will discuss her work in participatory action research and participatory arts, specifically, “Community, Politics and Resistance in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: a participatory project”.
This project is a social research collaboration between Atira – Enterprising Women Making Art, Providing Alternatives Counseling & Education (PACE) Society, Megaphone, and United We Can and supported by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver and AHA MEDIA
The project explores ways of seeing the spaces and places of community through the eyes of DTES residents.
VANDU Protest and Vigil commemorated 40 years of injustice & deaths through Drug Wars Misery in Vancouver Downtown Eastside on Friday June 17, 2011
VANDU’s action in solidarity with the Students for Sensible Drug Policy who held candlelight vigils across North America to demand an end to the “drug war” declared by Richard Nixon on June 17 1971.
Forty years ago today, Nixon publicly declared war on drugs. Since then, the US federal government has wasted over $1 trillion ruining peoples’ lives and putting tens of millions of nonviolent citizens in jail. Canada is now mimicking US policy.
Tonight, more than 500,000 people across the US will have to sleep behind bars for violating a nonviolent drug offense. That’s more than all of western Europe locks up for ALL offenses. This disgrace is a fiscal and moral nightmare for all of us who care about freedom, responsibility and accountable government. Think about this: locking up one inmate costs about $30,000 per year in the US and $320/day in Canada– way more than is costs to go to college.
We’re fed up with these disastrous policies – Our governments MUST finally end this shockingly wasteful, counterproductive war.
VANDU is a group of users and former users who work to improve the lives of people who use illegal drugs through user based peer support and education
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AHA MEDIA filmed at HIV testing event at Pigeon Park in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
From What’s Your Status
Together we can radically stop the spread of HIV and AIDS through identifying participants who are positive. The earlier you learn your status and start treatment you significantly lower the risk of transmitting this disease to someone else.
Finding out your HIV status is positive used to be thought of as a death sentence. This is no longer the case because of pioneers in medical research like Dr. Julio Montaner and the BC Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS who have developed a highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for people living with the disease that can prolong healthy living for a lifetime and reduces the risk of HIV transmission. Along with this ground breaking research, a Point of Care test (similar to a test a diabetic would take) has the ability to screen for the virus in 60 seconds.
We are initiating a HIV testing, treatment and education campaign in the downtown eastside community (DTES). This program is a pilot project linking peers within our DTES to information and resources that they need and are available to them within the PHS programs that currently exist as well as special summer outdoor events.
Our objectives are to test and educate as many people from the DTES community as HIV screening is an important part of preventative health care for everyone. We also intend to link people living with a HIV positive status to all the resources and support that are available to them in their community.
Getting Tested
Getting tested to find out your HIV status is as simple as
- Showing up to one of our testing sites or events
- Do the test & get your results *
- Receive education without discrimination
* If you test positive we will assist you in proceeding to a second test from a Health Care professional, where post education; service, support and resources will be discussed.
To find out where and when you can be tested, click here.
Our Testers
Our testers are DTES community members who have been educated to perform the Point of Care tests by a certified practitioners and educators. They are leaders in the community who are trustworthy, honest and have all signed legal confidentiality agreements. They have been given all the tools necessary to deal with any situation in the most respectful, safe and non-judgmental way possible.
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