Congratulations to Dr. Silvia Guillemi Director, BC-CfE Clinical Education and Training and her team who were recognized with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Continuing Professional Development Award.
Food insecurity (the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate, safe foods, or the inability to acquire foods in a socially acceptable way) is increasingly being seen as a critical determinant of health globally. Research has shown food insecurity is highly related to gender, and current food assistance programming in Metro Vancouver is rarely designed for women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2S), and youth. There has been little research focused on marginalized youth, particularly street-involved sex workers in high-income countries like Canada.
High Food Insecurity Linked to Increased HIV/STI Risk for Marginalized Youth: Study Read More »
During the Canada Post strike announced September 25, 2025, the following measures will be undertaken to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.
During the Canada Post strike, we recommend that documents be faxed or couriered to our sites, versus utilization of regular mail service
The BC-CfE Laboratory is streamlining reporting processes for certain tests in order to simplify distribution and record-keeping, and to ensure completeness of results. Beginning September 2, 2025, results for the ‘Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Protease and Reverse Transcriptase’ (Protease-RT) and ‘HIV-1 Integrase Resistance Genotype’ tests will be combined into a single ‘HIV-1 Resistance Genotype Report’.
For more details and example reports, please click on the button below
