AVI Education Team

11/25/2025

Join us on World AIDS days, December 1st, 2025 at the Victoria Legislature steps for a candlelight vigil. We will gather in person and online (via Instagram Live) from 5-6pm. Join us afterward at our 40th Anniversary display for a movie screening of Meet Us Where We’re At in the lower level of the Bay Centre at 7pm. VAC in partnership with Visual AIDS (NY) presents, Day With(Out) Art screening of newly-commissioned films by HIV+ artists, Meet Us Where We’re At, featuring: Kenneth Indongesit Usoro (Nigeria), Hoàng Thái (Vietnam), Gustavo Vinagre & Vinicius Couto (Brazil/Portugal), Camilo Tapia Flores (Chile/Brazil), Camila Flores-Fernández (Peru/Germany), José Luis Cortés (Puerto Rico).

11/19/2025

Become an AVI member TODAY! Being a member is free, so there is no barrier to entry — just a simple form.

👉 Join or Renew Your Membership through the link in our bio.

Whether you’ve been part of AVI’s journey for decades or are connecting with us for the first time, we’d love to welcome you as a member of our organization.

Members play an important role in supporting AVI’s mission and vision, participating in our Annual General Meeting, and ensuring the community’s voice guides our future. Already a member? Invite your friend to become a member today!

11/04/2025

This year, AVI Health and Community Services proudly celebrates 40 years of making a difference — 40 years of compassion, advocacy, and community care across Vancouver Island. From our beginnings as the AIDS Vancouver Island Society to our evolution into a broader health and community services organization, AVI has stood at the forefront of harm reduction, health equity, and social justice.

AVI is hosting its Annual General Meeting on November 25th from 4:00-6:00pm. The organization is launching a Membership Drive to invite new members and renew existing ones, as membership plays a key role in governance and community-voice. We invite YOU to be part of the next chapter of our story.

RSVP and become a member FOR FREE through the link in our bio.

10/29/2025

🌟Join AVI’s Board of Directors 🌟
Make a real impact in your community by joining AVI Health & Community Services’ Board of Directors. As we face unprecedented challenges in the fight against unregulated drug supply, your expertise is needed more than ever. Help shape our vision and provide crucial support to frontline workers saving lives every day. Whether your skills lie in accounting, marketing, information technology (IT), healthcare, or beyond, we welcome your contribution. Join us in promoting health, dignity, and well-being for all affected by HIV, hepatitis C, and people who use drugs.

Position open till filled. Full details can be found via the link in our bio.

Together, we can make a difference.

10/08/2025

AVI South Island is very grateful for our ongoing relationship with the Indigenous Perspectives Society (IPS). Their guidance helps us uncover colonial patterns, interrupt harms, and nurture more relational, less colonial practices. We feel encouraged to show up authentically, keep learning, and practice humility every day. Thank you for walking alongside us IPS❤!

08/28/2025

Today!

07/16/2025

Join us again today for more patch making in the 713 drop in!

07/07/2025

06/29/2025

🌈 We’re hiring on Vancouver Island!

and (HIM) are looking for a Program Coordinator, Community Engagement to lead peer-based programming for SWers and GBT2Q folks.

This is a peer position — ideal for someone with lived experience in SW, strong community roots, and a passion for harm reduction, sexual health, and reducing stigma. You’ll coordinate HUSTLE at Peers Drop-In and help deliver HIM’s training on SW stigma to healthcare providers.

💼 10 hrs/week | $35/hr + 1 night outreach shift @ $31/hr
📍 Lək̓ʷəŋən Territory (Victoria, BC)
🗓 Apply by July 1, 2025 — or until filled
🫂 Supportive, trauma-informed, peer-centered environment
🧡 Trans and gender diverse folks, Indigenous/Two-Spirit people, people of colour, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

TO APPLY:
Please email your cover letter and resume/CV to both ATTN: Leigh Elliott at ed@peers.bc.ca and ATTN: Spencer Johnston at resumes@checkhimout.ca

Applications must be received no later than 11:59pm (PST) on July 1, but the position will remain open until closed.

Full job description at link below!

https://www.safersexwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HUSTLE-Job-Posting.pdf

06/11/2025

Join us in the AVI Drop In, 3rd floor, 713 Johnson Street!

We'll have supplies for lino cut, silk screen, and bleach painting, as well as ready-made patches, sewing supplies and a sewing machine. Hope to see you there!