Strategies to Improve HIV Care for Indigenous People Living with HIV in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

Audience: General Public

Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Conference Room 6, Providence Building Level 1, St. Paul's Hospital (click here to register)

Speakers:	Dr. David Tu & Elder Bruce Robinson
Location:	Conference Room 6, Providence Building Level 1, St. Paul's Hospital
Date:	Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
David Tu is a Family Physician, community based researcher, and UBC Clinical Assistant Professor with a focus on Indigenous Peoples Health, HIV, and Substance Use Disorder. His family practice has been centred in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for the past 18 years. He worked at the Vancouver Native Health Clinic for17 years, and currently works at the Kílala Lelum Health Centre and the Lu’ma Medical Center. He is the current Co-Physician Lead and Board Treasurer of Kílala Lelum and is a preceptor with the UBC Aboriginal Family Practice Residency Stream. He has worked previously with the VCH STOP HIV/AIDS program, and was a longstanding Clinical Associate on St. Paul’s HIV ward. He lives in Vancouver with his wife and two children. Bruce Robinson: Bruce’s traditional name is Owii`lo`ly`eyum`gaudlth`ni`Ki`insque. (Grizzly Bear with a Big Heart). He comes from the Nisga’a people from the Wilp (house) of Nii’is’lis’eyan (our chief), Laxgiibuu (wolf) tribe, from the village of Gingolx (Kincolith) on the Nass River, and was raised in a traditional home. Bruce moved to the lower mainland in 1970 to attend school and has lived here ever since. He graduated high school in 1975/76 and has worked in the fishing industry for over 32 yrs.Bruce has worked as an Elder with urban Indigenous youth with UNYA, as an advocate and Elder for families working with VACFSS and as an Elder with the medical team at Vancouver Native Health Society. He also provides traditional services for Metis Family Services and the Tsawwassen First Nation.
Credit:	This 1-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the British Columbia Chapter for up to 1 Mainpro+ credit
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St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.

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