At a Special General Meeting on February 6, 2023, the AIDS Vancouver membership endorsed a consultation process to revise the mission, vision, values statement, and brand, including our name and logo. We firmly believe this work will allow AIDS Vancouver to continue to support people living with HIV for many years to come. We remain committed…

In looking for ways to promote and integrate our history of grassroots activism while still engaging our community in meaningful ways, the Board and Staff of the Vancouver Island Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Society (VPWAS), in consultation with membership, staff, volunteers and allies has decided we will not participate in the 2016 “Scotiabank AIDS Walk…

A Survey to Determine the Needs, Desires, and Support for a Queer / LGBT Community Centre in Victoria, BC.

Dear members of the VPWAS community, First and foremost, we express our gratitude for your participation in this year’s AGM. A lot of exciting, frustrating, empowering and saddening events have taken place since our last meeting. We mourn for, and celebrate, the lives of members lost over the last year and continue to remember the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It is with great sadness that we announce that, as of March 31, 2014, the Victoria AIDS Resource & Community Service Society (VARCS) will be closing its doors. VARCS staff and board were devastated to learn that after 23 years of service, Island Health (formerly known as Vancouver Island Health Authority) will…

Victoria AIDS Resource & Community Service Society (VARCS), began its life in November 1991 as Victoria AIDS Respite Care Society.