*** Please note Ribbon Community and our peer offices at Positive Health Services, John Ruedy Clinic, and Oak Tree Clinic are closed on Monday, October 13, for the statutory holiday.

Women's PROGRAMMING AT RIBBON

WOMEN'S GROCERY IN SURREY

October 6 | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Contact Hadiza at 236-688-6428

 

KITCHEN PARTY

October 9 | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Contact Hadiza at 236-688-6428

 

WOMEN'S GROCERY AT RIBBON

October 9 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

October 16 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

 

WOMENS CENTRED HIV CARE UPDATE

Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre, downtown Vancouver

Friday, October 24 | 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Please join Ribbon Community and the UBC Faculty of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, Women-Centred HIV Care Hub in an all-day workshop series.

This event is clinician focused, and open to all HIV-positive women. Discussions about priority topics that impact HIV-positive women across their entire lifespan, including advocacy, wellness and support resources. Opportunities to share your lived experiences and insights that could support your communities health priorities.

For community members to register at no cost: 2025 Women-Centred HIV Care Update Community Registration link

To request support for travel and accommodations from outside the Loer Mainland, please register at the appropriate form and submit an application for a community member scholarship by Sunday, October 5. WCHC BC Sub-Hub Knowledge mobilization event Scholarships.

 

GAMES DAY with Matthew

Mondays, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Board Games (and more) are back in the Resource Centre! Everyone connected to Ribbon Community, whether or not you are living with HIV, is welcome to connect and games the afternoon away.

***Save the date, the last Tuesday of October for BINGO Games and prizes. Please note date change for this event.

Matthew will be our Monday afternoon host. Come by for cards, dice, puzzles, and board games. No RSVP required.

 

KITCHEN PARTY

October 9 | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

A community member will demonstrate how to cook a cherished recipe.

Participants who RSVP will receive a kit of ingredients to recreate the  recipe - or something else - at home!

  • Drop by anytime between 11:00 AM - 1:00 pm
  • For HIV-positive women
  • Fun, falvorful, nutritious, and easy

To RSVP, call or text Hadiza at 236-688-6428 or email [email protected]

 

INDIGENOUS ARTS AND CRAFTS with Sabian

Sabian will be leading a class in crafting an abalone button blanket lapel pin.

  • Free
  • Bannock and coffee available
  • No experience needed
  • Indigenous and non-indigenous people are welcome

 

GROUPO LATINO - Tod@s son bienvenid@s.

October 14 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

October 28 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

"Porque tú eres más que tu VIH"

Este es el mensaje de los organizadores del Grupo Latino. Nos reunimos dos veces al mes en Ribbon Community. Nuestro Grupo Latino es un grupo exclusivo para personas que se encuentren viviendo con el vírus del VIH y es en español.

Tod@s son bienvenid@s.

Personas intersad@s por favor contactar a Otto al correo [email protected]

 

CHERRY GROVE MEMORIAL ANNIVERSARY

October 20 | 3:00 - 5:00 PM

40 years ago this October, early activists planted three Cherry Blossom trees in a slightly out of the way spot near Stanley Park. Honouring some of the first HIV/AIDS deaths in the country, the grove is known as the oldest AIDS memorial in North America. At the time it was planted, fears of vandalism meant the site stayed only known through word of mouth.

Please join Ribbon Community and Cocksure Performance on Monday, October 20 starting at 3pm in grief and celebration. We invite you to gather with us to mark this significant anniversary as a time to reflect on half a century of local HIV/AIDS activism and look ahead to the future it made possible. 

Food will be provided, alongside remarks from a variety of people involved in the local HIV/AIDS activism, group and individual opportunities to reflect on lives lost and lives changed as a result of the HIV epidemic. 

Please take a moment to register for this event to support our planning process and ensure we are aware of all accessibility needs and requests for this event. We are able to respond to individual access needs requested by Monday, October 13.

POSITIVE TALK PRESENTS: An evening with dinner and a pumpkin carving contest

October 21 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

The team of peer facilitators work together to host a shared meal and an evening of fun with an exciting pumpkin carving contest.

Throughout the eveing peer facilitators offer dedicated spaces based on identities of those present, including Aarbic speakers, women, and African and Black people.

This is a free program. Ribbon provides dinner and bus tickets.

ﻦﻣ .ﺮﻬﺷ ﻞﻛ ﻦﻣ ءﺎﺛﻼﺛ ﺚﻟﺎﺛ ﻞﻛ .ﺔﻴﺑﺮﻌﻟا ﺔﻐﻠﻟﺎﺑ ﺔﻴﻋﺎﻤﺘﺟا ﺔﻋﻮﻤﺠﻣ

ءﺎﺴﻣ 7:30 ﻰﺘﺣ ءﺎﺴﻣ 6:00 ﺔﻋﺎﺴﻟا.

ﺔﻋﺎﻨﻤﻟا ﺺﻘﻧ سوﺮﻴﻓ ﻦﻋ تﺎﻣﻮﻠﻌﻣو ،ءﺎﻗﺪﺻأ ،مﺎﻌﻃ.

ﻦﻣ ﺪﻳﺰﻤﻟ .عﺎﻤﺘﺟﻻا ﺔﻳﺎﻬﻧ ﻲﻓ ﺎﻳاﺪﻬﻟا تﺎﻗﺎﻄﺒﻟ ﺐﺤﺳ كﺎﻨﻫ نﻮﻜﻴﺳ

ﻢﻳﺮﻤﺑ اﻮﻠﺼﺗا ،تﺎﻣﻮﻠﻌﻤﻟا.

2975-333-236 إ ﺔﻴﺼﻧ ﺔﻟﺎﺳر ﻞﺳرأ وأ ﻞﺼﺗا.

At Ribbon, "women" always includes transgender and cisgender women.

RIBBON IN SURREY

Our Surrey programs operate on the lands of Indigenous peoples - SEMYOME (Semiahmoo), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen) First Nations.

All people living with HIV are welcome at these programs. Public transit tickets are available to support participation.

  • October 6 Grocery Pop-Up from 4:00 - 6:00 pm      
  • October 9 Social Group 2:00 - 4:00 pm 
  • October 28 Social Group 6:00 - 7:30pm

For groups contact Joshna at [email protected] or 604-315-1968

For grocery, contact Hadiza at [email protected] or 236-688-6428. To maintain confidentiality, location is provided with RSVP. This program is a women's centered space: however, all community members who attend will receive groceries.

 

DENTAL HYGIENE CLINIC 

Wednesdays in October | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

We are so pleased to have students in the UBC Dental Hygiene program back again this year to offer free dental hygiene services at Ribbon. Appointments will be taking place on Wednesdays at 10am and 1pm this year.  

Come and get your teeth cleaned at no cost. All work is done by students under the supervision of a certified instructor.

To book, please contact us or drop by on Wednesdays from 10am - 3pm, leave a voicemail at 604-696-4698, or email [email protected].