Category: Conferences and Events

2015 Professional Development Workshops in Stratford, ON

  Integrating Mindfulness & Meditation into Clinical Practice Date: April 16-17, 2015 Time: 9am – 4pm Location: Arden Park Hotel, 552 Ontario Street, Stratford, ON Early Bird Cost: $319 +HST by March 15, 2015 Regular Cost: $339 +HST after March 15, 2015 Includes lunch, morning and afternoon refreshments Instructor:  Bill Gayner, MSW, RSW, Mt Sinai… Read more »

Camp Moomba – Purchase gifts for the children of Moomba

With another year coming to a close, we look back on the challenges we faced this year and there is one thing we can’t help but notice that stands out, YOU! All the warm and generous support we’ve received whether in donations, volunteering, planning fundraisers or events attended, you have helped to pave the way… Read more »

CAHR is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the second Mid-Career level HIV Researcher Workshop, which focuses on Research Communications. This workshop will aim to enable HIV researchers to better communicate their work to a wide range of audiences including: people living with HIV, policy makers, media and research funders. This workshop… Read more »

Vancouver’s own international recording artist, Bif Naked, is donating all of the proceeds from her newly released single “Intellectual” to AIDS Vancouver in honour of World AIDS Day. The song is available now on iTunes and Google Play! All proceeds of the song will go directly to AIDS Vancouver programming and initiatives, so please be… Read more »

Tuesday, Dec. 16 @1:30-3:00pm ET/10:30-12:00pm PT Register now Featuring: Parents from across Canada who are living with or affected by HIV This webinar will be hosted by Nicci Stein, Executive Director of the Teresa Group, an organization that advances the dignity and well-being of children and their families affected by HIV in Ontario. Nicci will… Read more »

Thursday, December 11, 2014 @1pm ET/10am PT REGISTER NOW Presented by James Wilton, Coordinator, Biomedical Science of HIV Prevention at CATIE Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is an HIV prevention strategy that involves HIV-negative individuals taking antiretrovirals on an ongoing basis to reduce their risk of HIV infection. The use of a daily pill called Truvada… Read more »

Conference registration is now open for the 24th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2015). We are also pleased to advise that we have begun accepting applications for Community Scholarships to the Conference. Detailed information on how to register for the Conference, apply for a Community Scholarship, the CTN Postdoctoral Fellowships, and other important Conference information… Read more »

Thursday, Dec. 4 @1:00pm EST, 10:00am PST Join us for this upcoming webinar presentation on the recently completed AIDS Community Action Program funded project, “Exploring the Landscape of Communicable Diseases in Atlantic Canada.” Through the presentation of the challenges and successes of this work, participants will be walked through the journey that was taken in… Read more »

December 11, 2014 from 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET Since the time HIV was discovered as the cause of AIDS, we have known that a wide variety of STDs amplify transmission of the virus. The biological forces that create such risk are increasingly well understood. The greatest challenge has been to design strategies that link detection… Read more »