Posted On: Thursday, February 21st, 2019
As many of us are now aware, U=U (Undetectable Equals Untransmittable), means that people living with HIV (PLHIV) can feel confident that, if they have a sustained undetectable viral load for at least six months, they will not pass on HIV to their sexual partners. Treatment as Prevention®, pioneered by the BC-CfE in 2006, formed… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 18th, 2019
Since the then federal Minister of Justice’s Jody Wilson-Raybould’s World AIDS Day announcement, advocacy has continued apace with BC’s Attorney General David Eby – with strong efforts by Positive Living BC, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation and PAN, to name but a few. There was definitely much to be encouraged by… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 3rd, 2018
This past December 1, the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, federal Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould and the Department of Justice announced a new directive regarding prosecution of HIV non-disclosure cases– one that “… will reflect the most recent scientific evidence related to the risks of sexual transmission of HIV, as reviewed by the Public… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 9th, 2018
End HIV Criminalization: Endorse the CCRHC’s call to the federal government. As the HIV community prepares to mark World AIDS Day on December 1st, the Government of Canada has yet to take concrete action to end what it has recognized as the overly broad use of the criminal law against people living with HIV. The… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 5th, 2018
This is a reprint of the latest Communique from the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. Add your name to subscription list for Legal Network email updates. It’s past time for action by the federal government. On World AIDS Day 2016, the federal Justice Minister declared that Canada must address the “overcriminalization of HIV” that contributes to… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
From the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network “Today, at the 22nd International AIDS Conference underway in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 20 eminent world scientists — including two leading Canadian researchers — released a groundbreaking Expert Consensus Statement providing their conclusive opinion on the low-to-no possibility of a person living with HIV transmitting the virus in various situations, including via sexual… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, July 13th, 2018
This spring saw the publication of the updated BC Crown Counsel Prosecution Guidelines including the Sex 2 policy, which indicates how people living with HIV may be charged in cases of non-disclosure of HIV. On May 31st, we posted a blog by PAN’s Executive Director, J. Evin Jones, BC’s New Prosecutorial Guidelines on HIV Non-Disclosure Murky… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 14th, 2018
From the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network: The following statement is issued by the Canadian HIV & AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”). Comments can be attributed to Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Director of Research and Advocacy. May 14, 2018. Today, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Correctional Services Canada (CSC) Interim Commissioner Anne Kelly quietly announced a prison needle exchange program (PNSP)… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 9th, 2018
CATIE presents: U=U Community Perspectives Date: March 27, 2018 Time: 10 AM PT In addition to improving the health of people living with HIV, research confirms that HIV treatment also has massive prevention benefits. Evidence shows that people living with HIV who are on treatment and maintain an undetectable viral load do not transmit HIV to… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 9th, 2018
The Community-Based Research Centre for Gay Men’s Health (CBRC) presents: The Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure and Poz Youth Responses Towards it (Webinar) Date: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 Time: 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET Register now. In Canada, those of us living with HIV have the duty to disclose our HIV status to our… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, December 8th, 2017
CTAC released the following statement on December 5, 2017 Re: Government Announcements about Limiting the Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure On December 1, 2017, World Aids Day, Federal Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould released a statement and a report, developed by her department, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 4th, 2017
Did you hear? In recognition of World AIDS Day last week, the Public Health Agency of Canada released a statement on behalf of the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health. Doctors Theresa Tam (Chief Public Health Officer of Canada) and Heather Morrison Chief Medical Officer of Health, Prince Edward Island and Chair, Council of Chief of Medical Officers… Read more »
