Posted On: Monday, May 8th, 2023
Via Gilead Sciences Canada The Connexion Program is developed to bring emerging and relevant scientific information on HIV management to the HIV Community. This year, we are focusing on the theme, ‘Long-Term Success’ and will be offering 4 webinar sessions. Register for Long-Term Management of HIV (Friday, May 19, 9-10 AM Pacific time)… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 8th, 2023
Join YouthCo for the 25th anniversary of Camp Moomba! YouthCO HIV & HepC Society runs a camp program every year in the spring and summer. Camp Moomba is for children and youth aged 6-17 yr olds who are living with or affected by HIV. This is a completely FREE program for families. Dates this summer… Read more »
Via 2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub Webinar May 11th, 2023 at 10 AM Pacific time The rich variability of transgender (trans) and gender diverse (TGD) people’s social contexts, identities, and embodiments is increasingly recognized in the scholarship and policy that govern the provision of gender-affirming care. Yet, amid evolving expressions of cisnormativity and trans-antagonism across healthcare… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis. Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay safe from Toward the Heart. Visit our Substance Use and Harm Reduction page for more resources. In the… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
The International Coalition of Older People with HIV (iCOPe HIV) is pleased to invite you to join us at one of two upcoming virtual meetings. These 90-minute sessions will be dedicated to: 1. Sharing the results of iCOPe HIV’s global stakeholder survey (conducted Jan/Feb 2023) 2. Engaging in discussion around iCOPe HIV’s priorities for action… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
Attention PLDI Leaders! PLDI will be hosting an in-person Communications Training Weekend, Friday June 16th – Sunday June 18th 2023. The training takes place over three days at a pace to support learning and connection. Day 1 Friday will be from 5 PM-8:00 PM. Day 2 Saturday will be from 9 AM-5:00 PM. Day 3… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023
HIV activists have consistently confronted stigma from the emergence of HIV over forty years ago. A “nothing about us without us” approach, which originated in political activism centuries ago and has been centred in the disability movement, is not only used by disability and HIV activists, it’s also leveraged by people with lived and… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, April 14th, 2023
Art: Lady D | Living a Violated Life (Collage poster) Excerpt from the Executive Summary: In a context of the global COVID-19 pandemic and criminalized sex work, and with results from a rapid needs and risks assessment done in March 2020, we set out to assess detailed needs and risks of sex workers in… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
Stimulus 2023 is a two-and-a-half day event scheduled October 5-7, 2023 in Ottawa, Ontario. Organizers expect to welcome 1,500 people whose expertise includes substance use experts, nurses, social workers, physicians, corrections staff, frontline workers, people involved in sex work, researchers, and other key stakeholders from across Canada. The event will be the largest national… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 6th, 2023
The Government of Canada is renewing its federal Action Plan – Accelerating our response: Government of Canada five-year action plan on sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI). We would like to thank all of those who have participated in engagement opportunities thus far. Your perspectives are valued to provide key insights for a renewed Action Plan…. Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Webinar: May 23, 2023 Time: 12- 1 PM Pacific time Connections between transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people are filled with potential. Despite the presence of peer support in TGD communities for generations, its exchange between TGD people – along with its power to promote resilience – have been under-researched in academic scholarship. We are… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 31st, 2023
Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis. Info for People Who Use Substances: get the latest alerts, and tips on how to stay safe from Toward the Heart. Visit our Substance Use and Harm Reduction page for more resources. In the… Read more »
