Posted On: Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
It was my first year attending the Gay Men’s Health Summit this November (the 8th annual organized by the Community-Based Research Centre for Gay Men’s Health) and the organizers dished out an impressive program. While efforts to de-stigmatize HIV testing have been encouraging everyone who has ever had sex to get tested (an important effort!) HIV… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
Bringing Research Back to Communities: A Webinar on HIV Knowledge Translation Moving research into policy, programs and practice is vital to community-based HIV research. Knowledge translation (KT) bridges the gap between researchers and communities and ensures that results get shared with those who can use them. This webinar will explore KT, using the Canadian HIV… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, November 16th, 2012
The HIV epidemic in Canada is aging. There are an estimated 65,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada, and improved medication and care has resulted in longer, healthier lives for people living with HIV/AIDS who have access to these treatments. And while he number of new HIV cases emerging remains stable, yet we’re seeing an… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Beyond Failure! Thinking Critically About HIV Prevention, Research and Services Concordia University, Montreal – May 16 – 17th, 2013 A symposium devoted to thinking through the moments that we have failed in the field of HIV prevention, research, and services. The AIDS industry is built on a logic of promoting success. As AIDS researchers we… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Green College Population Health Lecture Series 5-6:30 pm, Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Green College Coach House (UBC) UBC link to the event, CLICK HERE Abstract: As HIV infection rates remain disproportionally high among young gay and bisexual men in the United States, there is a need to both better understand determinants of sexual risk are… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Two national centres for HIV/AIDS community-based research have received funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and are in the initial phases of becoming established. Congratulations to the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) on their new Aboriginal HIV & AIDS Community-Based Research Collaborative Centre (AHA Centre). The AHA Centre will support community-based research development… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, October 25th, 2012
We know too well about the connection between trauma and HIV. Two recent studies have confirmed that trauma plays a significant role in both transmission of HIV and in treatment failure for women. Concurrently, new promising practices are emerging- in particular, a program called LIFT (Living in the Face of Trauma) is demonstrating that therapeutic… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
This week I have the opportunity to attend the 26th Annual American Evaluation Association Conference in Minneapolis. As part of my time here, I attended a workshop that focused on getting actionable answers and recommendations from evaluation reports. Have you ever read an evaluation report and still wondered how worthwhile the outcomes really were or… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
Harm reduction is an approach or strategy aimed at reducing the risks and harmful effects associated with substance use and addictive behaviours for the individual, the community and society as a whole. It is deemed a realistic, pragmatic, humane and successful approach to addressing issues of substance use. Recognizing that abstinence may be neither a… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
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Posted On: Friday, October 5th, 2012
Join us for a rapporteur and learning exchange event following the Canadian Association of Gerontology Conference, Aging in a Changing World. At the conference, there will be several sessions on HIV & aging, and our friends from the Canadian Working Group on HIV & Rehabilitation (CWHGR) will be in attendance. At this informal event, CWHGR will… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Thanks to everyone who completed the on-line mental health survey over the past several weeks. Your input was very helpful in determining the most relevant and timely topics to further develop. Given that our resources are limited, we wanted to prioritize the topics that you’ve identified over the past several years as topic areas in… Read more »
