Category: Archive

“Moving to the Mainstream” May 22 – 23, 2013 Calgary, AB The 12th Alberta Harm Reduction Conference is Canada’s most relevant drug-related conference.  It is not just for Albertans, or just for folks from the Prairies. It is an essential conference for all Canadians who work with people who use drugs.  It is also far… Read more »

There has been some concern regarding the Anti-Spam Legislation that is coming into effect in the near future. After doing some online research and speaking with a representative of legislation office, I have some information to share. What is this Legislation? This new law will affect any individual, business and organization that: Makes use of… Read more »

Accidental drug overdose is one of the major causes of death right now. Tragically, that most of these deaths could have been avoided. The Canadian Harm Reduction Network is working with a national task force on opiate overdose and a Toronto research project on cocaine overdose. The Toronto project will be finished by the end… Read more »

PositiveLite: Dave R with a World AIDS Day post acknowledging the role of women in the early days of the epidemic. “We should be eternally grateful and these women should be lauded at every World AIDS Day gathering and given the due recognition they deserve.” Give or take a year or two and depending on… Read more »

December 15th, 6-8 PM “Take a Breath. Have a laugh. Sing a Song. Dream a Dream.” Elina, 2012 Please join us for an evening of art and story-telling in celebration of the “Body Mapping: Telling Our Stories Through Art” research project. In May 2012 six brave Vancouver women living with HIV came together to create… Read more »

The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) is looking for individuals to sit on our National Research Advisory Committee (NRAC). Since 2006, NRAC has guided the research work of the CAAN Research and Policy Unit (RPU), assuring that it undertakes and produces HIV & AIDS community-based research that is methodologically-sound, culturally-appropriate, respectful, and relevant. NRAC will… Read more »

CATIE has just released the latest factsheet, offering a snapshot of the HIV epidemic in Canada. All epidemiological information is approximate, based on the best available data. The data contained in this fact sheet comes from the 2011 Estimates of HIV prevalence and incidence in Canada, published by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)…. Read more »

World AIDS Day a time to reflect on progress, redouble efforts to fight pandemic NOVEMBER 30, 2012 — This World AIDS Day, December 1, is a special one for a Canadian organization with truly global reach: the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network is celebrating 20 years of research, human rights advocacy, and community education and mobilization,… Read more »

December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women. As well as commemorating the 14… Read more »

HIV Stigma is an important topic to many in the HIV community. The HIV Stigma Audit Community Report (Australia) is now available and promises to be some interesting reading. Check it Out!

Globe and Mail Article B.C. is the only province where the rate of new HIV infections is falling steadily and markedly. B.C. is also the only province that offers highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) free of charge and aggressively promotes its use. Coincidence? Not at all. New research published in Wednesday’s edition of the medical… Read more »

This is a video of Dr. Mark Hull speaking about HIV/HCV Co-infection from Nov. 1/12. Check it Out!