Category: Archive

This has been an important year for the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. In recent weeks you have likely heard from us with updates on critical issues that affect the lives of people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. I wanted to inform you directly about these activities, as we have been at the forefront of… Read more »

        Annual General Meeting Thursday, January 31, 2012 Location: Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, 1607 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC Chief Simon Baker Room Time:   5:00pm – 8:00pm •             Everyone is Welcome •             Registration is Free Agenda Items: •             Review of the Carver Model:  RRHAN Governance Model Please forward registration form to: Red… Read more »

Red Road HIV/AIDS Network and Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network will partner to host event on December 5-6, 2012 in Victoria, BC. Location: Vancouver Island Ballroom, Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville Street Victoria, BC Theme: Celebrating Aboriginal Women and Culture Time: 9am – 4pm Red Road HIV/AIDS Network is mobilizing community to be part of this… Read more »

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is a feature-length documentary about how ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), a small group of people, came together to change the world and save each other’s lives.The film takes the viewer through the planning and execution of exhilarating major actions with additional information about… Read more »

Positive Women: Exposing Injustice is a new documentary that takes the audience into the hearts and minds of four positive women bravely speaking out about HIV and criminalization. What happens if a woman does not disclose her HIV-positive status to a sexual partner? How does criminalization impact HIV-positive women in Canada?  How do women feel… Read more »

Vancouver, B.C. [November 20, 2012] — HIV-positive individuals who strictly adhere to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) have a significantly lower probability of premature morbidity and mortality as compared to those with suboptimal compliance to HAART, according to a new study from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE). The study, published this week… Read more »

TIME TO DELIVER: A GLOBAL APPEAL TO CANADA’S PARLIAMENTARIANS TO FIX LAW ON AFFORDABLE MEDICINES FOR ALL Endorsed by more than 80 civil society organizations from around the world NOVEMBER 21, 2012 — From around the world, we are organizations actively engaged in responding to the global AIDS crisis. We write to remind you that,… Read more »

PAN’s Executive Director, Evin Jones, wrote an article that was published in Positive Living Magazine and we would like to share it with you. All Things to All People Regional AIDS service organizations are adapting to big needs and diverse populations HIV/AIDS-related service delivery outside of the Lower Mainland is changing. With relatively fewer social… Read more »

    After the Supreme Court decision earlier this month, I am struck once again with the realization that many people who are removed from HIV in their own lives have very little understanding about just how difficult it can be to disclose your status to someone when you don’t know how they might react…. Read more »

CBC News, Nov. 1/12 A 31-year-old Ottawa man has been found guilty of three counts of attempted murder and three counts of aggravated sexual assault after failing to disclose his HIV-positive status to sex partners. Verdict comes a month after Supreme Court ruling Thursday’s guilty verdict comes after a controversial Supreme Court of Canada ruling… Read more »

October 26/2012 marked the 25th anniversary of CANFAR (Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research). A Message from CANFAR: We want to take a moment to thank you for making these past 25 years possible! CANFAR has been able to achieve so much more than was imagined on that first day, October 26, 1987. Because of wonderful… Read more »

HIV non-disclosure and criminal law: Implications of recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions for people living with HIV On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior and D.C. The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose… Read more »