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HelloOntario: An HIV Resource for Newcomers
In Ontario, there is a system of HIV prevention, testing, care and support. There are many programs and resources to respond to HIV in the province. HelloOntario is a website that is here to help you get connected.
Maclean’s: Bringing an end to HIV-related stigma in Canada
This article & video follows Muluba. HIV-positive from birth, her journey was never going to be easy. When medical innovation offered her a chance at a long and healthy life, it turned out the battle was still only half won.
Caught in the Carceral Web: Anti-Trafficking Laws and Policies and Their Impact on Migrant Sex Workers
This report evaluates the combined impact of four areas of law on migrant sex workers: federal criminal laws targeting sex work and human trafficking; federal immigration laws regarding both inadmissibility as well as human trafficking; Ontario’s human trafficking laws; and municipal bylaws in Toronto regulating holistic health centres and body rub parlours.
Social Determinants of Health: A Trans Health Perspective
An inforgraphic exploring the experiences of trans women living with HIV in Canada, findings from a national community-based participatory research project.
Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing: Trans Women Living with HIV in Canada
Stigma around mental health still remains a reality in many communities and when combined with the layers of stigma around gender, as well as HIV status, trans women living with HIV face a unique set of challenges when navigating their life journey.
International Overdose Awareness Day Poster – 2021
Our 2021 poster honours women in the fight against overdose and recognizes the strength and struggle for communities in the midst of intersecting crises.
The Body: Not Just Gay Men – Honoring the Stories of Women With HIV 40 Years Later
The repeated neglect in HIV narratives is reminiscent of why women with HIV and activist allies were forced to protest the government and yell chants like, “Women don’t get AIDS, they just die from it,” in the early years of the epidemic.
Black Experiences in Health Care Symposium Report
Building on the work accomplished at the Black Experiences in Health Care Symposium in 2017, the 2020 event renewed focus on engaging and informing health system partners and creating collaboration opportunities to advance Black health in Ontario.
Women and HIV: A Disclosure Toolkit
This toolkit outlines information about HIV disclosure including privacy legislation, policies and guidelines for handling personal health information and the importance of these in building positive relationships with women living with HIV.
Changing Circumstances Surrounding Opioid-Related Deaths in Ontario during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infographic
This infographic offers a summary of the corresponding report, Changing Circumstances Surrounding Opioid-Related Deaths in Ontario during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Changing Circumstances Surrounding Opioid-Related Deaths in Ontario during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Report
Given the rapidly changing nature of the pandemic and the continued rise in opioid-related deaths, a comprehensive understanding of the circumstances surrounding these deaths is needed to inform multifaceted public health interventions and policies that support people who use drugs to help prevent opioid-related mortality and reduce morbidity. This report updates the data provided in the preliminary report to include patterns up to the end of December 2020.
WHAI Statement on Anti-Black, Anti-Indigenous, Anti-Asian Racism, and all forms of Racism
The Women and HIV / AIDS Initiative (WHAI) is deeply committed to dismantling systems of white privilege, white supremacy and antiBlack, anti-Indigenous, and anti-Asian racism, and to doing so in a way that acknowledges the many realities and manifestations of colonial violence and creates systems of shared and collective accountability.
Access to and Safety for Women at Supervised Consumption Services
This report delineates the challenges and opportunities for improving access to the services and contributes to existing research about the experiences and specific needs of WWUD. It also builds on CMHA’s recent policy work on the opioid poisoning crisis in Canada.
Declaration of Support: Justice for Migrant Sex Workers
We are grieving the 8 people murdered in Atlanta. They died because of unjust, racist and whorephobic laws. In their honour, we raise #8CallsforJustice.
Asian Community AIDS Services Statement on Anti-Asian Racism
Once again, the murders on March 16 are yet another reminder of the constant sorrow Asian communities are facing as a result of the escalation of violent acts that leave Asians dead in their wake.
African, Caribbean, and Black Initiative Survey
This African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) initiative is to provide a safe space for people of all ages who identify as HIV+ LGBTQ+ Women and Non-Binary Folks. We hope to create a space for connection, mutual respect, and validation as we share our unique journeys. Our strength is in our diversity: age, shape, sexuality, gender expression and spiritual beliefs. We have been under-represented and under-served in all facets of well-being. Please join us in re-writing the script by sharing your ideas about how to create a space that advances our wellbeing.
Love Positive Women Printables – 2021
Some printable cards & posters to share with your community in February to honour Love Positive Women!
Indigenous Harm Reduction = Reducing the Harms of Colonialism
Indigenous peoples, languages, cultures, and traditions have not only survived colonization, they have been revived, reclaimed, and revitalized. This can be no more important than now, amid Canada’s on-going opioid and overdose crisis, in which Indigenous peoples are over-represented.
Harm Reduction Satellite Sites: A Guide For Operating Harm Reduction Hubs From The Homes Of People Who Use Drugs
This program guide was developed based on the experiences at two Toronto-based community health centres developing Satellite site programming out of the homes of people who use drugs.
Caring for Women Living with HIV Toolkit – Webinar for Clinicians and Healthcare Providers
The second in a two part webinar series will provide an overview of the “Clinician’s Women-Centred HIV Care Toolkit” for clinicians to support its uptake and use by healthcare and service providers caring for women living with HIV.
Women-Centred HIV Care Toolkit – Webinar for Women Living with HIV and Community-Based Service Providers
This first in a two part webinar series provides an overview of the “Women-Centred HIV Care: Information for Women Toolkit” for women living with HIV to support its uptake and use as a self-health advocacy tool.
International Overdose Awareness Day Poster – 2020
A poster to honour women impacted by overdose and multiple struggles in 2020.
Caring for Women Living with HIV: Women-Centred HIV Care Toolkit
A team of HIV clinicians, researchers, advocates and women living with HIV, have worked with the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) to develop two new clinical toolkits on Women-Centred HIV Care using an integrated knowledge translation approach. This toolkit is intended to support clinicians and community-based organizations in providing women-centred HIV care!
Women-Centred HIV Care: Information for Women Toolkit
A team of HIV clinicians, researchers, advocates and women living with HIV, have worked with the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) to develop two new clinical toolkits on Women-Centred HIV Care using an integrated knowledge translation approach. This resource is for women living with HIV and can be used as a tool to support health self-advocacy and management.