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November 12, 2019
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Job Posting: CBRC (Community-Based Research Centre)
National Program Coordinator Deadline to apply: November 29, 2019 Position Type: Full-time, January 2020-March 2021, with possibility of extension Location: Flexible, within Canada Language: Primary working language is English; fluency in French is an asset Compensation: $55,000/yr + Benefits Description CBRC is seeking a National Program Coordinator to support a new sexual and gender minority youth leadership program focused on mental health, in which youth participants not only participate in a community health leadership curriculum, but also have the opportunity to develop and pilot their own community health action projects. The successful candidate will support program development, coordination of partners across three regions of the country, as well as project monitoring and evaluation. For complete details, please visit: https://www.cbrc.net/national_program_coordinator How to Apply
Please email your application to CBRC’s Program Director, Brook Biggin, at brook.biggin@cbrc.net by the closing date of November 29, 2019 at 11:59pm ET. Ensure that you include both a cover letter and a CV. |
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November 4, 2019
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GIPA Homefire Project
This research study wants to hear from Canadian Indigenous (FNIM) people living with HIV who have previously taken on or are currently in leadership roles in the HIV movement to better understand whether they can identify culturally specific needs to support them in this work. Connected to this we also want to know how being involved in leadership impacts health and wellbeing for Indigenous people living with HIV. To participate in this study, you must: • Self-identify as a Canadian Indigenous person (First Nations, Métis or Indigenous) • Self-identify as an Indigenous person living with HIV • Be over the age of 18 years • Have taken on a leadership role in community • Be able to read and write in English To go to the survey, please follow this link: https://tinyurl.com/gipahomefire |
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November 4, 2019
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Article on the AHA Centre:
5 Questions with Sherri Pooyak, PAN Affiliated Researcher and Community-Based Research Manager with the AHA Centre https://pacificaidsnetwork.org/2019/10/28/5-questions-with-sherri-pooyak/ |
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November 1, 2019
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RebPsych 2020: Decolonizing Mental Health
RebPsych 2020 asks what decolonizing mental health looks like today, and how we can build on these past efforts. We want to imagine the decolonization of our profession as broadly as possible, and encourage submissions from a diverse array of participants, including health professionals, activists, community organizers, scholars, clients, patients, artists, students, and writers. We hope to raise questions about the colonial institutions and frameworks that currently inform our understanding of mental illness, addiction, or psychosocial distress. For example, as psychiatry continues to “globalize,” how is it complicit in contemporary forms of imperialism? What counts as colonization today? Does it include human beings held in cages at the U.S.-Mexico border, global mental health initiatives, the pathologization of Indigenous culture, or even social justice initiatives within psychiatry? Are efforts to “decolonize mental health” actually in the service of settler colonial frameworks that assuage settler guilt and divert attention away from demands for repatriation of Indigenous land? At the same time, how can psychiatry offer theories and practices for political and psychological liberation and resistance against imperial power, as imagined by Fanon and others?
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July 31, 2019
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Weaving Our Wisdoms (WoW): a project of CAAN
www.weavingourwisdoms.com Weaving our Wisdoms (WoW) is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder initiative that supports Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS by supporting connections to land-based teachings delivered by HIV Olders. The WoW project began with three British Columbian-based HIV Olders who came from Nations in the west and east of the province. Together with the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), they initiated and continue to guide this journey to support the ‘rising up’ of the Indigenous HIV community. To learn more about this project, please visit: weavingourwisdoms.com |
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July 25, 2019
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The Feast Centre for Indigenous STBBI Research has been awarded federal funding!
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July 18, 2019
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Government Of Canada Five-Year Action Plan On Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBI)
https://canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/accelerating-our-response-five-year-action-plan-sexually-transmitted-blood-borne-infections.html
https://canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/accelerating-our-response-five-year-action-plan-sexually-transmitted-blood-borne-infections/document.html The Action Plan sets out the Government of Canada’s priorities over the next five years to contribute to achieving the strategic goals set out in the Pan-Canadian STBBI Framework for Action that was launched by federal, provincial and territorial Ministers of Health in June 2018.
The hope is that this Action Plan will play an important role in galvanizing Canada’s efforts toward implementation of the Pan-Canadian STBBI Framework for Action and reaching the global targets of eliminating AIDS, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections as public health concerns by 2030. |
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February 7, 2019
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Action Hepatitis Canada is a pan-Canadian coalition of community organizations working towards eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat in Canada by 2030.
With several policy wins under our belt, it is time to shift our mandate slightly, and take on the role of holding the Government of Canada accountable to the commitment they have made to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. In 2019, we will be focusing on the development of provincial/territorial Hep C Elimination Plans/STBBI Implementation Plans that are oriented toward the elimination of viral hepatitis. This will require:
During our Annual Members Meeting, we had a chance to share the highlights of our work in 2018, and review our significant policy wins over the last four years. These have also been captured in our 2018 AHC Impact Report. |
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November 22, 2018
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Valerie Nicholson, President of CAAN, made an appearance on Breakfast Television to promote the importance of HIV testing:
https://www.btvancouver.ca/videos/a-simple-test-for-hiv/ |
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November 20, 2018
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2018 Findings report: Canadians' awareness, knowledge and attitudes related to STBBI
In 2018, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control (CCDIC) commissioned EKOS Research Associates Inc. to conduct a survey asking Canadians questions about their awareness, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI). The 2018 survey builds on similar surveys conducted for the Public Health Agency of Canada in 2003, 2006, and 2012 and now includes a broader array of questions related to STBBI than in previous years. A variety of external stakeholders and experts were consulted in the development of the survey questions. The survey included questions on STBBI related knowledge, risk behaviors, testing and stigma. Canadians' awareness, knowledge and attitudes related to sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections : 2018 findings report is now posted on the Library and Archives Canada website for your reference. |
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November 12, 2018
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The Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to the calls to action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and has prioritized the need for the federal research granting agencies to co-develop, with Indigenous communities, a strategic plan to grow the capacity of Indigenous communities to conduct research and partner with the broader research community. The committee is launching an online engagement initiative, which is hosted on the Government of Canada’s collaborative and networking tool, GCCollab, and will seek assistance in identifying individuals interested in participating. The results of this engagement will contribute to the co-development with Indigenous peoples, of the strategic plan to be presented to the CRCC in early Spring 2019.
All interested parties may express their interest by sending an email to: Indigenous-Autochtone@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca. |
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