our partners in the fight against HIV have released an important video, please watch at your leisure
http://bit.ly/HIVstigma102_Contexts

Hi everyone, we’d like to announce that on December 15 2016 we will be having our 21st AGM and hosting a Skills Building Day in Red Deer. We will post more information as we get closer to the date.

This December we have the start of aboriginal AIDS awareness week with an event in Edmonton you might be interested in

Hi Everyone,
 
I hope you are all doing well. Please see the job posting below for RETRAC2:
 
Seeking Coordinator for RETRAC2
 
Job Title: Research Officer/Coordinator (0.5 to 1.0 FTE), Research on Commercial Tobacco Reduction in Aboriginal Communities or RETRAC2
Duration: Six months, initially
Location: University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit and Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health
 
The Research Officer/Coordinator will be responsible for developing partnerships and collaborations with Indigenous organizations and communities involved in the research project,  coordinating project activities, supporting data collection in selected communities, site visits, interim report writing,  and ensuring that RETRAC2 protocols and practices are culturally safe.
 
Main responsibilities:
-          Engaging with communities interested in and involved with RETRAC2
-          Be conduit of communication with communities
-          Offer guidance to communities on hiring community peer researchers, further developing commercial tobacco reduction strategies, getting community and governance buy-in, implementing commercial tobacco reduction interventions
-          Support community-based research and evaluation
 
Qualifications:
Understanding and experience with engaging Indigenous communities in health interventions and in community-based research; familiarity with Indigenous ways of knowing. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of relevant experience working with Indigenous communities and hold a master’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Indigenous health research, health promotion, sociology, anthropology, social work. Candidates with a bachelor’s degree and commensurate experience will also be considered.
 
Applications, including a cover letter and CV should be submitted to Dr. Robert Schwartz, Executive Director, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit at robert.schwartz@utoronto.ca and Dr. Earl Nowgesic, Interim Director, Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health at earl.nowgesic@utoronto.ca 
 
Warm regards,
Olivia
 
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Olivia Hauck
Administrative Assistant
Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Health Sciences Building, 155 College St, Suite 509
Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7
Canada
Tel +1 416 978 8502
 
 
Patrick Brownlee
Executive Research Assistant
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
113-154 Willowdale Drive,
Dartmouth NS B2V 2W4
 
Tel: (902) 433-0900 ext 221
Fax: (902) 433-3041
 
Email: patrickb@caan.ca

Okay, so some important news, all across Canada, agency’s that deal with HIV/AIDS have had their budgets cut or slashes by the liberals regardless of size, no one was given a heads up that this would be happening, and we did not get clear answers for a while. Here is a link to an NDP article that summarizes things rather well.
http://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-statement-liberal-cuts-hivaids-organizations
 
 I’ve also attached a couple of open letters that you should read as well.

Hello,

Here is an opportunity for Aboriginal People living with HIV & AIDS to get more involved with the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network. Check it out!!

Trevor Stratton
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network