Chief Executive Officer’s Message
By Ken Clement Hello Friends, I hope that you are all enjoying the Winter Season, embracing the cold and fighting the flu. Just rest, take fluids and keep warm! We were saddened to hear that David Lee and Dolan Badger were called to the Spirit World. They were strong advocates of the Aboriginal HIV movement [...]
National Programs and Communications Update
By Merv Thomas, Director National Programs/Communications CAAN Expanded Mandate We are pleased to announce that CAAN will be expanding its mandate to begin including other Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infections (STBBIS), Hepatitis C (Hep C), Tuberculosis (TB), co-morbidities, aging and mental health. Since the adoption of key resolutions by the membership at the last AGM, [...]
Highlights Of CAAN’S Research Initiatives
by Renee Masching, Research and Policy Manager CAAN Research is Driven by Our Membership In a relatively short period time CAAN’s Research and Policy Unit (RPU) has grown from a few projects that helped us to learn about research into a well respected and very busy team of full- time and part-time researchers and trusted [...]
AHA Centre Update
Marni Amirault and Sherri Pooyak, Community-based Research Managers (CBRMs) January 2013 Well, here we are. We’ve all (hopefully) survived the advent of the new Mayan calendar and the transition from 2012 to 2013. With the pause of the holiday season now behind us, we are rolling up our sleeves at CAAN as we settle deeper [...]
Assessing Community Readiness Update
By Monique Fong Assessing Community Readiness Coordinator and Ed Bennett, Assessing Community Readiness Supervisor This year CAAN is continuing to provide and promote the successful Community Readiness Risk Reduction Model campaign to assist both on and off-reserve peoples address HIV and AIDS, Hepatitis C (HCV) and Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections (STBBIs). The harm [...]
International Indigenous Working Group on HIV and AIDS (IIWGHA)
By Trevor Stratton, Consultant and Coordinator of the IIWGHA The Global Scene – What’s Next? Profile of International Indigenous Working Group on HIV & AIDS Growing Marama Pala, Executive Director of INA (Māori, Indigenous & South Pacific) HIV/AIDS Foundation in New Zealand was appointed to the Community Programme Committee (CPC) for the XX (20th) International [...]
Announcements
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Preliminary A-Track Findings released March 28 2013
All Nations Hope AIDS Network (ANHAN) and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network released the preliminary findings of the new HIV related survey among Aboriginal people in Regina on March 28, 2013 with Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region and the First Nations University of Canada. The pilot study called A-Track (Aboriginal Track), is the first of it’s [...]
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AHA Centre News Blast January 2013
Welcome to the first Aboriginal HIV & AIDS Community-Based Research Centre (AHA Centre) Newsletter! This will be a short reference point for some of the things that are going on in our community! Stay tuned for more to come next month! The AHA Centre is proud to announce Wise Practices IV! Wise Practices is [...]
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Winter 2013 Newsletter
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Chief Executive Officer’s Message
By Ken Clement Hello Friends, I hope that you are all enjoying the Winter Season, embracing the cold and fighting the flu. Just rest, take fluids and keep warm! We were saddened to hear that David Lee and Dolan Badger were called to the Spirit World. They were strong advocates of the Aboriginal HIV movement [...]
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National Programs and Communications Update
By Merv Thomas, Director National Programs/Communications CAAN Expanded Mandate We are pleased to announce that CAAN will be expanding its mandate to begin including other Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infections (STBBIS), Hepatitis C (Hep C), Tuberculosis (TB), co-morbidities, aging and mental health. Since the adoption of key resolutions by the membership at the last AGM, [...]
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Highlights Of CAAN’S Research Initiatives
by Renee Masching, Research and Policy Manager CAAN Research is Driven by Our Membership In a relatively short period time CAAN’s Research and Policy Unit (RPU) has grown from a few projects that helped us to learn about research into a well respected and very busy team of full- time and part-time researchers and trusted [...]
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AHA Centre Update
Marni Amirault and Sherri Pooyak, Community-based Research Managers (CBRMs) January 2013 Well, here we are. We’ve all (hopefully) survived the advent of the new Mayan calendar and the transition from 2012 to 2013. With the pause of the holiday season now behind us, we are rolling up our sleeves at CAAN as we settle deeper [...]
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Assessing Community Readiness Update
By Monique Fong Assessing Community Readiness Coordinator and Ed Bennett, Assessing Community Readiness Supervisor This year CAAN is continuing to provide and promote the successful Community Readiness Risk Reduction Model campaign to assist both on and off-reserve peoples address HIV and AIDS, Hepatitis C (HCV) and Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections (STBBIs). The harm [...]
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International Indigenous Working Group on HIV and AIDS (IIWGHA)
By Trevor Stratton, Consultant and Coordinator of the IIWGHA The Global Scene – What’s Next? Profile of International Indigenous Working Group on HIV & AIDS Growing Marama Pala, Executive Director of INA (Māori, Indigenous & South Pacific) HIV/AIDS Foundation in New Zealand was appointed to the Community Programme Committee (CPC) for the XX (20th) International [...]
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Summer 2012 Newsletter
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National Programs and Communications Update
By Merv Thomas, National Programs/Communications Manager This has been once again a very busy summer and we have much to update our members and our readers. International Indigenous Pre-Conference The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) co-hosted the International Indigenous Working Group on HIV and AIDS Pre-conference which was held at the Four Points Sheraton, Washington, [...]
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Highlights of CAAN’s Research Initiative
By Renee Masching, Research and Policy Manager Introducing the AHA Centre! CAAN is very excited to announce that we were successful in our research funding application for the Aboriginal HIV & AIDS Community-Based Research Collaborative Centre (AHA Centre) for a five year grant of $1.5 million! This funding will support community-based research development across the [...]
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Assessing Community Readiness Update
By Monique Fong, National Toolkit and Assessing Community Readiness Coordinator Tansi, We are well on our way to promoting the Assessing Community Readiness & Implementing Risk Reduction Strategies with the National Association of Friendship Centres. CAAN has developed a strong partnership with NAFC and MaryAnn Notarianni has been an amazing resource to me when coordinating [...]
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International Indigenous Working Group on HIV and AIDS (IIWGHA)
By Trevor Stratton, Consultant and Coordinator of the IIWGHA Indigenous Circle: Decolonizing HIV & AIDS on Earth at AIDS 2012 You better believe Indigenous People were seen and heard at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, USA this past July. And how….. PISCATAWAY TERRITORY Washington, DC is the traditional territory of the Piscataway people [...]
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“WE ARE STILL HERE” – A Traditional Teaching Lodge built in Washington for the Indigenous Preconference
By Doris Peltier, APHA Liaison & Aboriginal Women and Leadership Coordinator Who would have thought that erecting a sacred teaching lodge in the lobby of a downtown Washington hotel could have been possible and signify so much? Embodying the statement: “we are still here on Turtle Island,” our creation strengthened and unified our strong cultural [...]
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Summer Student Update
By Bryan Sparrow From July 16th to the 19th, I represented CAAN with a booth at the Assembly of First Nations’ 33rd Annual General Assembly. This would be my fourth year in a row manning our organization’s info booth, and I was especially excited as the conference would be held in Toronto this summer; the [...]
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Spring 2012 Newsletter
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Chief Executive Officer’s Message
By Ken Clement Hello and a happy spring everyone, May you all experience good health, happiness and peace. The past few months have been very busy and filled with many year-end reporting and funding renewal activities. The projects have compelled the CAAN team to think critically while bringing us together to make a difference in [...]
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National Programs and Communications Update
By Merv Thomas, National Programs/Communications Manager Tansi! Welcome to our new and updated website, we hope you enjoy the new look and of course enjoy our many new materials and resources that have been recently updated and newly released. As we move on, we trust that this new site will meet your needs and that [...]
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Highlights of CAAN’s Research Initiative
By Renee Masching, Research and Policy Manager CAAN’s research agenda is driven by our membership of Aboriginal people living with HIV and AIDS and Aboriginal organizations. Key areas of focus have included: access to care, treatment and support; stigma and discrimination; mental health and women’s needs. CAAN has led more than a dozen research projects [...]
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Peace and Dignity – HIV and AIDS Staff Journey to Guatemala
By Merv Thomas On December 1st, 2011 at the Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week in Ottawa, Ontario, the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network, on behalf of the Aboriginal People Living with HIV and AIDS presented the HIV and AIDS staff to the Peace and Dignity Journeys bundle. This staff was presented to the bundle in the hopes [...]
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Ontario APHA Leaders Mobilize to Host Landmark OFNAPHA Summit: Towards A Vision of Seamless Reconnections to Our Communities
By Doris Peltier & Trevor Stratton – May 2012 APHA Liaisons – Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network It has often been said that “HIV has no borders or jurisdictions”. This begs the question “then why do we continue to operate within jurisdictions and work within our silos in our response to HIV in our Aboriginal communities?” [...]
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National Toolkit Update
By Merv Thomas, National Programs Communications Manager The National Aboriginal Toolkit has finally been completed! This is a resource that may be used by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities The purpose of the HIV Prevention Toolkit and associated training for Aboriginal Communities is to better inform and serve Aboriginal people in the public health area of [...]
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