Current Research
CAAN research teams are necessarily collaborative and reciprocal in nature. By bringing together people with diverse experiences and expertise, we address the issues that are most important to Indigenous Peoples living with HIV, hepatitis C and other STBBI in order to support them in living healthy and wholistic lives.
The AHA Centre
The AHA Centre is a national, Indigenous-led collaborative research centre housed at the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN). Funded by The Canadian Institutes of Health Research in 2012, The AHA Centre supports HIV and AIDS Community-Based research (CBR) conducted in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities across Canada.
Mobilizing Indigenous Community-led STBBI Research to Increase Impact and Advance New Knowledge
CIHR-funded, we are currently ‘mobilizing STBBI research’ through a project focused on a collective inventory of CAAN’s projects, products, and knowledge translation contributions
Indigenous Led Responses to Intersecting Pandemics
‘Intersecting Pandemics’ project is an ongoing project here at CAAN. We know that Pandemic experiences are not new to Indigenous Peoples of North America; introducing and spreading infectious disease was a strategy of colonizing nations to claim lands and resources without resistance.
GIPA Homefire
The GIPA Homefire community-based research project was imagined and championed by the Indigenous Peoples living with HIV (IPHA) Caucus at CAAN.
The GIPA Homefire research project is led by a strong leadership team made up of IPHAs and their allies. Together, we plan to create a culture-based model of the GIPA Principles (Greater Involvement of People living with HIV/AIDS) and how to operationalize them through diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis worldviews.
The kʷiisḥinčiƛ Transformation Project
The kʷiisḥinčiƛ: Transformation project was officially named in ceremony in October 2018 by Elder Valerie Nicholson. The project is a partnership between the Women and HIV Research Program (WHRP) at Women’s College Hospital and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) and leadership of the project by CAAN.
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research (JIHR)
The JIHR is a peer-reviewed journal which welcomes contributions from any author. Priority, however, may be given to an author of Indigenous ancestry/background, should manuscripts of comparable quality be available. First consideration will be given to innovative articles covering areas identified as HIV/AIDS research-intensive, demonstrating the use of community-based research (CBR) methods and/or philosophy.
