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Updates from the Toronto HIV/AIDS Network
for the Week of  February 16 - February 22


THN's (ASOs) Calendar of Upcoming Events
February and Forever: Celebrating Black History today and every day.
 THN adds our voice to partner and member organizations challenging ourselves and each other - individually, organizationally and societally – to honestly, deeply and with humility, escalate our efforts to dismantle anti-Black racism and the resulting health inequities. In our commitment towards dismantling anti-Black racism, we are appreciating the opportunity and importance of moving into 2022 building on activities in 2021 including:
  • Developing and incorporating language into key THN documents that articulates expectations towards addressing anti-Black racism as well as intentionally considering and identifying structural barriers and inherent power imbalances including processes that are rooted in white supremacy.
  • Identifying through Steering Committee discussions a process and interested member organization individuals to more deeply and concretely explore and build THN capacity in this work.
  • Aligning and creating synergy with other efforts in the sector towards achieving health equity, dismantling anti-Black, anti-Indigenous and other forms of racism and oppression.

We invite you to share programming and resources so that we can disseminate and promote to THN members. Please send information to brian@torontohivaidsnetwork.org
 

OAN Black History and Black Futures Month
February 1 to 28, 2022


Building a Culture of Accountability, Piper Anderson, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Confronting the Racist in Me, Kevin John Fong, Medium
Unsettling the Great White North: Black Canadian History (book), Michele A. Johnson, Funké Aladejeb
How we can Dismantle the Noxious Myths that Undermine Racial Justice,
U.S. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day toolkit (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
HIV prevention guidelines for ACB communities (African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario)
To the beat of our own drum: African, Caribbean and Black Canadian elders on aging with HIV (Realize)
Black PRAISE: An intervention to strengthen how Black congregations understand HIV affecting Black communities (CATIE evidence brief)
African, Caribbean and Black Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day [Poster] (Canadian HIV/AIDS Black, African and Caribbean (CHABAC) NetworkMaria Samaniego and Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas, Non-Profit Quarterly
 
Toronto Black Film Festival
Toronto Black Film Festival celebrates 10 years with 200 films from 30 countries, 11 market panels and 9 live performances from Feb 16-21!
 
Click here for the full schedule.
 
 
  • The TTC is spotlighting the work of eight Black local artists. In alignment with ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021-2022, this campaign is proudly supporting Toronto’s public art and the diverse artists behind it. The artists, selected from the City’s StreetARToronto (StART) Program, have their work prominently featured across the system, including on four wrapped buses, two wrapped streetcars, as print advertisements in vehicles and stations.
  • Educators from the Toronto History Museums will be guest-speaking at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)’s Virtual School Programs, a series of live virtual field trips, free of charge on February 3, 17 and 24. These sessions will explore moments in history inspired by Black Torontonians and feature a discussion of an artwork from the AGO Collection.
  • Toronto History Museums’ AwakeningsBlack History Month YouTube Playlist. The Awakenings playlist features short films and conversations with Black, Indigenous and artists of colour, operating under the principles of anti-oppression, anti-colonialism, and anti-racism.
  • A “Did you know?” poster series, painted by local youth artists, featuring illustrations of notable Black figures and their contributions will be rolled out at all outdoor ice rinks, Centennial Park Ski and Snowboard Centre, Earl Bales Park Ski and Snowboard Centre, among other locations.
  • Several Community Centres will have Black History Month themed activities and those with viewing screens will play presentations highlighting Black Canadians who have made significant contributions across various sectors, including sports, entertainment and politics.
  • Toronto Public Library celebrates Black History with year-round events and programs that honour Black heritage and consider the historical significance and contemporary contributions of Black activists and artists. Residents can discover upcoming events, reading lists, videos, podcast episodes and more.

Save the Date

CATIE is partnering with THN to deliver a training course or you and your colleagues on HIV Treatment. There is a full course outline.  Registration link!
 
The purpose of the course is to support frontline service providers to talk to their clients about HIV treatment and support them to consider starting, staying on, or resuming treatment.
 
Audience 
This course is for frontline service providers who work with people who are living with HIV. Participants should have a basic understanding of HIV before beginning this course. To learn more about the basics of HIV, you may complete our HIV Basics self-directed course for free: https://catie.ca/en/educatie
 
Course Schedule
Save the date!
HIV Treatment will begin on Monday April 4th, 2022.
HIV Treatment includes three online modules that include a variety of learning activities such as e-learning units, readings, discussion board assignments, videos and webinars. You can work through each weekly online module at your own pace. Each module takes up to 1-hour to complete.
 
An online meeting is held on the fourth week to conclude the course. 
 
Week 1: How HIV treatment works, the health and prevention benefits of HIV treatment, and how HIV treatment is monitored
Week 2: What taking HIV treatment entails, HIV treatment drug regimens, and the importance of adhering to HIV treatment and its relation to HIV drug resistance
Week 3: How to support people starting, switching, and staying on HIV treatment
Week 4: Interactive online meeting – HIV Treatment: Implications for front-line service providers.

Course Outline


HIV Treatment 

in partnership with

Toronto HIV/AIDS Network

April 4 to 27, 2022

Course registration closes: April 13, 2022. 8 a.m. EDT

Course registration link: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6729391/HTX-THN-0422
Online Meeting: April 27, 2022, 1 – 2:30 p.m. EDT

Registration link for online meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZModO-oqjopHtHndgjsq73VAe3as0rDW4gn

Register below for the online meeting taking place on Wednesday April 27th, 2022:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZModO-oqjopHtHndgjsq73VAe3as0rDW4gn



Start and end dates for the HIV and Hepatitis C Testing course:

Course Outline

SEPT 12 - COURSE START DATE 
Registration link for course: TBA

OCT 6 - ONLINE MEETING (OM), 1pm ET – 2:30 pm
Registration link for online meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkduispjIsHdy293JXmSz5cJKVf50EtHLg

For more information about this course or CATIE’s Education program, please contact Shriya Hari, health education coordinator, at shari@catie.ca

 

Community Programming

THN's (ASOs) Calendar of Upcoming Events

 

Employment Opportunities

LetsStopAIDS is looking for 2 Project Coordinators : Application Deadline: Friday February 18, 2022
Social Planning Toronto is looking for a Director, Engagement and Strategic InitiativesUntil Filled
David Kelley LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS Counselling Services (DKS) is looking for a CounsellorUntil Filled
PASAN is looking for Federal Prison In-Reach and National Network Coordinator and Harm Reduction Outreach Workers.

Harm Reduction Outreach Workers: Until filled.
Fife House is looking for a Residential Support Worker (Part-time Weekend & Overnight)

Application Deadline: Until filled.
Realize is looking for a Program Assistant

Application Deadline: Until filled.

Community News

The Give A F*ck Campaign is a PrEP awareness campaign from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network. This campaign is targeted specifically to men who have sex with men (MSM), African, Caribbean and Black MSM and transgender and non-binary individuals. It seeks to highlight the diversity of these communities through the depiction of a wide variety of models.

Calls to Action

COVID-19 Resources

Information about COVID-19 and People living with HIV

 

  • January 31, the Province of Ontario began to lift public health restrictions related to COVID-19 once more. Indoor dining, gyms, retailers, shopping malls, and cinemas can reopen at 50% capacity. Museums, galleries, aquariums, zoos, casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments can also reopen. Social gathering limits will increase to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.

    As a reminder, enhanced proof of vaccination and other requirements continue to apply in existing settings. This means ensuring that you’ve gotten your booster shot, and can demonstrate proof of vaccination with a QR code. If you’ve yet to download your vaccine certificate, you can do it on this Province of Ontario website.

    This is a welcome change for small businesses who have been long-suffering and deeply impacted by rolling lockdowns. When you are shopping and dining in the coming weeks, I encourage you to consider shopping locally and supporting small businesses.


    COVID Recovery and Isolation Site for Homeless and Shelter clients

  • COVID -19 Chief M


City of Toronto COVID-19 information

COVID-19 Information and Resources

Now is the time to stay informed through credible sources, and to follow the advice of our public health professionals. Together we can limit the spread of COVID-19.

Phone lines for telehealth, TPH and 311 continue to experience very high volumes. Please help keep the phones lines open for people who are sick by visiting the Toronto Public Health COVID-19 website for up-to-date information and resources: toronto.ca/covid-19

Telehealth Ontario Call if you develop symptoms! Telephone: 1-866-797-0000

Toronto Public Health Hotline 8:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Call if you have questions about COVID-19. Telephone: 416-338-7600 TTY: 416-392-0658 Email: PublicHealth@toronto.ca

311 Toronto 311 provides residents, businesses and visitors with easy access to non-emergency City services, programs and information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 311 can offer assistance in more than 180 languages. Telephone: 311 Website  Outside City limits: 416-392-2489

Support for People Living with Homelessness

If you see someone living with homelessness and in need of support you can call Streets to Homes at 416-338-4766. For mental health support, the Gerstein Crisis Centre is a valuable 24-hours a day, seven days a week service in our community and they have crisis workers on standby at 416-929-5200.

As COVID-19 continues to circulate in Canada, we all need to continue to take simple steps to stay healthy, limit the spread of COVID-19 and make informed decisions about COVID-19 vaccination. 
To reach parents in Canada with credible information about COVID-19 vaccination for children 5-11 years old, we are providing you with resources from Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada that can be shared within your networks. We encourage you to share this important information with people in Canada and we appreciate your support in spreading awareness of these resources.
 

For more information, visit Canada.ca/covid-vaccine and your provincial or territorial website for information based on where you live.
 
COVID-19 resource products are also available in languages beyond English and French. These multilingual resources are available on the COVID-19 Awareness resource pages.
 
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Comme la COVID-19 est toujours présente au Canada, nous devons tous continuer à faire de simples gestes pour garder la santé, limiter la propagation de la maladie et prendre des décisions en toute connaissance de cause concernant la vaccination. Pour communiquer des renseignements crédibles sur la vaccination contre la COVID-19 pour les enfants de 5 à 11 ans aux parents au Canada, nous vous fournissons des ressources de Santé Canada et de l'Agence de la santé publique du Canada qui peuvent être diffusées dans vos réseaux. Nous vous encourageons à communiquer ces renseignements importants aux personnes au Canada et nous vous remercions de nous aider à faire connaître ces ressources.
 

 
Visitez le site Canada.ca/vaccin-covid pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements, et visitez le site Web de votre province ou territoire pour obtenir des renseignements propres à votre région.
 
Nous disposons également de ressources sur la COVID‑19 dans des langues autres que l’anglais et le français. Ces ressources multilingues sont accessibles sur les pages de ressources de sensibilisation à la COVID‑19.

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