Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“In Canada, people seeking permanent resident status or temporary residence as students or workers can be rejected on the basis of their HIV status due to the ‘excessive demand’ provision of Canada’s laws governing medical inadmissibility. “We recommend that the...
Organization:
Canadian Public Health Association
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Guideline or manual
CPHA and the Calgary Sexual Health Centre developed the content for three workshops focused on the reduction of STBBI-related stigma. You can download the workshop resources, including a facilitation manual, a participant workbook and the presentation slides, to help...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Guideline or manual
This guide is for youth between the ages of 15 and 29 and focuses on some of the factors at play when young people living with HIV or hepatitis C (Hep C) are thinking about telling others about their HIV or Hep C status.
Organization:
CATIE
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Canada is in urgent need of comprehensive harm reduction policy that jettisons the failed, costly model of drug prohibition that has ravaged so many lives, from fueling the spread of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), to contributing to over-incarceration, to creating...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
In 2016, we undertook a planning process to set our strategic directions for the next five years (2017–2022), including seeking the input of our members, key partners and supporters. This is a summary of the Legal Network’s 2017–2022 strategic plan.
Organization:
Canadian Public Health Association
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Guideline or manual
CPHA and the Calgary Sexual Health Centre developed the content for three workshops focused on the reduction of STBBI-related stigma. You can download the workshop resources, including a facilitation manual, a participant workbook and the presentation slides, to help...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
As part of an effort to contribute to an informed public dialogue on the issue, this short report provides a snapshot of the temporal and demographic patterns of HIV criminalization in Canada from 1989 to 2016. It also updates information on the outcomes of HIV...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This resource explains the important role of privacy and confidentiality in reducing stigma and discrimination related to STBBIs, and offers frontline health and social service providers several strategies they can use to deal with issues related to privacy,...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“In keeping with the government’s stated commitment to harm reduction and to evidence-based policy, the Legal Network recommends two amendments to strengthen Bill C-37, with a view to ensuring the legislative framework for securing exemptions from the Controlled Drugs...
