Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Booklet
In Canada, Indigenous people experience higher rates of injection drug use and less access to health care than non-Indigenous people. For many Indigenous people, drug use offers a means of coping with traumatic life circumstances, including those related to their...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“On behalf of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, I am writing to you because we are deeply concerned about Ontario’s approach to prosecuting allegations of HIV non-disclosure. We request that you immediately undertake the following actions to put an end to unjust...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“We, the undersigned, write to you respecting the recent passage into law of Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts. As you well know, the intent of this law is to facilitate the scaling up of...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Booklet
This guide was written for child and family service providers who provide support and assistance to people living with or affected by HIV.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (“IRPA”) stipulates that foreign nationals are inadmissible to Canada on health grounds if their health condition might reasonably be expected to cause an “excessive demand” on health or social services, or if they have an...
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...
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:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Booklet
This resource was produced for parents or prospective parents living with HIV, including women, transgender men and non-binary people. Its aim is to provide practical information and to foster knowledge about some of the main areas of concern that parents living with...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Why “pop-up” overdose prevention sites are a legally justifiable and morally necessary response to the opioid overdose crisis and government inaction.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Needs assessment
In 2014, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”) and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) began collaborating to produce a series of legal information resources for Indigenous communities living with and affected by HIV and/or hepatitis C (HCV)....
