This session will keep attendees up-to-speed with HIV issues, information and resources. This session will first give an insight into the context, by presenting an overview of the history of HIV in Canada (through a queer lense), before taking a look at the current state of affairs. The session will include tips on how to stay informed and keep yourself up to date heading into 2023.
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Writer, Filmmaker, Arts Curator, CBC Arts
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Health & Wellness Coordinator, 2SGBQ+ Men's Programs
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Former Executive Director, Catie
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Executive Director, Catie
Being a young advocate can take a toll on your personal life. This group discussion will center around the effect of being a youth leader on your mental health and upbringing. The workshop will include tips on how to ensure a work-life balance and make sure you experience your youth, while still doing what you love to do as a young leader!
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Health and Wellness Coordinator for 2-Spirit, Trans, and Non-Binary programs, ACNS
Figuring out your way through the care system is not always easy! In this session young people will share their experiences of navigating clinical care, highlighting challenges and resources they found helpful, with the goal of helping others navigate the system.
This workshop (featuring games, trivia, quizzes, discussions, skits, and self-guided research) will provide participants with information on STIs (HIV), transmission, prevention strategies, testing and treatment services available. They will also learn safer sex practices and ways to navigate relationships in terms of setting boundaries, giving & accepting consent.
This DIY Workshop will explore what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like and where they can lead us. This workshop will help you reflect on personal boundaries and encourage you to build self-esteem through a variety of activities that will help you prepare for challenges in various relationships. You will also learn how to support those in unhealthy relationships and identify community resources that are available to them.
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This session will illustrate the strength in collaboration by showcasing a number of successful projects that relied on many people coming together to do something powerful. The session will also give tips on initiating collaborative projects or joining already existing projects and movements to make positive societal change.
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Human Rights Activist
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Consultant, UN Women
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Director of Programmes, Management, and Governance, Y+ Global
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Community engagement on violence against women and girls, and counter terrorisim
In this session we will hear from a number of individual activists who have made change in their community on a local, national, or global level. Speakers will share their story, highlighting challenges and successes and providing tips for aspiring leaders.
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CEO & Founder, LetsStopAIDS
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UNDRIP Coordinator and Policy Analyst
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Board Chair, Y+ Global
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HIV Activist
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Founder, Love Positive Women
It can be difficult to tell what is going on beneath the surface. This session will explore the relationship between mental health and sexual health. Speakers will discuss how HIV diagnosis can affect mental health and vice versa, and give tips on how to look out for yourself and support family and friends when dealing with recent HIV diagnosis or HIV-related stigma.
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Director of Global Public Health
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International Yoga Teacher & Consultant
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Health Promotion Coordinator, ACAS
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Executive Director of Realize
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Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
If we want to achieve zero new HIV infections by 2030, then we have to work together! This panel discussion will bring together a number of different stakeholders in the HIV response to discuss how we could better collaborate to achieve our common goal. We will hear from policy makers, health care practitioners, researchers, young activists, and people living with HIV, who will highlight challenges they have faced and explore ways in which stakeholder groups could better work together to achieve zero new HIV infections.
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Senior Advisor on Community Engagement, PLWHA
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Independent Senator for New Brunswick (ISG)
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Technical Officer, Adolescents and Youth, EGPAF
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Chief Medical Officer, Freddie
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Prime Minister's Youth Council Member
In this session we will reveal the results of our Sex Lives Report. The findings of this national survey show that the pandemic has had a huge impact on the sexual behaviour of young Canadians. Through collaborative activities, we will explore and discuss issues discovered in the report and how youth can support each other in practicing safer behaviour.
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Professor
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Clinical Pharmacist
This workshop (featuring games, trivia, quizzes, discussions, skits, and self-guided research) is focused on de-stigmatizing HIV and sex while addressing HIV misconceptions. Participants engage in activities on stigma, mental health, peer pressure, being safe online and harm reduction strategies/services.
Don't know how to start that tricky conversation? This workshop will give you practical tips and tools for broaching difficult conversations with others whether you want to have a constructive conversation with someone who has different political views from yours, or to encourage a loved one to make positive changes. After this workshop, that conversation won't seem so daunting!
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Cell Biologist, Science Communicator
This workshop will help you to thrive in your leadership role and appropriately interact and influence the people around you. In this workshop, we will use the practices of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to explore how you can make change happen for yourself or others. It will further enforce your ability to address what you would like other people to do as a result of your leadership and influence.
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Founder, Hello Nomad and VP, General Manager @ No Fixed Address Inc.
This DIY workshop will help you question where you stand on certain issues related to substance use, reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of substance use, evaluate your own perceptions, and better understand steps to healthier lifestyles. Using the model of harm reduction and experiential activities, you will learn how to be accountable for your actions and how to stay safe.
This session will take a look at how our religious beliefs can impact HIV outcomes and our sexual lives. Speakers will share stories and tips on how to balance your spirituality and your sexuality.
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SRHR Activist
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Lawyer, imam, baba
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Niizhaayek Alliance, Podcast Director/Coordinator, WSR Lead Community Consultant
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Model, Fitness Professional, Bootcamp Instructor
This session will take a deep dive into the phenomenon of stigma with the goal of better understanding its root causes, the impact it has on members of our community, and how it affects HIV infection rates and outcomes. Stigma may make people afraid to seek care when needed, and discrimination towards certain groups means that they do not always receive equal access to prevention and treatment resources. This session will include insights from experts, as well as shared lived experiences and actions that you can take to reduce stigma and discrimination in your community.
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Advocate
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Disability Awareness Consultant
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Human rights activist
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OnlyFans Model & Social Media Personality
