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Did You Know?
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network Newsletter | October 5, 2011
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OHTN RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Scholarship Deadline Extended: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The OHTN provides assistance to ensure all stakeholder groups are able to attend our conference, November 14-15, 2011.
Who can apply for a Conference Scholarship?
> Residents of Ontario (required)
> People living with HIV/AIDS
> Consumers of community-based HIV/AIDS services and programs
> Frontline volunteers or staff members in community-based HIV/AIDS service provider organizations
> Post-secondary students enrolled in studies/courses/fields related to HIV/AIDS
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UP TO $25,000 AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY-BASED HIV/AIDS ORGANIZATIONS
CBR Capacity Building Fund: Apply by October 17, 12:00pm
This award is to enhance the capacity of Community-Based HIV/AIDS Organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS to participate in the Community Based Review process.
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HIV ROUNDS: ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL
October Schedule Available
Experts in HIV present and discuss the latest research, news and issues from the HIV field during free one-hour lunches.
St. Michael's Health Centre
410 Sherbourne Street
3rd Floor Classroom
> OCTOBER 11, 2011: CAUSES OF MORTALITY IN THE NEW ERA OF HIV
> OCTOBER 18, 2011: EVOLUTION OF NURSE PRACTITIONER ROLE IN HIV CARE
> OCTOBER 25, 2011: CASES FROM THE CLINIC AT 410
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UNIVERSITIES WITHOUT WALLS GOES VIRAL!
Health Research Improves Lives across the World - November 15, 2011, 9:00am
This session at the 2011 OHTN Conference will showcase emerging health researchers that contribute to social justice in research. Five UWW Fellows and five trainees from The CIHR International Infectious Diseases and Global Health Training Program - Four Continents - One Shared Experience (directed by Dr. Keith Fowke, U of Manitoba) in Winnipeg - Bangalore, Nairobi and Medellin will be beamed in to present five slides in five minutes.
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CASEY HOUSE EVENTS: FALL/WINTER 2011
(1) CREATING ALLIANCES FOR CARE: HIV/AIDS, SERIOUS ILLNESS & ADAPTATION
November 9th, 2011, 9:00am-4:30pm
A full day capacity building, knowledge exchange and education session for health care professionals and AIDS service providers. Keynote speakers include: Dr. Robert Buckman, Steve Abdool, RN, MA, PhD (C), and Dr. Chris Andrew Cavacuiti.
(2) HIV/AIDS and Mental Health: The Series (Fall/Winter 2011)
Karen de Prinse, RN, BScN, MN, CPMHN(C): The Recovery Model
October 28th, 2011, 12:30-2:00pm
Terry Simonik, RN, MEd: Locating Hope and Resilience November 25th, 2011 from 12:30 - 2:00pm Dr. Sean B. Rourke, PhD: Neurocognitive Impairments in HIV/AIDS: The Latest Clinical Treatment Information and Everyday Implications Friday, January 27th, 2012 from 12:30 - 2:00pm
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ACT COMMUNITY HEALTH FORUMS
HIV and Healthy Relationships, October 12, 2011
Managing Risks, November 16, 2011
ACT presents two community health forums. Free admission. An open discussion for people living with HIV. No registration required. Wheelchair accessible. Child care subsidy available (conditions apply; contact us for details). For more information, please contact Robin Rhodes at [email protected] or 416-340-8484 ext. 219.
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ACT WOMEN'S PEER NETWORK SURVEY
Reply before October 24, 2011
The Women's Peer Network is aimed at connecting HIV-positive women across Ontario through online, telephone, and in-person services. WPN will include programming such as peer support, counselling, workshop and training opportunities, support and discussion groups, and help you build and mobilize outreach and advocacy for HIV-positive women in your region.
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CATIE NATIONAL FORUM - LIVE WEBCAST
The Art and Science of Knowledge Exchange: Live Webcast of National Forum
Toronto, ON, October 19-20, 2011
CATIE and our partners are excited to announce that we will be streaming live, via the web, our National Forum, The Art and Science of Knowledge Exchange.The Forum offers frontline service providers, health care workers, researchers and people living with HIV and HCV the opportunity to share their insights on innovative ways of using knowledge exchange to improve policy and programming.
The popular event has reached capacity and registration is closed. But you can still watch and participate by signing on, free-of-charge, to any of our live webinars. Choose from one or all of eight webinars.
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BLACK VELVET BENEFIT FOR FIFE HOUSE
Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, ON, October 26, 2011
Look forward to tantalizing hors d'oeuvres, delicious local wine, an exciting silent auction and of course, a sound like no other when Alannah Myles takes the Glenn Gould Studio stage. Dress: black (velvet, if you please).
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