ABI Month
So June is brain injury awareness month here in Canada, a time to recognize and try to understand the complications that brain injury can bring into one’s life. A movement titled #unmaskingbraininjury that my mom […]
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The Promotion of Mental Health
From May 7th to the 13th it is Mental Health Week, and leading the charge is the Canadian Mental Health Association. https://mentalhealthweek.ca/ So let’s #GETLOUD about what mental health really is. Mental health is about […]
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Treatment Update: Some Research Issues Marijuana, HIV, and inflammation
The body produces many compounds that cells use to send information via signals to each other. One such system of signals is called the endocannabinoid system. To respond to chemical signals, cells have certain proteins […]
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A Report on The Needs of Vulnerable Seniors
In 2017, the AIDS Committee of York Region (ACYR) received a SEED Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to undertake a collaborative community-based research project to understand the service needs and context for vulnerable seniors […]
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Understanding the Needs of Vulnerable Seniors in York Region
ACYR is hosting an event to recognize funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to conduct a study on vulnerable seniors in York Region. It will be held on Monday, March 26, 2018 in the Activity Room at […]
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Indigenizing research: the Wise Practices conference
This past year the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) held its annual gathering, on the theme of “transforming wholistic approaches to Indigenous health.” It’s a gathering of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people, combining a […]
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Let’s Talk
So Wednesday January 31st 2018 was Bell’s ‘Let’s Talk’ day, a day surrounding the promotion of mental health communication and awareness. I wanted to see how the day went with this campaign and it turned out quite successful, […]
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Canada’s top doctors say Undetectable = Untransmittable
It’s official! The Government of Canada supports U=U, the consensus statement that a person living with HIV does not transmit the virus sexually if they take treatment and maintain an undetectable viral load (“undetectable = […]
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Why it Matters
It is a new year, and a lot of us tend to enter the new year with resolutions. Some last and work out, some don’t. Thing is, you can really make a resolution at any […]
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Red for Change
I started here at the AIDS Committee of York Region back in the late Fall of 2014 and our organization was just preparing for a big move. I think it is safe to say that […]