Nominations for the 2021 Elisse Zack Award for Excellence are open. Nomination deadline: July 23, 2021 a completed nomination form and a nomination statement. Anyone may submit a nomination. For more information, click here Nominations may be submitted by mail or email to: Realize Attention: Realize Awards Selection Committee 1240 Bay Street, Suite 600 Toronto, ON M5R 2A7 […]
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2020 Award for Excellence Recipient
Colleen Price Realize is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2020 Elisse Zack Award for Excellence in HIV and Rehabilitation is Colleen Price. The Award was presented virtually. Watch Colleen’s acceptance address here https://youtu.be/sn0ujceVP6I Read Colleen’s bio here https://www.realizecanada.org/en/our-story/awards/2020-award/
First-Ever Virtual National Episodic Disabilities and Employment Summit
In March 2021, Realize will host the National Episodic Disabilities and Employment Summit. This event will take place entirely online over 3 days. Our goal is to raise awareness on episodic disability and employment, discuss best practices in accommodation for episodic disabilities, and develop a report on the outcomes. The event will highlight tools, research, and projects that […]
“2020” Forum
Our “2020” Forum happened virtually January 29 -February 5 2021! Recordings are available on YouTube! More to come. Living Your Best Life: Defining Living Versus Living Well with HIV in CanadaCommunity, clinicians, researchers, practitioners and advocates will come together to discuss and inform a national agenda to optimize wellness among people living with HIV in […]
Realize Member for the Month
Catherine Nasije My name is Catherine Nasije and I am a member of Realize. I live in the Greater Toronto Area and work as a Technical Lead in Digital Accessibility supporting companies and organizations to make their digital content accessible for users with disabilities. Realize was my first employer when I graduated from University. At the […]
Older MSM & Resilience to HIV/AIDS – Community Report
Congrats to Dr. Rainier Liboro & our fellow project partners on the publication of this must-read community report from the project titled ‘Resilience to the social & clinical impacts & risk of HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Middle aged & Older MSM’. In our capacity as the secretariat for the National Coordinating Committee on HIV and Aging […]
Call for Nominations – Members for Realize Board of Directors
The Nominating Committee of Realize invites nominations for the Board of Directors, to be received by Realize no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on Monday August 24, 2020. The Realize Nominating Committee invites nominations for individuals who are full voting members of Realize and have knowledge, skills, expertise and experience in one or more of the […]
Welcome Ayesha Khan
Ayesha is a Master of Public Health student in the Health Promotion Stream at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She is deeply passionate about shifting the public health paradigm in a way where justice, accessibility, and equity are a part of the foundations of public health and its practices. Ayesha […]
Celebrating Pride 2020
Statement of Solidarity from Realize
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