Colleen Price Post my Hepatitis C (HCV) Treatment in 2005, I became an advocate for treatment, care and support of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) and HCV at the Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC) and the Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD). Elisse Zack (the late former Executive Director of CWGHR) specifically encouraged me […]
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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 […]
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Webinar May 14: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion by Judy Waldman
As part of the ongoing work being done to keep our communities safe, the Toronto HIV and Mental Health Network is presenting the webinar Mindfulness and Self-Compassion by Judy Waldman on May 14th 2020, 10am-12pm (EST) over Zoom. The workshop will outline the benefits of mindfulness and how it affects the brain, ways that mindfulness […]
2020 Episodic Disabilities Survey of HR Professionals
Realize has been undertaking projects on episodic disabilities and employment for the past 16 years and for those targeted in this work, knowledge has increased significantly. Human Resources professionals play a pivotal role in ensuring that people living with episodic disabilities are recruited, retained, or are able to return to the workplace should they require […]
To the Beat of Our Own Drum
Realize launches first of its kind resource to commemorate the 6th African, Caribbean and Black Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7, 2020. Realize, as the secretariat for the National Coordinating Committee on HIV and Aging, has been the leader in Canada in conducting community based research, leading discussions and holding conversations over the years about […]
STATEMENT TO MARK WORLD AIDS DAY 2019
By Executive Director, Tammy C. Yates “Community” … “come”-“unity” … as I pondered over the global theme for World AIDS Day 2019, i.e. “Communities Make The Difference”, I couldn’t help, but dissect the word “Community” and think of it as “come”-“unity”. It is because of the community of people living with HIV who have been […]
Welcome Liz!
Elizabeth’s experience spans academic and clinical research, community based research, and patient engagement. Previously she has been an advisory board member for the Interdisciplinary HIV Pregnancy Research Group (IHPREG), and a national board member of the Canadian Hemophilia Society HIV-Hep C Co-infection committee, CTAC Steering committees, and CANFAR. Elizabeth has two decades of lived experience […]
2019 Award for Excellence Recipient
Michael Bailey Realize is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Elisse Zack Award for Excellence in HIV and Rehabilitation is Michael Bailey. The award presentation will be held on September 27 at 2:00 p.m., in conjunction with the 2019 Forum. Michael’s Profile