Shaun Proulx “As a 52-year old person who is HIV-undetectable, I’m among the fortunate first generation of people with HIV who will live to see older age. I became a member of Realize upon learning of the leading-edge, first-response work Realize does in and around this important – and frequently overlooked – group of people […]
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2020 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Virtual Race
Move with Realize at the Scotiabank Toronto Marathon Virtual Race 2020! Whether you fundraise, or join to get moving and have some fun, Realize is looking for Virtual Movers to help raise awareness about older adults living with HIV and ensure that their voices are heard in the HIV movement! Are you with us? Follow […]
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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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 […]
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 […]