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AIDS Awareness Week and World AIDS DayDo you have an AIDS Awareness Week workshop, event or fundraiser that you would like to add to our events Listing? Email lynn.s@hivedmonton.com or call Lynn at 488-5742 ext. 241. AIDS Awareness Week Event Listing:HIV Edmonton Open House November 25, 4-6 pm Each year HIV Edmonton adds the names to an AIDS Memorial Quilt to commemorate the lives of those we have lost to HIV/AIDS. Our open house is an opportunity for friends and family to visit the quilt and remember their loved ones. This year, we will also have the bodymaps from our 2008 Bodymapping Workshop on display. Please join us for a reception and tour of our office. This event is open to the general public. HIV Edmonton, #300, 11456 Jasper Avenue. Please RSVP to Sue Ann Paydli sue-ann.p@hivedmonton.com or 780-488-5742 ext. 221. Annual AIDS Memorial and Vigil December 1 (World AIDS Day), Time TBA A non-denominational evening ceremony dedicated to remembering those we have lost to HIV/AIDS, followed by a candlelight walk. This event is open to the general public. Citadel Theatre 9828 101A Avenue NW. Room TBA. Please RSVP to Sue Ann Paydli sue-ann.p@hivedmonton.com or 780-488-5742 ext. 221. Fashion Condoms at Bruce Campbell Youth Centre December 1, 3-8 pm. Come in and decorate your free condom package with fabric, glitter and sparkle! Pin it to your backpack, purse or self! Free food, games and condoms! This event is open to all youth ages 14-21. Bruce Campbell Youth Centre (Boys and Girls Clubs of Edmonton) - West Edmonton Mall, Lower Level, Entrance 32. Contact: Jen Anderson janderson@bgce.ca
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Canadian HIV/AIDS Advocates Call for Increased Efforts From Next Government To Fight HIV/AIDS(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, October 14, 2008) A coalition of Canadian HIV/AIDS organizations led by the Canadian AIDS Society on Thursday called for the country's next elected government to reinstate social support and other resources for people living with HIV/AIDS, the CP/Yahoo! News reports. The call came after the coalition contacted Canada's five main political parties to ask them about their stances on issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. It also comes in response to reductions in HIV/AIDS funding by the government since 2005, which has resulted in what the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network estimates is an overall funding reduction of 6.57 million Canadian dollars, or about $5.5 million. >> Click Here
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HIV-infection Murder Trial Starts(Canwest News Service, October 21, 2008) An Ontario man facing first-degree murder charges for allegedly infecting sexual partners with the virus that causes AIDS failed to disclose his health status to partners and, in some cases, "lied" about it, Crown lawyers said in an opening statement at the trial of Johnson Aziga. The 52-year-old Aziga is the first person in Canada to be prosecuted for murder in an HIV-infection case for allegedly having unprotected sex without telling partners he was HIV positive. Before a jury in Hamilton, he pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and 11 counts of aggravated sexual assault. >> Click Here
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Researchers at HIV/AIDS Vaccine Conference Discuss New Methods, Ongoing Trials(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, October 20, 2008) Researchers at the AIDS Vaccine 2008 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, last week examined how setbacks in developing a vaccine have "forced them to look for entirely new ways of creating a defense against the disease," AFP/Google.com reports. "We are in the middle of quite a profound shift of mindset in the research community," Alan Bernstein, director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, said at the conference, which ended on Friday. He added that setbacks have made researchers examine new research methods in the effort to develop an HIV/AIDS vaccine (Blandy, AFP/Google.com, 10/18). >> Click Here
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Decreased TB Funding Could Hinder HIV/AIDS Efforts, Researchers Say(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, October 15, 2008) A decline in global funding to control tuberculosis could compromise gains made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi -- recent recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine for her contribution to the discovery of HIV -- said Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Barre-Sinoussi spoke during a teleconference from the Institut Pasteur in Paris about the current global financial crisis. >> Click Here
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Global Financial Crisis Puts Success of MDGs At Risk, U.N. Head Says(Kasier Daily HIV/AIDS Report, October 14, 2008) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said he is concerned about the effects that the current global financial crisis will have on impoverished nations and efforts to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals -- which include targets to curb the spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria -- AFP/The International News reports. Ban said he is "deeply concerned" about the impact of the financial crisis on the developing world, "particularly on the poorest of the poor and the serious setback this is likely to have on efforts to meet major goals." He also said there is a need to "consider urgent multilateral action to alleviate the impact of recent events on the development agenda" of the United Nations. >> Click Here
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Talking to Your Doctor
Explore tips for building a relationship with your Doctor! Developed by CATIE (The Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange), the goal of this workshop is to give participants one or two communication techniques to try when communicating with their doctor. Participants will identify personal communcation difficulties and generate some ideas for solving them. Nurse Sharon Hewitt also joins us to provide the perspective of the service provider. This workshop is geared towards participants who are living with HIV/AIDS and/or Hepatitis C. This workshop has been made possible by the generous support of the Edmonton Community Adult Learning Association (ECALA). October 28, 2008 at 10:00 am at HIV Edmonton. To register contact Lynn at lynn.s@hivedmonton.com.
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Monthly Giving
Are you looking for a way to support HIV/AIDS work in your community? HIV Edmonton is a part of CanadaHelps.org! You can sign up to give a one time donation or give a monthly donation at anytime. Just click the link below and search for HIV Edmonton. Thank you for your support. Your donations go directly to support the work of HIV Edmonton. Visit www.canadahelps.org today!
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exposure: Edmonton's Queer Arts and Culture Festival
HIV Edmonton and Exposure: Edmonton's Queer Arts and Culture Festival are happy to announce that HIV Edmonton will be sponsoring one of Exposure's most anticipated events: BATHHOUSE. This multi-sensory art event promises to be one of the most talked about events of the year as local artists take over the bathhouse for one night to create one of a kind works of art. Exposure takes place November 14th - 22nd and will feature the best, the brightest and the most exciting queer work to come out of Edmonton and beyond. Stay Tuned for more details! Visit http://www.exposurefestival.ca/ updates.
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HIV Edmonton Toll Free NumberYou can reach the HIV Edmonton staff through our new toll free number! HIV Edmonton now offers limited services to people and agencies in the previous termed health regions Aspen (RHA 7) and East Central (RHA 5). For information on HIV transmission, treatment, support, advocacy or education contact our office by phone and we can provide you with answers and send out resources. Call toll free at 1-877-388-5742.
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Growing Home Conference
Growing Home, the second national conference on homelessness, will be held in Calgary, Alberta from February 18 to 20, 2009. This exciting conference is sponsored by the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. Visit the link below for more information. http://www.nhc2009.ca/en/index.html
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