Life After….a tale of resilience is an intimate live performance at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto featuring the stories of 3 Asians and their journeys towards self-discovery, acceptance and love with Kenneth Poon, Christian Hui, Tim Lee, Vivian Chong & Dr. Greg Robinson. 2 shows only: Saturday, September 15, 2019 at 3:30pm & 7pm Tickets are $25 with all proceeds going to ACAS. For more information call ACAS @ 416-963-4300 or visit the Buddies website.

CATIE and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) are organizing a special screening of their films Strong Medicine and Promising Practices in Eskasoni. This event is free and will be held at the Imagine Cinemas on Carlton Street in Toronto on Wednesday, September 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. Seating is limited so reserve your tickets here. 

Thank you so much to everyone for registering for the OAN Leadership Symposium. The registration is now closed. Ryan will be sending out confirmation emails in the week after the AGM (after September 9). For those participating, the Leadership Symposium agenda has been posted and is sure to inspire much conversation and partnership over the 2 and a half days we will share together. Questions? Direct any further inquiries to Ryan Kerr, Manager of Communications and Member Development at rkerr@oan.red.

Well the event you’ve all been waiting for is around the corner: It’s just a few days until the 2018 OAN Annual General Meeting at the Ramada Hotel, Toronto: Friday September 7th 9:00am – 5:30pm* Saturday September 8th  9:30am – 3:30pm *Note the extra hour allotted for advocacy re: responding to recent government’s closure of Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS)  and Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS). The PHA Body Meeting will be held on Thursday evening from 5:30pm – 9:30pm. All of the AGM Materials (Agendas, Proxy form, Expense Form, List of Nominees) can be found here. As of yesterday, all hotel reservations

Hemophilia Ontario has a new Interim Executive Director! Bojan Pirnat, based out of Toronto, can be reached at the following email: Director@hemophilia.on.ca. 

During Saturday’s AGM, participants were invited to dedicate a rose to a loved one and light a candle, which anchored us in our work for the course of the day. Afterward, a team of volunteers led by Tara Jewal, Manager of PLDI and Special Events, laid more than 6 dozen red roses at the AIDS Memorial of the 519 Church Street Community Centre in Toronto.

The Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance (GMSH) has released their position statement on U=U (undetectable equals untransmittable)! The statement was developed with support from COQSIDA and members of GMSH’s Positively Healthy Advisory Committee and says, clearly, that HIV positive individuals with a sustained undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV to their sexual partners. To ensure that this information is made available to Two Spirit, gay, bi, and queer men and their health care providers across Ontario, they have adapted materials from The Sex You Want campaign including posters, postcards, stickers and t-shirts into eye-catching resources and swag! Contact Christopher at cmaillais@gmsh.ca for more information (and to place a bulk order!)

Casey House is hosting a free all-day workshop on Trauma Informed Care in Toronto, on Tuesday October 9th, from 9:30am – 4:30pm. For more information and to register, click here.