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Reconciliation in Action: Guidance for Ontario’s HIV Sector

The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has further challenged would-be allies to move from intentions to action. In October 2018, at the Ontario AIDS Network’s HIV Sector Leadership Symposium, a Reconciliation in Action Working Group was formed. It was recognized that for most of the sector’s organizations, there is much work to be done, but that guidance is needed to support that work. Following creation of the Reconciliation in Action Working Group during the Ontario AIDS Network’s 2018 Leadership Symposium, organizations within our sector agreed that we must begin and/or renew

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Anti-Black Racism Public Health Crisis Declaration

The OAN, through this declaration statement and our ongoing response against anti-Black racism, joins a small number of public health boards, and many Black health leaders, echoing their collective call to unapologetically confront white supremacy and address anti-Black racism within Ontario’s health care systems including the HIV care, treatment and support networks, and in workplaces within the HIV sector. Our organization is not satisfied to stand idle in solidarity. We are intently mobilizing toward strategic and material action that will be informed by the histories and needs of African, Caribbean, Black Latinx, and Black (ACB) people in Ontario. As we

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U=U Toolkit

WE ENDORSE U=U It’s very, very clear that the risk is zero. If you are on suppressive antiretroviral treatment, you are sexually non-infectious. Dr Alison Rodger lead author of PARTNER 2, presenting at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) in Amsterdam, July 25, 2018. DOWNLOAD POSITION STATEMENT EVERYTHING YOUR ORGANIZATION SHOULD KNOW ABOUT U=U AVAILABLE INSIDE. We have put together this handy toolkit to get you started. We encourage you to take a look and print, post, share and/or tweet what resonates with you. DOWNLOAD KEY MESSAGES

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