The AIDS Committee of Durham Region is organizing a youth Pozzy Friendsgiving weekend November 3rd & 4th at the Ramada Hotel in Toronto. The event will feature Laron Nelson and our very own Tara Jewal (Manager of PLDI and Special Events) as workshop facilitators! All travel, meals and accommodation expenses will be covered for eligible participants. For details and for more information, call 1-905-576-1445 or email events@aidsdurham.com.

The Toronto Fast Track City Initiative is organizing a free Town Hall discussion at the 519 Church Street Community Centre (Toronto) on Thursday, November 1st. Toronto is trying to step up and join other cities around the world in a UNAIDS initiative called Fast Track Cities to push beyond the inertia and end the HIV epidemic here. Other cities are changing the way they work. They are finding new ways to connect with hard-to-reach populations. They are making it easier for people to get tested. They are strengthening their prevention programs as well as support and treatment services. And they are fighting stigma. Their efforts are

PASAN’s Annual General Meeting  October 29th, 2018 Riverdale Auditorium of the Ralph Thornton Community Centre 6pm – 9pm Featuring a presentation from Fiona Kouyoumdjian MD of Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre discussing The Opioid Crisis in Prisons.

Now that the Leadership Symposium is all set to go this Monday in Guelph, the OAN has launched its next workshop in the OAN Skills Series: The Middle Manager’s Workshop, taking place November 5 & 6 in Kingston! Executive and Program Directors were notified on Wednesday of the registration and also asked to complete a brief workshop agenda survey to help us to form the most useful agenda for everyone. If you did not receive the registration link or the agenda survey, let Ryan Kerr, Manager of Communications and Member Development know: rkerr@oan.red. Registration for the Middle Manager’s Workshop closes Wednesday, October 9th. Dates for

CATIE is starting a new series of their free eduCATIE+ virtual courses on October 9th!  Service providers can register for blended learning courses on HIV Basics, Hepatitis C Basics, or Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV. Each course combines online education with a virtual session led by a CATIE educator with course content tailored to the issues and context specific to each participating region. Courses available with start and end dates: HIV Basics: October 9th – November 19th, 2018 Hepatitis C Basics: January 7th – February 4th, 2019 Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV: January 21th – February 18th, 2019 For more information, click here. To register for the HIV Basics course,

The OAN Newsletter is for OAN Members and friends all across the province! While we realize that many (wonderful!) events take place in Toronto, we encourage submissions that represent all regions of this amazing province.  Think there’s something in your region the Membership should know about? Send it our way: rkerr@oan.red!

From October 16th -18th, PLDI held its Governance Training in Toronto with over 30 participants from across Ontario.  All of our regions were represented! We also had our PLDI team from Québec and our National Coordinator, Martin Bilodeau, join us. OAN Acting Executive Director Wendy Pinder was invited to be our special guest and added valuable insights into our gathering.

The OAN Honour Roll celebration will be held on the evening of Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, who have graciously donated their space to us. Please mark the date in your calendars so you can join us.

HIV AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO) is pleased to share Legal Problems Facing Trans People in Ontario – the first report generated from the research project entitled TRANSforming JUSTICE: Trans Legal Needs Assessment Ontario. 

HIV/AIDS Regional Services is pleased to announce that Gilles Charette will move into the role of Executive Director beginning October 6th, 2018. While we announced this info already, we’ve recently learned that the best way to reach him is edhars@kingston.net.