July zoomed by and we’re already within a month of our Annual General Meeting! As there are several components to this year’s agenda, including a PHA Body Meeting on Thursday September 6th from 5:30pm – 9:30pm, Ryan Kerr will be contacting all EDs directly by the 24th of August to confirm delegate names and accommodation details. Additionally, the deadline for our Leadership Symposium registration is around the corner. If you are an OAN Member or Affiliate Executive Director or member of HIV Resources Ontario and have not yet registered, please do! Thanks to those of you who have already taken the time to let us know!

We are in the midst of planning our next Honour Roll ceremony, which will be early March 2019, during the weekend of our ED/Board Chair Forum, March 1 – 3. We will let you know once our nomination process opens!143

A few photos from the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam

Join PASAN, Queen West/Parkdale CHc, South Riverdale CHC, Rittenhouse and McEwan Housing and Support on Friday August 10th from 1 – 4pm in Allan Gardens in Toronto for Prisoner’s Justice Day. All welcome.

African & Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Precious Maseko as Interim Associate Director.

The Ontario AIDS Network (OAN) offers the Skills Development Program which is an important resource for professional development in the HIV/AIDS sector. The program is intended for OAN member agencies and affiliates (where applicable). In addition to workshops, topic specific webinars may also be provided. The purpose of the program is to build capacity for the day-to-day running of AIDS Service Organizations and to support staff to better serve people infected, affected and at risk of HIV infection. By doing so, we will produce more productive, self-sufficient, professional, cohesive AIDS Service Organizations and Member Groups throughout Ontario. Focus will also

Nothing like the summer months to take a closer look at some well-intentioned projects! Our website is slowly-but-surely getting some love and attention as we refine the content to make it more user-friendly for our members. Our news section is now updated with content from our newsletters; our calendar of events can now be updated directly by website visitors and we are re-organizing and updating our contact list to keep up with the many changes in our provincial networks. As well, we will be adding an AGM page where will be adding our Agenda and shareable documents for those interested. Is there something you’d like

In anticipation of the OHTN’s HIV Endgame 3 Research Conference, the OHTN is accepting abstracts until August 3rd, 2018. The OAN will be joining forces with the OHTN as part of the OAN Skills Program: Support Workers Workshop. Stay tuned for more details!

Now accepting applications for upcoming PLDI training sessions! Core Training for First-Time Applicants August 16 – 19 2018 – London, ON Governance Training for Graduates of the PLDI Core September 14 – 16 2018 – Toronto, ON For more information, email tjewal@oan.red or visit https://ontarioaidsnetwork.ca/pldi/.

After a year of planning, Quebec offered its first Core Training of the Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) in Montréal this past March! The process of translating and adapting the program for our francophone participants strengthened the heart and soul of PLDI while adding its own unique flavour.