📢 Please read and share the RFP with potential candidates! The OAN seeks proposals from insurance brokers, administrators, and consultants to develop a network-wide extended benefits and dental plan with comprehensive coverage, including HIV-related care, mental health services, gender-affirming care, and strong support for frontline workers in the HIV/AIDS sector. Deadline: March 25, 2025.
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In the HIV sector, we know that trans communities encounter systemic barriers to care, advocacy, and support. We must commit to ensuring that our spaces are inclusive, affirming, and driven by the leadership of trans people. Visibility must go hand in hand with action—through policy change, equitable funding, and amplifying trans voices in decision-making spaces. Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) is a time to recognize the achievements of trans individuals while also acknowledging the ongoing challenges they face—particularly in accessing healthcare, safety, and fundamental rights. To our trans colleagues, friends, and community members: we see you, we support you, and
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The OAN is seeking new board members to contribute to strategically leading the organization and helping us meet our mandate. Serving on the Board is an extraordinary opportunity for someone who is passionate about Ontario’s HIV sector. We are currently accepting Board nominations from across the province, but we’re especially looking to fill a seat from Northern Ontario. We strongly encourage nominations from individuals who are People Living with HIV, in line with our commitment to meaningful involvement. If you are interested in serving on the OAN Board, or have any questions, please complete the nomination form (below) and email it
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We are proud to share the Ontario AIDS Network’s new Strategic Plan for 2025–2028 — a bold, community-informed roadmap for strengthening Ontario’s HIV response over the next three years. This plan reflects the realities our sector is navigating: funding instability, healthcare access gaps, stigma, and the growing needs of people aging with HIV. It also reflects the strength of our network and our shared commitment to a more equitable, united, and resilient future. Explore the full plan now!
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This year marks the 50th year of Prisoners’ Justice Day (PJD), and 50 years of prisoner solidarity and organizing for action both within and outside prisons across Ontario. This anniversary comes at a time when we are seeing legislation, both provincial and national, that is fast-tracking the criminalization of the people we work with. Provincially, the Community Care and Recovery Act, the Safer Municipalities Act and the Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act, and federally, the Strong Borders Act, are examples of current legislation that have serious implications for people who face disproportionate risk related to HIV
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Standing Together for Life Ontario AIDS Network – Drug Policy and Harm Reduction Working Group reflects on International Overdose Awareness Day On International Overdose Awareness Day, we remember the many lives lost to overdose, honour those living with grief, and recommit ourselves to action against this preventable tragedy. This year, our reflections come in the midst of a deeply troubling reality. Ontario is in the grip of an ongoing toxic drug crisis, one that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and continues to devastate families and communities with death rates surpassing the height of the AIDS crisis. The death
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