We have added a couple of links to resources on substance use in the workplace on the OPRAH toolkit.  Check them out at this link https://ontarioaidsnetwork.ca/oprah/human-resources/hr-policies/

To our alliance, colleagues and community partners, We are pleased to announce the availability of the GMSH new strategic plan. Entitled “Raising the Bar” this new plan presents the priorities and activities we will pursue over the next 5 years. It is the product of many months of engagement with researchers, community based workers at HIV/AIDS service organizations (ASOs) and gay and bisexual men living with and affected by HIV. In Ontario, cisgender and transgender gay, bisexual, two-spirit, and other men who have sex with men remain disproportionately impacted by the HIV epidemic, with incidence rates remaining high for too long. It is

The pdf below provides up to date information from the Public Health Agency of Canada in 3 areas: HIV in CanadaHepatitis C in CanadaChlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis in Canada

The following Skills workshop dates have been finalized: Board Chair Workshop, July 14/15, 2017 – We will be allowing 2 people per agency to attend this workshop. Middle Manager Workshop, September 20/21, 2017 Support Workers Workshop, October 25/26, 2017 ED/Board Chair Workshop, January 26/27, 2018 All of the above workshops will be taking place at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 300 Jarvis Street, Toronto. Please note these workshops are only available to OAN member agencies and affiliates (where applicable). An email will be sent to ASOs with more information closer to the dates. Online registration will also be available closer to

The OACHA Strategy – HIV/AIDS Strategy to 2026: Focusing Our Efforts – has been updated. Below are the English and French versions of the Strategy.

HIV Resources Ontario is a collaborative of resource programs and organizations mandated by the AIDS Bureau to build the capacity of the HIV sector in Ontario by delivering trainings, workshops, materials, and organizational development supports. A website was created as an online navigation tool to make materials and resources created by HIV Resources Ontario available to ASOs across Ontario. Be sure to check it out at http://www.hivresourcesontario.ca [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]

On January 20-22, 2017, the Positive Leadership Development Institute held another successful Level 3 – Communications training. Twenty-two participants graduated! For more information on the Positive Leadership Development Institute trainings and to download the workshop applications, visit https://ontarioaidsnetwork.ca/pldi or contact the Manager of PLDI and Special Events, Tara Jewal at tjewal@oan.red

On January 24, 2017, the Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance (GMSH) officially announced the launch of The Sex You Want, a campaign aimed at getting cisgender and transgender gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men preventing, testing, and treating HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. This campaign is timely with so many ways to have great sex and maintain your health regardless of your HIV status. For more information on The Sex You Want, please visit http://www.thesexyouwant.ca

People living with HIV continue to be charged with aggravated sexual assault – one of the most serious offences in Canada’s Criminal Code – even where there is no intent to cause harm, no transmission occurs and the risks of transmission are negligible if not zero. This is a travesty of justice. Despite efforts of the Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure (CLHE) to engage in good faith with the Ministry of Attorney General since 2010, unjust prosecutions continue in Ontario, ignoring medical evidence and destroying the lives of people living with HIV. On December 1, 2016,