On December 8, graduates from across Canada, and in Australia and New Zealand will gather online to celebrate 15 years of the Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI). During this milestone celebration event, attendees will come together to honour the PLDI’s past, present and future, and to present PLDI Leadership Awards to program facilitators and graduates from Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. This celebration will also give attendees a chance to share their experiences, send a message to a new graduate, and to provide feedback that helps us shape the PLDI of the future.  We look forward to seeing you. The

Registration for the Positive Leadership Development Institute‘s Online Core Training is open until October 25th, 2021. The Online Core Training sessions are Wednesday, November 10, 17, & 24th, 2021 Successful applicants will participate in our November Online Core Training. This training is offered at no cost to participants. NOTE: This training is not open to those who have already taken PLDI Core Training. The Online Core Training is:   A dynamic online adaption of our in-person Core Training for new participants.  A mix of instructor-driven sessions through Zoom and self-paced/directed sessions offered through Brightspace. A mix of three weekly three hours facilitated and

After 15 years of successful in-person training, COVID-19 forced the PLDI alliance to get creative. In March 2020, Ontario was in a state of emergency, and everyone was ordered home and there were to be no face-to-face meetings or gatherings of any kind. 2020 quickly became a pivotal year for the PLDI program. Ontario had just recruited and hired five new, HIV-positive facilitators from various parts of the province. We were ending our year, ready to start a new one with many workshops planned, but the future was uncertain. Was PLDI going to make it through COVID-19?Shortly after Ontario’s stay-home order came into

From August 16th – 19th, 27 HIV-positive leaders gathered in London at the Spencer Ivy Leadership Centre for Core Training.  We gathered in circle to teach, to share, to grow, to laugh and to live. It was a truly transformative experience for these brave Ontarians. We are excited to welcome you all into our Family.

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