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Disability In The Context Of HIV/AIDS: Building The Foundation For An Instrument To Describe "Disability" Experienced By Adults Living With HIV

Kelly O’Brien, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Carol Strike, Nancy Young and Aileen M. Davis |

Principal Organizations: St. Michael’s Hospital – Centre for Research on Inner City Health Partner Organizations: Aids Committee of Toronto (ACT) Principal Investigator: Kelly O’Brien The purpose of this study is to determine what “disability” means to PHAs to guide the future development of an instrument (questionnaire) that describes “disability” in the context of HIV. Specific […]

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Improving Access To Mental Health Services For Immigrant And Refugee Persons With HIV/AIDS

Alan Li |

Principal Organization: Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment c/o – Asian Community AIDS Services Partner Organizations: Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention, Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention and African in Partnership Against AIDS Principal Investigator: Alan Li Mental health services constitute a critical component of […]

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The Episodic Disabilities Project

Eileen McKee |

Principal Organization: Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR) Principal Investigator: Eileen McKee People living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) often experience unpredictable episodes of illness or disability as a side effect of medical treatment. A review of disability income support and employment policies suggests that these programs do not meet the needs of PHAs suffering […]

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Positive Spaces, Healthy Places

Ruthann Tucker and Dale Guenter |

Principal Organizations: McMaster University, Department of Family Medicine and Fife House Partner Organizations: York University, Ontario AIDS Network, Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy, Bruce House, AIDS Thunder Bay and AIDS Niagara Principal Investigators: Ruthann Tucker and Dale Guenter, PhD Housing has been identified as one of the most important needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS. The […]

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Toronto Crack Users Perspectives: Inside, Outside, Upside Down

Deborah Goodman |

Principal Organization: The South Riverdale Community Health Centre Principal Investigator: Raffi Balian This study was Toronto’s first ever project focused entirely on crack use. Researchers conducted 17 focus groups and handed out surveys to 108 users to learn why they used crack and how they felt about treatment services. Users most often turned to crack […]

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A Case Management Approach To Support Services For People Living With HIV/AIDS (PHAs)

AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) and McMaster University (CLEAR Unit) |

Principal Organization: AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) Partner Organization: McMaster University (CLEAR Unit) Principal Investigator: Winston Husbands People living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) access practical assistance from the AIDS Committee of Toronto’s (ACT) support program either on their own initiative or through referral from another program or agency. ACT staff began considering whether a case management […]

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Effecting Policy Change In The Fight Against HIV/AIDS Among African Communities Living In Toronto

Africans in Partnership Against AIDS |

Principal Organization: Africans in Partnership Against AIDS Principal Investigator: Edith Jacobet Wambayi This project was designed to inform people about AIDS/HIV in African communities in Toronto. The researchers focused on the barriers people face when accessing information and treatment for HIV/AIDS. A workshop brought 34 participants together, including representatives from government funding agencies, and the […]

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.