The Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment (CAAT) is excited to formally launch the active recruitment phase of our innovative action research study: “Community Champions HIV/AIDS Advocates Mobilization Project also known as “CHAMP”. The CHAMP study was developed in response to growing concerns about lack of effective strategies to address HIV prevention and care needs amongst...
Following the media launch of our CHAMP (Community Champions HIV/AIDS Advocates Mobilization Project) action research study, our research team’s co-principal investigator Dr. Josephine Wong and our research project coordinator Henry Luyombya were interviewed by Marcia MacMillan of CTV News Channel on February 25th to discuss the impact of HIV stigma on radicalized communities in Ontario...
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Oct 18, 2011 • We are excited that our Newcomer PHA Sexual Health Promotion Project, funded by the City of Toronto AIDS Prevention Community Investment Program, has our funding renewed for the year 2011-2012!. This project aims to improve the health of Newcomer PHAs and to reduce their vulnerability to HIV/STI and criminalization through peer-based outreach and education activities and...
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Aug 14, 2011 • Coming in November 2011 Please RSVP: legacy@hivimmigration.ca for more information This is an annual event that offers all Legacy participants the opportunity to meet and greet each other, share their experiences and learn new mentoring and communication skills together.
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Jun 14, 2009 • CAAT is excited to announce the launch of the Legacy Project: a program of structured mentorship support to promote collaboration, community succession and meaningful participation of PHAs. We are grateful for the funding support from Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that made this project possible. This project aims to provide structured mentorship support to PHAs who have...
This CAAT research study aims to generate knowledge on how we can work effectively with faith-based, media and social justice allies within 5 ethno-racial communities (East and Southeast Asian, South Asian, African, Caribbean and Spanish Speaking) in the Greater Toronto Area to work together on HIV issues, in order to increase effectiveness of HIV prevention...
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Aug 30, 2008 • By Maureen Owino, CAAT Program Coordinator The XVII International AIDS Conference (IAC) or AIDS 2008 was not one conference, but a dozen of them running simultaneously under the same huge umbrella. Exhibitions, satellites, global village presentations and affiliated events all had participants sharing and learning from each other on a wide range of issues –...
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Apr 15, 2008 • In March 2007, in recognition of the important role that the Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment (CAAT) has been playing in facilitating service and treatment access for marginalized and newcomer PHAs, CAAT received operational funding from the AIDS Bureau of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Since then CAAT has engaged in...
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Nov 14, 2007 • The PHA Capacity Building Forum to advance best practice and improved coordination By Alan Li, M.D. Co-chair, CAAT The recent CAAT Research Study on “Improving Mental Health Service Access for Immigrant & Refugee PHAs”, the Living & Serving 2 Study on PHA Engagement in the Ontario AIDS Movement, as well as the Toronto HIV/AIDS Community...
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Feb 14, 2007 • By YY Chen, Research Project Coordinator, Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment (CAAT). This article originally appears in” Compass” Winter 2007 Issue by the OHTN, a community resource in HIV/AIDS-related CBR. The theme of this issue of the Compass is on HIV and immigrant and refugee communities. Download Newsletter from OHTN The HIV discourse affecting immigrants and refugees from...
