Engaging communities on an Exciting and Energizing journey to advance Research on HIV and Immigration: highlights of the CAAT research think tank 2012
Participants at 2012 CAAT Research Think Tank CAAT started the 2012 summer season by organizing a research think tank on HIV and Immigration that focus on the priority concerns of newcomer and racialized communities in Canada. The full-day session was held on May 29th at the Ramada Hotel in downtown Toronto. The event attracted...
CHAMP Research Update: Recruitment Phase Completed
The Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment (CAAT)’s innovative action research study: “Community Champions HIV/AIDS Advocates Mobilization Project (also known as “CHAMP”) has just completed the recruitment phase of participants for participating in the training interventions of the project. We are currently conducting training activities of the last two groups of participants for the project which...
CAAT Receives Casey Award 2012
CAAT is proud to be one of the recipients of the 2012 Casey Awards, presented at the Casey House Snowball gala event on February 25th, 2012. Created in memory of Casey House founder, renowned social justice activist June Callwood, the Casey Awards annually recognize Canadian individuals or organizations whose pioneering leadership and activism in...
New group graduated from ETSN Level 2 Training
On October 1-2, 2011, 16 participants and 11 trainers/peer facilitators spent an intensive training weekend at Kempenfelt to complete the first ever ETSN level 2 peer counselor training. The participants came from graduates from 2 previous level 1 training series that occurred in the last year. Since its inception in 2002, ETSN has trained over...
CAAT Gets Equity Award from City of Toronto
In November 2009, CAAT received the Equity and Human Rights Award from the City of Toronto in recognition of our leadership in addressing mental health challenges faced by newcomer PHAs and our contribution in improving service access to services for people living with HIV/AIDS. CAAT Co-chairs, staff and community partners were on hand to celebrate...