Organization:
Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative
Publication date: 2024
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Booklet
WHAI’s resource on what undetectable = untransmittable (U=U) means for women. This resource is intended to be used to support community conversations about women and HIV, and the U=U messaging.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
In this brief, the Legal Network provides information about Canada’s implementation of its international human rights obligations as raised in the draft report, organized under subheadings included in the draft report. It expands on issues presented in the Legal...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network, CATIE and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network work to promote the human rights of people living with, at risk of or affected by HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), including Indigenous women...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”) welcomes this opportunity to provide submissions to the Department of Justice on how the Canadian criminal law should be transformed.“In this submission, the Legal Network sets out its...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
People living with HIV are allowed to travel to Canada. However, HIV status is one factor considered by the Government of Canada when deciding if a person can stay in Canada for an extended period of time. This Q&A provides information on how Canadian immigration...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
In February 2018, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada retired. The Legal Network sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale, and Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick to...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
It is now well recognized, not just by sex workers but by a wide range of human rights organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, and the Center for Health and Gender Equity, United Nations bodies...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“We, the undersigned, write to you respecting the recent passage into law of Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts. As you well know, the intent of this law is to facilitate the scaling up of...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
As part of an effort to contribute to an informed public dialogue on the issue, this short report provides a snapshot of the temporal and demographic patterns of HIV criminalization in Canada from 1989 to 2016. It also updates information on the outcomes of HIV...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“In Canada, people seeking permanent resident status or temporary residence as students or workers can be rejected on the basis of their HIV status due to the ‘excessive demand’ provision of Canada’s laws governing medical inadmissibility. “We recommend that the...
