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September 3, 2010 / #21

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1) Submissions to the  <> CATIE e-Bulletin.

Share your HIV and hepatitis C information and resources through the CATIE e-Bulletin.

2) What’s New at CATIE?  <> 

a) AGM recognizes CATIE’s 20th Anniversary.

b) How is CATIE doing? Fill out our evaluation survey online.

c) CATIE to launch Programming Connection in November.

d) CATIE’s 2010 Regional Educational Conferences.

e) CATIE’s annual membership campaign.

f) Prevention in Focus Issue 2 is now available online.

3) Latest  <> CATIE-News on HIV and hepatitis C.

4) New Resources in the CATIE Ordering Centre. <> 

Resources produced by CATIE and by organizations across Canada.

5) What’s new in hepatitis C? <> 

News on recent and important developments in hepatitis C.

a) World Hepatitis Alliance Applauds World Health Assembly Decision.

6) 2010 OHTN Annual Research Conference: Call for Abstracts due <>  September 13.

7) CATIE’s OHTN Learning Institute. <> 

8) Coming soon to a community near you... the 2010 Polar Ice <>  campaign!

9) Community Research Study seeking people living with HIV who are <>  employed. 

10) Study of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s HIV/AIDS Funding <>  Programs’ Structure – Focus Groups’ Discussions with Stakeholders.

11) Drug policy should be based on science, not ideology. Sign the <>  Vienna Declaration.

12) Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) campaign. <> 

13) New resource available from Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: Safe Food Handling for People with Weakened Immune Systems.

14) The Episodic Disabilities Employment Network website is now live!

15) Call for Endorsements to Halt Passage of Bill S-10.

16) HIV and HCV Positions.

17) HIV and HCV Event Calendar. <> 

1) Submissions to the CATIE e-Bulletin.

CATIE accepts submissions related to the full continuum of HIV and hepatitis C prevention, care, treatment and support and we invite colleagues from front-line organizations across Canada to share their news in the CATIE e-bulletin. 

Specifically, we invite submissions related to new resources you have produced, new programs and services of interest, relevant events, and job listings. The preferred format is a short description of up to 150 words and a link to fuller content on your website, if that is appropriate. Please specify in which languages your resources and postings are available. 

Please send your submissions for the next issue to Véronique Destrubé at vdestrube at catie.ca by October 1, 2010.

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2) What’s New at CATIE? 

a) AGM recognizes CATIE’s 20th Anniversary.

This year, CATIE will be holding a reception recognizing its 20th anniversary on the evening of November 28, and its national Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday, November 29.

CATIE’s 20th Anniversary

Date: Sunday, November 28, 2010

Time:7:00 p.m. 

Venue:

The 519 Community Centre

519 Church Street

Toronto, ON

Annual General Meeting   

Date: Monday, November 29, 2010

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

The Delta Chelsea Hotel (Mountbatten Salon)

33 Gerrard Street West

Toronto, ON

Save the date. Registration will be available online at  <http://www.catie.ca/> www.catie.ca on September 23, 2010.

For more information, please contact Joseph van Veen at 1-800-263-1638, ext. 254 or by e-mail:  <mailto:jvanveen at catie.ca> jvanveen at catie.ca.

b) How is CATIE doing? Fill out our evaluation survey online.

Your opinion matters to us! In 2008, CATIE became a central contact point, in both English and French, for HIV information in Canada. 

We would like to know how we are doing. So we are asking people working in HIV to  <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8S7VF57> complete this short survey. It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. All your answers will be anonymous and you can choose which questions you wish to answer. Please distribute this within your own networks. We would like as many people working in HIV as possible to complete this survey. Thank you.

c) CATIE to launch Programming Connection in November.

The Programming Connection is an online toolkit that highlights case studies of model front-line programs that provide HIV and hepatitis C prevention, care, treatment and support. The featured programs and resources will inspire community-based service providers with: 

*	Information on a diverse range of front-line programs from across Canada 
*	Bilingual resources on program planning and delivery 
*	High-quality training strategies based on practice 
*	Innovative outreach, advocacy and capacity-building solutions 

By sharing experiences, service providers can develop even stronger programs. Look for Programming Connection on  <http://www.catie.ca/> www.catie.ca this November. To receive more details on the launch as well as future updates to the toolkit,  <http://orders.catie.ca/subscription/subscribe.shtml> sign up for Programming Connection e-lerts.

d) CATIE’s 2010 Regional Educational Conferences.

CATIE hosts two-day Regional Educational Conferences in collaboration with local AIDS service organizations and steering committees to meet specific regional information and networking needs.

The 2010 CATIE Western Educational Conference was co-hosted by  <http://www.aidssaskatoon.ca/> AIDS Saskatoon and held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on May 12th and 13th. CATIE would like to thank and congratulate AIDS Saskatoon, the co-chairs and the steering committee for their support and commitment.

The 2010 CATIE Atlantic Educational Conference was co-hosted with  <http://www.aidspei.com/> AIDS PEI and held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on August 4th and 5th. CATIE would like to thank and congratulate AIDS PEI, the co-chairs and the steering committee for their support and commitment.

One more 2010 Regional Educational Conference will be held in the following community:

*	Pacific Educational Conference - co-hosted with  <http://pacificaidsnetwork.org/> Pacific AIDS Network

Richmond, British Columbia; October 6-7, 2010

For residents of British Columbia and the Yukon.

General registration is available now at  <http://event.catie.ca/pec_2010/general.php?conf=1> http://event.catie.ca/pec_2010/general.php?conf=1.

Registration for all Regional Educational Conferences is free.

While CATIE’s budget is limited, we are offering a scholarship program to help offset the travel and accommodation costs for members in the conference region who might not otherwise be able to attend.

For additional information, registration and scholarship details about the conference in your region, please visit  <http://www.catie.ca/eng/GetInvolved/REC2010.shtml> http://www.catie.ca/eng/GetInvolved/REC2010.shtml.

Should you have further questions, please contact Joseph van Veen at  <mailto:jvanveen at catie.ca> jvanveen at catie.ca.

e) CATIE’s Annual Membership Campaign.

Thank you for your ongoing support of CATIE. Our annual membership campaign continues. If you have already joined CATIE or renewed your membership for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, we thank you for your support. If not, we invite you to do so now. Your free Individual or Organizational Membership will be valid until March 31, 2011.

Your membership enables you to receive news about our new resources and services. It also allows you to contribute to the governance of CATIE through standing for election to the Board of Directors and voting for the board, as well as voting on particular issues at our Annual General Meeting. The voting ballots will be available in the mailing to members late September.

You can join or renew online at: 
 <http://www.catie.ca/eng/AboutCATIE/member.shtml> http://www.catie.ca/eng/AboutCATIE/member.shtml

Subscribing Without Joining.
If you are not taking out a CATIE Membership at this time, you can still subscribe to our publications here:  <https://www.catie.ca/mailing.nsf/subscribe> https://www.catie.ca/mailing.nsf/subscribe.

f) Prevention in Focus Issue 2 is now available online.

This on-line CATIE publication is for service providers, program planners, policy makers, researchers and others working on HIV and hepatitis C prevention strategies. 

By highlighting research and how it might be practically integrated into the planning and provision of front-line services, Prevention in Focus will support readers in their understanding and ultimate use of HIV and hepatitis C prevention research knowledge. We hope that the knowledge contained within will help to stimulate thought, reflection and action at the front line to effectively step up programs and increase front-line capacity to act.

If you want to receive Prevention in Focus, please  <http://orders.catie.ca/subscription/subscribe_PF.shtml> take a moment to subscribe. To read the online version of Prevention in Focus, please visit  <http://www2.catie.ca/en/pif> http://www2.catie.ca/en/pif.  

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3) Latest CATIE-News on HIV and hepatitis C.
CATIE-News items are short bulletins that cover emerging news and important developments in HIV and hepatitis C. We have gathered the most recent CATIE-News items for you here. To see back issues or to subscribe to CATIE-News and receive each item when it is posted, visit the  <http://www.catie.ca/eng/WhatsNew/WhatsNewIndex.shtml> CATIE-News page on our  <http://www.catie.ca/> website.

a) Canadian Findings.

*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/a2282e338c96ec0e8525775800507f69!OpenDocument> Doctors and patients – the need for better communication. 
*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/7f8e9b70a6248b91852577280053b292!OpenDocument> Toronto study finds high rate of pre-cancerous cells in the anuses of HIV-positive men.

 b) Focus on Drugs.

*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/996245eab9c4bf108525774b00549038!OpenDocument> The Assert study – a look at drug safety.
*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/459f0ad40b874bc88525773f00571618!OpenDocument> Tenofovir – pilot study finds good impact on lipids.
*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/e2d9e09739f645948525773d005711ce!OpenDocument> Are high tenofovir levels linked to kidney damage?

 c) Kidney Health.

*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/b29759e2129506018525774b00545b6e!OpenDocument> Long-term consequences of kidney injury in HIV.
*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/6a719055721285aa85257743004f67f9!OpenDocument> Emerging candidate biomarkers for monitoring kidney health.

 d) Health and Wellness. 

*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/c20b6dfd54ce077a8525774c0056f557!OpenDocument> Sexual function in HIV-positive women.
*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/f175211d56aa2c688525773100550091!OpenDocument> Diabetes monitoring may be needed for women who use opiates or have hepatitis C.
*	 <http://www.catie.ca/catienews.nsf/00a48c8905294f0b8525717f00661eb8/0e60b187298537aa8525772e005cd8c7!OpenDocument> Placebo-controlled study finds low-dose zinc beneficial.

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4) New Resources in the CATIE Ordering Centre.

The CATIE Ordering Centre features hundreds of free English and French resources from CATIE and many other organizations across the country. The collection covers the full continuum of prevention, care, treatment and support. Resources are free within Canada, and the CATIE Ordering Centre offers easy online ordering and advanced search functions.

To suggest resources for inclusion in the CATIE Ordering Centre, please contact Melisa Dickie at  <mailto:mdickie at catie.ca> mdickie at catie.ca. Newly-added resources from CATIE and from partners across the country are highlighted below.

I. New CATIE Resources 

HIV and Aging brochure

This booklet is for people 50 and older who are living with HIV, as well as their partners, family members and caregivers. It looks at some of the issues that older adults living with HIV might face and recommends ways to stay healthy – physically, mentally, emotionally and sexually. This booklet also features the insights and advice of men and women in their 50s, 60s and 70s who are living with HIV. Based on a chapter from the popular Managing your health: a guide for people living with HIV, this booklet is a “must read.”

 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25663> Order free copies through the CATIE Ordering Centre here.

 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-40000s/40221.pdf> PDF Version – HIV and Aging brochure. 

Aboriginal Youth: Get the Facts. Share the Facts.

Aboriginal youth from across Canada put into words and pictures their thoughts on HIV in workshops organized by CATIE and the  <http://www.caan.ca/youth/html/index_e.html> Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN). Their discussion and incredible artwork – some of which is featured in Get the Facts posters and postcards – reveal that sharing information on sexual health and HIV prevention helps make Aboriginal youth feel connected and powerful.

 <http://orders.catie.ca/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=aboriginal%20youth&sort=2a&&page=1> Order free copies through the CATIE Ordering Centre here.

 <http://www.catie.ca/eng/SpecificCommunities/AboriginalYouth.shtml> Website and PDF versions – Aboriginal Youth Get the Facts campaign. 

Living with HIV: Starting points – Now available in Amharic and Swahili.

Co-developed with the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation and the AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area (ACCKWA), Living with HIV: Starting Points contains information on HIV and AIDS, how to stay healthy, what CD4 and viral load counts tell you, and suggested next steps.

Order free copies through the CATIE Ordering Centre:

*	 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25741> Amharic copies
*	 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25740> Swahili copies
*	 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25323> English copies
*	 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25324&language=en> French copies

 PDF Version – Living with HIV: Starting points:

*	 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26240.pdf> Amharic version
*	 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26239.pdf> Swahili version
*	 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26009.pdf> English version
*	 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26010.pdf> French version 

TreatmentUpdate 179

In this issue of TreatmentUpdate, our Science and Medicine Editor, Sean Hosein, reviews raltegravir (Isentress) and the emerging, long-term toxicity of anti-HIV medicines on the kidney. This issue highlights:

*	Raltegravir-based and efavirenz-based regimens after four years of use; 
*	A metabolic study comparing raltegravir-based regimens to ones based on efavirenz with a focus on lipodystrophy, lipids and other changes; 
*	Raltegravir in hepatitis co-infection; and 
*	The EuroSIDA study that found a signal of kidney toxicity with tenofovir or atazanavir. 

 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25742> Order free copies through the CATIE Ordering Centre here.

 <http://www.catie.ca/tu.nsf> Website and PDF versions – TreatmentUpdate 179 

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II. Publications from other Organizations Recently Added to the Ordering Centre

Negotiating for Hepatitis Care and Support

BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)

Living well with hepatitis C or HIV co-infection requires learning how to navigate through a maze of services and negotiate with service providers. Hepatitis Services at BC Centre for Disease Control have developed a handbook to help people prepare, practise and learn health negotiation skills.

For more information or to download PDFs of the handbooks, visit the  <http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_h/Hepatitis-/overview/AdvocacyHepatitisCareSupport.htm> BC Centre for Disease Control website.

To order print copies or the PDF on CD, e-mail Hepatitis Services at  <mailto:hepatitis.services at bccdc.ca> hepatitis.services at bccdc.ca.

Order free copies through the CATIE Ordering Centre:

*	 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25721> English copy – Speaking Up for Hepatitis Care and Support: A Skills Building Workbook
*	 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25722> French copy – Intervenir pour les soins de l’hépatite et obtenir le support nécessaire : Guide pour le renforcement des capacités
*	 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25723> Aboriginal audiences copy – Using Your Voice: A Guide for Getting Hepatitis C Care and Support

Enhancing Capacity to Provide Services for People Who Use Substances: A Needs and Assets Assessment 

Canadian AIDS Society

This bilingual publication summarizes the results of findings from a community-based, multi-phased assessment of the needs and assets of the Canadian AIDS Society's member organizations with respect to providing services for people who use substances. It identifies the effective and challenging aspects of their work and shares the successes and lessons of experienced practitioners in the field of harm reduction.

 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25715&language=en> Order free copies through the Ordering Centre here

 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26301E.pdf> PDF Version – Enhancing Capacity to Provide Services for People Who Use Substances 

New prevention technologies and vaccine development - Report: Satellite meeting Montreal, March 4, 2010 

Canadian AIDS Society

This report highlights presentations on the existing research landscape, including vaccine social research, trial results and lessons learned, current developments in new prevention technologies, the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative, current projects, outreach and public awareness efforts and an outline of next steps.

 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25716&language=en> Order free copies through the Ordering Centre here

 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26302E.pdf> PDF Version – New prevention technologies and vaccine development - Report 

HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(3), June 2010 

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

Providing analysis and summaries of current developments in HIV/AIDS-related policy and law, this resource promotes education and the exchange of information, ideas, and experiences from an international perspective.

Features:

*	Criminalizing HIV transmission or exposure: the context of francophone West and Central Africa 
*	MSM law in francophone Africa and the fight against AIDS: the hypocrisy of certain countries 

 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25717&language=en> Order free copies through the Ordering Centre here

 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26305E.pdf> PDF Version – HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(3)

Pour une sexualité en santé (available in French only)

COCQ-SIDA, Fugues

This brochure is intended to provide the necessary information to empower individuals in making informed choices regarding their sexual practices, so as to reduce the risks of contracting or transmitting STIs.

 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25718> Order free copies through the Ordering Centre here

 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26306.pdf> PDF Version – Pour une sexualité en santé 

Exposing the Determinants: 2009 5th Annual Gay Men’s Health Summit

Community-Based Research Centre

The 5th BC Gay Men’s Health Summit focused on the broad determinants of health impacting on gay men – especially social effects beyond our control.

 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25744&language=en> Order free copies through the Ordering Centre here

 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26307.pdf> PDF Version – Exposing the Determinants 

Protect your P#@*Y; Cover your C#!K: HIV & Youth 

AIDS Committee of Durham Region

A booklet developed by the Youth Advisory Committee of the AIDS Committee of Durham Region, providing information on HIV prevention and safer sex for youth.

 <http://orders.catie.ca/product_info.php?products_id=25735> Order free copies through the Ordering Centre here

 <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26311.pdf> PDF Version – Protect your P#@*Y; Cover your C#!K: HIV & Youth 

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5) What’s new in hepatitis C?

This section is dedicated to information on hepatitis C. For more information, please visit  <http://www.hepcinfo.ca/> www.hepCinfo.ca.

a) World Hepatitis Alliance applauds World Health Assembly decision.

The World Hepatitis Alliance has welcomed the agreement of a World Health Organization (WHO) resolution on viral hepatitis by the 63rd World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 21, 2010. 

For the first time, the resolution recognizes the global impact of hepatitis B and C – two diseases that kill one million people a year and which to date have not received the global attention they deserve. The World Health Assembly has established a robust framework to deliver improvements in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and awareness. The resolution clearly states the need for global coordinated action to tackle viral hepatitis backed by dedicated resources. It also provides global endorsement of World Hepatitis Day as the primary focus for national and international awareness-raising efforts. 

For further information, please visit:  <http://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/> www.worldhepatitisalliance.org    

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6) 2010 OHTN Annual Research Conference: Call for Abstracts due September 13.

The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) 12th Annual Research Conference is quickly approaching! This year’s conference on Research at the Frontlines: Targeting the Complexities of HIV will be held on November 15 and 16, 2010, at the Hilton Toronto Hotel. The OHTN is currently seeking abstract submissions, proposals for satellite meetings (to be held November 14 and 17) and ideas for arts-based approaches to express HIV research for inclusion in the Conference program. Interested applicants must submit their abstracts and proposals no later than Monday, September 13, 2010. 

For more information on how to submit, please  <http://www.ohtn.on.ca/Pages/Whats-On/2010-Conference.aspx> refer to the OHTN Conference website.

For additional information on the Conference, please contact Roxanne Ali at  <mailto:conference at ohtn.on.ca> mailto:conference at ohtn.on.ca or 416-642-6486/1-877-743-6486, ext 2215.

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7) CATIE’s OHTN Learning Institute.

CATIE’s 2010 Learning Institute continues our mission to link frontline service providers with the latest research. CATIE’s Learning Institutes help prepare community members from our Capacity Building partners across Canada to attend HIV research conferences. The evening of November 14 incorporates learning and networking opportunities to encourage consistent and effective participation at the conference. The post-conference Rapporteur Session (November 17) will translate the research and summarize major findings from the conference.

If you are interested in attending the Learning Institute, please contact Mara Brotman at  <mailto:mbrotman at catie.ca> mbrotman at catie.ca or 1-800-263-1638, ext. 249.

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8) Coming soon to a community near you... the 2010 Polar Ice campaign!

Once again, Corby Distilleries has launched its Polar Ice Campaign. The 2010 limited-edition bottle will hit stores in BC this month and in Ontario as of September 12.   

The contributing artist to this year's bottle is Don Short whose work was selected in an artwork contest held by Corby Distilleries to seek a unique and compelling design. 

We encourage you to share this information with your friends, family and colleagues. As in past years, $1 from the purchase of each special-edition Polar Ice bottle will go to the Canadian AIDS Society.

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9) Community Research Study seeking people living with HIV who are employed. 

The OHTN is conducting a community research study to understand the relationship between employment and health for people living with HIV. Participants will complete three questionnaires over two years. Financial compensation is provided. Your identity will be kept strictly confidential.

If you are employed and HIV positive, over 18 and live in Ontario, please call 1-866-332-2501 (or 416-969-4881 in Toronto).

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10) Study of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s HIV/AIDS Funding Programs’ Structure – Focus Groups’ Discussions with Stakeholders.

In November 2009 the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) informed you of

1) the extension of funding until March 31, 2012, and 2) the undertaking of the study of PHAC’s HIV/AIDS funding programs’ structure. The study will examine the effectiveness, alignment with overall public health goals and the continued relevance of PHAC’s current HIV/AIDS funding program structure.

The firm Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (RCGT) was awarded the contract to conduct the study following a competitive process.

As part of the study, RCGT will hold a series of group discussions with the

HIV/AIDS community stakeholders and partners. For this first round, RCGT has established a list of organizations based on a random sample of PHAC’s HIV/AIDS funding recipients. These organizations will be invited to register for focus-group discussions. If you receive an invitation (either by e-mail or by phone), and want to participate, please provide the consultants with the name of the person in your organization, such as the Executive Director or Board Chair, who can best represent the interests and perspective of your organization as well as those of the community and populations you serve.

The second round of discussions will examine the potential benefits and drawbacks of proposed new models and approaches for the funding programs’

structure. These will be done in a more targeted fashion with a sample of first-round participants who will receive a background paper to serve as the basis for discussions with RCGT. The second round is planned for early fall 2010.

In addition to the group discussions, interviews with representatives from provincial and territorial governments and key informants will also be conducted.

If you have not been contacted by the end of August, and you would like to participate, you may provide your input to the consultants directly. You can reach Marc Hyndman at 1-514-878-2692 (ext. 2237) or by e-mail at hyndman.marc at rcgt.com. RCGT will ensure your contribution to this important initiative is taken into account.

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11) Drug policy should be based on science, not ideology. Sign the Vienna Declaration.

The Vienna Declaration is a statement seeking to improve community health and safety by calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into illicit drug policies. Scientists, health practitioners and the public are invited to endorse this document in order to bring these issues to the attention of governments and international agencies, and to illustrate that drug policy reform is a matter of urgent international significance. The declaration was drafted by a  <http://www.viennadeclaration.com/writing-committee.html> team of international experts and initiated by the  <http://www.iasociety.org/> International AIDS Society, the  <http://www.icsdp.org/> International Centre for Science in Drug Policy (ICSDP), and the  <http://www.cfenet.ubc.ca/> BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. To read the Declaration and endorse it, visit  <http://www.viennadeclaration.com/> www.viennadeclaration.com.

Laurie Edmiston, our Executive Director, has signed the Vienna Declaration on behalf of CATIE.

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12) Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) campaign.

Although Parliament has risen for the summer, your help to build support in Parliament is still needed to ensure passage of Bill C-393, a private member’s bill which proposes to streamline CAMR, created in 2004 to help export lower-cost, generic medicines to developing countries. The bill is slated for study by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology when parliamentarians return to Ottawa this fall. 

In May, it was reported that the Committee had received approximately 2,000 postcards, an unprecedented number. They have now received more than double the amount — some 5,500 postcards! Please keep sending them. To order postcards for distribution at your events or to your members, contact outreach coordinator Lindsey Simms at  <mailto:lsimms at aidslaw.ca> lsimms at aidslaw.ca.

The campaign needs your involvement to ensure a stronger base of support for the proposed reforms, in the face of powerful opposition from the brand-name pharmaceutical lobby and some MPs. For further details about CAMR and the campaign to fix it, see  <http://www.aidslaw.ca/camr> www.aidslaw.ca/camr.

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13) New resource available from Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: Safe Food Handling for People with Weakened Immune Systems.

This resource informs Canadians of the importance of food safety for people with weakened immune systems. Examples of people who may have weakened immune systems include transplant patients and those with diabetes and HIV/AIDS, as well as individuals receiving chemotherapy for cancer. People with weakened immune systems are advised to pay close attention to what they're eating as some foods present a higher risk for food-borne illness than others. 

It's estimated that there are approximately 11 million cases of food-borne illnesses in Canada every year. Many of these illnesses could be prevented by following food safety steps. To minimize the risks of food-borne illness, people with weakened immune systems and their caregivers are encouraged to follow the four key steps to food safety: Cook; Clean; Chill and Separate.

Website <http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/kitchen-cuisine/immune-sys-immunitaire-eng.php>  and PDF version - Safe Food Handling for People with Weakened Immune Systems

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14) The Episodic Disabilities Employment Network website is now live!

Are you living with HIV? Are employment topics on your mind? Want to connect with others on this topic?

On the EDEN website, you can:

*	Find information on employment programs and services across Canada 
*	Connect with others living with HIV, and other episodic disabilities, about employment issues, challenges and opportunities 
*	Ask Human Resources professionals employment-related questions 
*	Read personal stories of how people living with HIV and other episodic disabilities successfully handled challenging work situations 
*	Watch videos about: 

*	Personal stories, including topics such as return to work 
*	Information on legal supports 
*	Information on workplace accommodations, such as flexible work hours 

Visit the website today and get connected at  <http://www.edencanada.ca/> www.edencanada.ca. 

For more information, contact Project Coordinator Melissa Popiel at mpopiel at hivandrehab.ca

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15) Call for Endorsements to Halt Passage of Bill S-10.

As most of you know, the federal government reintroduced a cosmetically modified mandatory minimum sentencing bill (Bill S-10: AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT AND TO MAKE RELATED AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS) in the Senate before they recessed for the summer. As Parliament resumes in the Fall, we believe it is important for the pertinent parliamentary committees - as well as provincial and territorial government agencies that will consider or be impacted by S-10 - to hear our collective voice, expressing our concern for a bill that will not only undermine the health and well-being of our communities, but also trample their human rights.

Last summer, many of you signed a very similar letter prepared by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. It is critical that you show your support again as this letter will be directed to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. In addition, we plan to CC provincial and territorial ministries of health and attorneys general.

To sign on to the letter, please e-mail Gennet Campbell at gcampbell at aidslaw.ca with 'BILL S-10' in the subject line, by 5:00 p.m. ET on September 7. Parliament Hill needs to hear our voices.

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16) HIV and HCV Positions.

Selected positions across the country and around the world. If you would like to suggest postings to include in the next issue, please send an e-mail to Véronique Destrubé at vdestrube at catie.ca by October 1, 2010.

PHA Health Promotion & Community Education Coordinator (Peel HIV/AIDS Network)

Mississauga, ON

Deadline: September 8, 2010

 <http://www.phan.ca/dnn/AboutUs/JobOpportunities.aspx> More details here…

Program Assistant for UNAIDS Communications and Consultation Facility (ICASO)

Toronto, ON

Deadline: September 10, 2010

 <http://www.icaso.org/employment.html> More details here…

CATIE

Coming soon! Watch the  <http://www.catie.ca/eng/getinvolved/career.shtml> CATIE website for new position postings in gay men’s sexual health and in hepatitis C programming.

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17) HIV and HCV Event Calendar. 

Selected events across the country and around the world. If you would like to suggest events to include in the next issue, please send an e-mail to Véronique Destrubé at vdestrube at catie.ca by October 1, 2010.

LGBT Mental Health and Addictions Research Consultation 

Rainbow Health Ontario and the “Creating Together” project of the Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Knowledge Exchange Network

September 13

Toronto, ON

 <http://creatingtogetherlgbt.eventbrite.com/> More details here…

Community Health Forum for people living with HIV/AIDS – “HIV and the Social Determinants of Health”

AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)

September 15

Toronto, ON

 <http://www.ohtn.on.ca/Documents/Publications/didyouknow/aug24_10/ACT%20Community%20Health%20Forum.gif> More details here…

PASAN’s Annual General Meeting

Prisoners HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)

September 15

Toronto, ON

ACO’s 25th anniversary – Honouring our Community and AGM

AIDS Committee of Ottawa (ACO)

September 18

Ottawa, ON

PWA’s Annual General Meeting

Toronto People With AIDS Foundation (TPWAF)

September 22

Toronto, ON

 <http://www.pwatoronto.org/index.php> More details here…

AIDS Committee of Toronto’s Annual General Meeting

AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)

September 27

Toronto, ON

 <http://www.actoronto.org/agm> More details here…

HALCO 15th Anniversary Celebration and Annual General Meeting

HIV and AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario) (HALCO)

September 27

Toronto, ON

More details here… <http://www.halco.org/> 

Rally for action on the global AIDS crisis

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the National Advocacy Committee for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) and Results Canada

September 28

Ottawa, ON

 <http://www.aidslaw.ca/camr> More details here…

Red Road HIV/AIDS Network Skills Building Meeting

Red Road HIV/AIDS Network

October 4 – 5

Richmond, BC

 <http://www.red-road.org/> More details here…

CATIE Pacific Educational Conference

CATIE and the Pacific AIDS Network

October 6 – 7

Richmond, BC

 <http://www.catie.ca/eng/GetInvolved/REC2010.shtml> More details here…

19th Annual Northwestern Ontario HIV/AIDS Opening Doors Counselling Conference – “Engaging populations at risk” 

AIDS Thunder Bay

October 14 – 15

Thunder Bay, ON

 <http://www.aidsthunderbay.org/> More details here… 

16th Annual Manitoba HIV Conference – “Positive outlook: HIV and aging”

Nine Circles Community Health Centre

October 25 – 26

Winnipeg, MB

 <http://ninecircles.ca/nine-circles-news/manitoba-hiv-conference-2.html> More details here…

CTAC's AGM and the 1st Canadian HIV and HBV/HCV Co-infection Research Summit

Canadian Treatment Action Council

October 29 – 31

Toronto, ON

 <http://www.ctac.ca/en/action/summit> More details here…

Canadian Conference on Global Health (CCGH) 

The Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH)

October 31 – November 3

Ottawa, ON

 <http://www.csih.org/en/conference/index.asp> More details here…

4th Annual Aboriginal HIV/AIDS and HCV Conference – “The Journey of an Honorable Warrior”

All Nations Hope AIDS Network

November 3 – 4

Saskatoon, SK

 <http://www.allnationshope.ca/> More details here…

2010 OHTN Research Conference

Ontario HIV Treatment Network

November 15 – 16  

Toronto, ON

 <http://www.ohtn.on.ca/Pages/Whats-On/2010-Conference.aspx> More details here…

CATIE’s 20th Anniversary Reception 

CATIE

November 28  

Toronto, ON

CATIE Annual General Meeting

CATIE

November 29  

Toronto, ON

World AIDS Day

December 1

Aboriginal AIDS Awareness week

December 1 – 5

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