[Viva] Fwd: The CATIE Exchange - January 22, 2014

[Tami Starlight]

Happy lunar new year peoples.

Hiy Hiy/Thank you/Merci
*Tami M. Starlight*
Unceded & occupied Coast Salish Territory
Vancouver, Canada
tamistarlight at gmail.com
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     The CATIE Exchange - Bi-weekly forum on CATIE and frontline programs
     [image: CATIE Exchange Banner]  January 22, 2014
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        Events

*Panel discussion: Prison needle syringe
programs*<http://www.facebook.com/events/233425186819563>
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and partners
January 23, 2014
Toronto, ON

*Free training workshop on managing episodic
disabilities*<http://cwghrcampus.hivandrehab.ca/documents/Flyer%20to%20promote%20Training%20for%20Frontline%20Managers%20and%20Supervisors.pdf>
Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation
January 23, 2014
Toronto, ON

*Quebec Regional Educational Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and
Co-Infection*<http://www.catie.ca/en/qrec?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>
COCQ-SIDA and CATIE
March 11 to 12, 2014
Montreal, QC

*LGBT Philanthropy Conference
<http://lgbtgivingnetwork.org/events/lgbt-philanthropy-conference/>*
LGBT Giving Network
April 24 to 25, 2014
Toronto, ON

*Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research*<http://www.cahr-acrv.ca/conference/>
Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR)
May 1 to 4, 2014
St. John’s, NL
  Job Postings

*Leader, HIV Prevention
<https://careers-vch.icims.com/jobs/45722/leader%2c-hiv-prevention/job>*
Vancouver Coastal Health

*Health Educator, HIV/STI Testing Nurse
<http://ninecircles.ca/about-us/news/6-nine-circles-news/150-jobopportunities.html>*
Nine Circles Community Health Centre

*Executive Director* <http://www.phan.ca/dnn/AboutUs/JobOpportunities.aspx>
Peel HIV/AIDS Network
  Did you know?

CATIE has developed a free and confidential app on HIV treatment to have a
more effective talk between patients and doctors about HIV treatment
options. Check out *YourDocTalk
*today<http://www.catie.ca/en/treatment/yourdoctalk?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>
!
  Other CATIE e-publications you can subscribe to

*TreatmentUpdate
<http://www.catie.ca/en/treatmentupdate?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>*
In-depth reports on HIV and hepatitis C research and treatment

*CATIE News
<http://www.catie.ca/en/catienews?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>*
Bite-sized HIV and HCV news items

*Prevention in Focus
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>*
Highlights on prevention research and how it can be integrated into the
planning and provision of services

*HepCinfo Updates*<http://www.hepcinfo.ca/en/detail/links-resources/hepcinfo-updates?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>
Bi-weekly highlights of key hepatitis C prevention, harm reduction,
treatment, support and epidemiology information

<http://www.catie.ca/en/about/membership&utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email+&utm_content=en>

*Join us - it's free!
<http://www.catie.ca/en/about/membership&utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email+&utm_content=en>*
       Highlights in this Issue

   - *The Positive Side*: New issue!
   - The Hep C Handbook
   - Webinar: HIV and Aging
   - How are we doing? CATIE evaluation survey

  New Resources   *The Positive Side*, Winter
2014<http://www.catie.ca/en/positiveside?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

CATIE’s health and wellness magazine for people living with HIV. In this
issue: the life and music of Robert Bardston; experts offer practical
advice on how to uproot anxiety; entrepreneurs on the birth of their
startups; the healing power of touch; how to thwart a thyroid problem;
Native theatre pioneer Doris Peltier; superfoods; nutritional supplements
people swear by; and a snapshot of the HIV epidemic across Canada.

Download the PDF <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-60000s/60211.pdf>
    The Hep C Handbook: The goods on Hep C, safer drug use, tattooing and
piercing<http://www.catie.ca/en/resources/hep-c-handbook-goods-hep-c-safer-drug-use-tattooing-and-piercing?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

This booklet for youth covers the basics, including transmission, testing,
harm reduction and how to live well with Hep C.

Download the PDF <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-30000s/30059.pdf>
  *TreatmentUpdate
199*<http://www.catie.ca/en/treatmentupdate/treatmentupdate-199?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

The latest issue of TreatmentUpdate focuses on integrase inhibitors. What
are they? What’s new?

   - Know your integrase inhibitors
   - Dolutegravir approved in Canada—what you need to know
   - Dolutegravir vs. darunavir for the initial treatment of HIV
   - Dolutegravir vs. raltegravir—results after two years
   - Resistance to integrase inhibitors


   *HIV and AIDS in Canada: Surveillance Report to December 31,
2012*<http://www.catie.ca/en/resources/hiv-and-aids-canada-surveillance-report-december-31-2012?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

Presents an overview of the HIV/AIDS situation in Canada based on case
reports of HIV and AIDS submitted by all provinces and territories. This
report is published on an annual basis as part of the Public Health Agency
of Canada’s mandate to collect and analyze surveillance data at the
national level.

Download the PDF<http://www.catie.ca/sites/default/files/HIV-AIDS-Surveillence-in-Canada-2012-EN-FINAL.pdf>
   Frequently Asked Questions about Hepatitis C for First Nations, Metis
and Inuit<http://www.catie.ca/en/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-hepatitis-c-first-nations-metis-and-inuit?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

Download the PDF <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-30000s/30062.pdf>


   A Guide for Getting Ready for Hepatitis C Treatment for First Nations,
Metis and Inuit<http://www.catie.ca/en/resources/guide-getting-ready-hepatitis-c-treatment-first-nations-metis-and-inuit?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

Download the PDF <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-30000s/30061.pdf>
   Hepatitis C Virus Pre- and Post-Test Checklists for First Nations, Metis
and Inuit<http://www.catie.ca/en/resources/hepatitis-c-virus-pre-and-post-test-checklists-first-nations-metis-and-inuit?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

Download the PDF <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-30000s/30063.pdf>
   *National Consensus Statement on Women, Trans People and Girls and HIV
Research in Canada*<http://www.catie.ca/en/resources/national-consensus-statement-women-trans-people-and-girls-and-hiv-research-canada?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

This National Consensus Statement raises key research issues and needs as
they relate to women’s, trans people’s and girls’ experiences of HIV in
Canada, in a concise and accessible manner. It is intended for those who
are involved in shaping or conducting research related to HIV in Canada,
including researchers, policy-makers and research funders.

Download the PDF<http://www.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/Diff/gahps/NationalConsensusStatementEnglishV11.pdf>
   *One Foot Forward: A GIPA Training Toolkit Module 10 - Active, Aging and
HIV+*<http://www.catie.ca/en/resources/one-foot-forward-gipa-training-toolkit-module-10-active-aging-and-hiv?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

This module is intended for older adults with an interest in learning more
about the Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA)
principles, how an agency works and where they might contribute, finding
and discovering their own voice and interests, learning about some of the
ways aging intersects with HIV, and the value they bring through sharing
their experiences.

Download the PDF <http://library.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-20000s/26402_10E.pdf>
  Webinars  February 11: HIV and
Aging<http://www.catie.ca/en/webinar-series-building-blocks?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214#aging>

This webinar presents information for people aging with HIV and service
providers who work with them: an overview of current demographics and new
infection trends; key sexual health messaging; and the impact of stigma.

Presenter: Thomas Egdorf, Regional Health Education Coordinator, CATIE
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 1 to 2 p.m. Eastern Time (UTC-05)

Register now<http://www.catie.ca/en/webinar-series-building-blocks?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214#aging>
.
  CATIE News

*Using Facebook to help trace and control the spread of an outbreak of
syphilis*<http://www.catie.ca/en/catienews/2014-01-21/using-facebook-help-trace-and-control-spread-outbreak-syphilis?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

*Two North American surveys engage doctors about their attitudes towards
PrEP*<http://www.catie.ca/en/catienews/2014-01-16/two-north-american-surveys-engage-doctors-about-their-attitudes-towards-prep?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

*Unusual and rare complication described in San
Francisco*<http://www.catie.ca/en/catienews/2013-12-05/unusual-and-rare-complication-described-san-francisco?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

*Top 10 HIV and Hep C research news from
2013*<http://www.catie.ca/en/top-research-news-2013?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

Research for the cure? New Hep C treatments? Treatment as prevention? What
were the most notable research news stories of 2013?
  CATIE Updates  How are we
doing?<http://fluidsurveys.com/s/CATIE_evaluation/?l=en>

Are you a frontline service provider doing HIV or hepatitis C work? We
would love to hear from you!

Please complete our 15-minute online survey and tell us how CATIE is
doing<http://fluidsurveys.com/s/CATIE_evaluation/?l=en>.
Your comments will help us evaluate our services and make them better for
you and your colleagues. All responses are anonymous.
 Quebec Regional Educational Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and
Co-Infection<http://www.catie.ca/en/qrec?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>

Tuesday, March 11 and Wednesday, March 12, 2014
The Centre St-Pierre, 1212 Panet Street, Montreal, QC

Co-organized by COCQ-SIDA and CATIE, in consultation with a regional
planning committee, the event will allow diverse stakeholders from across
the province to come together and discuss issues that are of importance to
the region, share strategies and best practices, and network. At the
conference, you will be able to learn more about:

   - The communities that are affected by HIV, hepatitis C and/or
   co-infection in Quebec, and what is being done to support them;
   - Important issues for people living with HIV, hepatitis C and/or
   co-infection;
   - Innovative Quebec programs that respond to HIV, hepatitis C and/or
   co-infection;
   - New discoveries and research related to HIV, hepatitis C and/or
   co-infection.

 The conference will be of interest to persons residing or working in
Quebec who are:

   - living with HIV and/or hepatitis C; and/or
   - working, volunteering or interested in the field(s) of HIV/AIDS, viral
   hepatitis, sexual health, public health, mental health, community
   mobilization and related issues.

 The conference will be offered in French only.

Online registration and scholarship applications are now
available<http://www.catie.ca/en/qrec?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=012214>
.
  Highlights from our Partners  Positive Outlook: How to Work with
Depressed Clients Living with Episodic
Disabilities<http://cwghrcampus.hivandrehab.ca/po_reg/workshop-overview.php>

The Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR) is pleased to
invite you to participate in a two-day workshop for frontline health and
social service professionals who meet directly with clients and feel that
depression is limiting their clients’ quality of life. It is a mental
health workshop for frontline service providers who are not mental health
specialists.

CWGHR will be offering the Positive Outlook workshop in several Canadian
cities in February and March 2014.
 Scholarship applications for 2014 PHA Forum and the Canadian AIDS Society
Annual Meeting<http://www.cdnaids.ca/2014-plwhivaids-forum-and-the-canadian-aids-society-annual-meeting>

The 2014 People Living With HIV/AIDS Forum will be held June 6 and 7 and
the 2014 Canadian AIDS Society Annual Meeting will be held June 8 and 9 at
the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. The scholarship application forms
are now available online. The application deadline is February 14, 2014.
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