[Viva] Fwd: The CATIE Exchange - February 11, 2015
Tami Starlight
tamistarlight at gmail.com
Sun Feb 15 12:25:35 PST 2015
The CATIE Exchange - Bi-weekly forum on CATIE and frontline programs
[image: CATIE Exchange Banner] February 11, 2015
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Events
*7th Annual CSSDP Conference: A Rising Revolution: Drug Policy Reform
Around the Globe <http://cssdp.org/>*
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP)
February 27 to March 1, 2015
Toronto, ON
*4th Canadian Symposium on HCV* <http://www.ncrtp-hepc.ca/>
National CIHR Research Training Program in Hepatitis C
February 27, 2015
Banff, AB
*CAHN Education Day 2015*
<http://livernurses.org/cahn-education-day-2015-important-information>
Canadian Association of Hepatology Nurses
February 28, 2015
Banff, AB
*2015 Annual Hospice Palliative Care Ontario Conference*
<http://www.hpco.ca/conference/2015-annual-conference/>
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario
April 19 to 21, 2015
Richmond Hill, ON
*24th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research*
<http://www.cahr-acrv.ca/conference/>
Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR)
April 30 to May 3, 2015
Toronto, ON
*Grounding Trauma* <http://cast-canada.ca/GT2015.html>
CAST Canada
May 6 to 7, 2015
Alliston, ON
*23rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Nurses in HIV/AIDS
Care* <http://www.canac.org/Members/English/Conference.html>
Canadian Association of Nurses in HIV/AIDS Care (CANAC)
May 14 to 16, 2015
Ottawa, ON
*Public Health 2015* <http://www.cpha.ca/en/conferences/conf2015.aspx>
Canadian Public Health Association
May 25 to 28, 2015
Vancouver, BC
*13th Alberta Harm Reduction Conference* <http://albertaharmreduction.com/>
Streetworks, Alberta Addicts Who Educate and Advocate Responsibily (AAWEAR)
June 2 to 3, 2015
Edmonton, AB
*2015 PLWHIV/AIDS Forum and Canadian AIDS Society Annual Meeting*
<http://www.cdnaids.ca/home.nsf/pages/2015-plwhivaids-forum-and-the-canadian-aids-society-annual-meeting>
Canadian AIDS Society
June 12 to 15, 2015
Ottawa, ON
*37th Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference 2015*
<http://guelphsexualityconference.ca/>
University of Guelph
June 18 to 19, 2015
Guelph, ON
*Rhetoric or Reality: the 3rd International ASSHH Conference*
<http://asshhconference.org/>
Association for the Social Sciences and Humanities in HIV (ASSHH)
July 6 to 9, 2015
Stellenbosch, South Africa
*McGill Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases & Global Health*
<http://mcgill-idgh.ca/>
McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre
July 6 to 17, 2015
Montreal, QC
*Wise Practices V* <http://www.caan.ca/aha-centre/wise-practices/>
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
July 17 to 18, 2015
Vancouver, BC
*World Hepatitis Summit*
<http://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/en/world-hepatitis-summit-2-4-september-2015.html>
World Hepatitis Alliance
September 2 to 4, 2015
Glasgow, Scotland
*8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention*
<http://www.ias2015.org/Default.aspx?pageId=722>
International AIDS Society
September 19 to 22, 2015
Vancouver, BC
*2015 CATIE Forum, Making it work: From planning to practice*
<http://www.catie.ca/en/forum>
CATIE
October 15 to 16, 2015
Toronto, ON
*More events* <http://www.catie.ca/en/news/events>
Job Postings
*Communications Officer - maternity leave replacement*
<http://www.cdnaids.ca/postings.nsf/79bd30dc8fee05dc85256638007535f0/88818d9c2c57e23a85257dd900661e8d!OpenDocument>
Canadian AIDS Society
*Coordinator, OHTN Cohort Study and Applied Epidemiology Unit*
<https://charityvillage.com/jobs/search-results/job-detail.aspx?id=309864&l=2>
Ontario HIV Treatment Network
*Counsellor*
<https://charityvillage.com/jobs/search-results/job-detail.aspx?id=309935&l=2>
AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
*Heterosexual Men’s Group Coordinator*
<http://ontarioaidsnetwork.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/APAA-Heterosexual_Mens_Group_Coordinator-20150127.pdf>
Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA)
*Client Support Worker*
<https://charityvillage.com/jobs/search-results/job-detail.aspx?id=310066&l=2>
WellFort - Bloom Clinic.
*Interim Manager*
<https://charityvillage.com/jobs/search-results/job-detail.aspx?id=309355&l=2>
St. Stephen’s Community House
Did you know?
Are you looking for information on access to social services, legal issues,
immigration or financial assistance programs for people living with HIV
and/or hep C? The *Legal Issues and Accessing Social Support*
<http://www.catie.ca/en/healthy-living/legal-issues?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
page on CATIE’s website offers a range of resources and information on
healthcare and social services, immigration, financial support, disclosure
and other legal issues.
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=021115>*
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=021115>*
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=021115>*
Highlights on prevention research and how it can be integrated into the
planning and provision of services
*HepCinfo Updates*
<http://www.catie.ca/en/news/hepcinfo-updates?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
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!
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Highlights in this Issue
- It’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week! February 9-13, 2015
- To prevent heart attacks, researchers encourage quitting tobacco
- New *Prevention in Focus*, Issue 11
- Webinar: *Rural HIV Prevention in Canada *
- Webinar: New STI Resources for Front-Line Service Providers (PHAC)
New Resources *Prevention in Focus *
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
CATIE’s spotlight on HIV and hepatitis C programs and research. In this
issue:
- HIV prevention within serodiscordant couples: A changing paradigm
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/hiv-prevention-within-serodiscordant-couples-changing-paradigm?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
- Views from the front lines: Counselling serodiscordant couples
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/views-front-lines-counselling-serodiscordant-couples?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
- Rapid point-of-care HIV testing: A review of the evidence
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/rapid-point-care-hiv-testing-review-evidence?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
- Harm reduction behind bars: Prison-based needle and syringe programs
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/harm-reduction-behind-bars-prison-based-needle-and-syringe-programs?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
- Changing the Narrative: Why HIV prevention work in Canada needs to
embrace HIV treatment
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/changing-narrative-why-hiv-prevention-work-canada-needs-embrace-hiv-treatment?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
- The state of HIV testing in Canada: A systematic review
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/state-hiv-testing-canada-systematic-review?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
- Research Update: Could routine testing help reduce the number of
people who are unaware they are HIV positive?
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/research-update-could-routine-testing-help-reduce-number-people-who-are-unaware-they?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
- Research Update: What can we learn from an American HIV testing
campaign?
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/research-update-what-can-we-learn-american-hiv-testing-campaign?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
- International resources for prevention with gay men
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/international-resources-prevention-gay-men?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
- Fast Facts: HIV infections in Canada
<http://www.catie.ca/en/pif/spring-2015/fast-facts-hiv-infections-canada?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
*The Positive Side* (Winter 2015): HIV Diaries
<http://www.catie.ca/en/positiveside?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
Health and wellness magazine for people living with HIV. In this issue:
Murray Jose-Boerbridge reflects on his life-changing moments; a tour of the
HIV blogosphere; PHAs on what it means to be undetectable; where Canada’s
at with medicinal marijuana; expert advice on how to cope with chronic
pain; self-care; artist provocateur Shan Kelley; and much more.
Download the PDF <http://librarypdf.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-60000s/60221.pdf>
Choosing a safer injection site
<http://www.catie.ca/en/resources/choosing-safer-injection-site?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
CATIE
This new pocket sized, easy-to-understand wallet card helps you and your
clients understand which parts of the body are safer for injection, and
which parts aren’t. And most important, why.
Download the PDF <http://librarypdf.catie.ca/pdf/ATI-70000s/70162.pdf>
FACTSHEET: Harvoni (ledipasvir + sofosbuvir)
<http://www.catie.ca/en/fact-sheets/hepatitis/harvoni-ledipasvir-sofosbuvir?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
CATIE
This factsheet looks at Harvoni, a medication used to treat Hep C. Harvoni
is a combination of ledipasvir and sofosbuvir, and approved in Canada for
people with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus.
Download the PDF <http://librarypdf.catie.ca/pdf/ATI-50000s/50243.pdf>
*Treatment Update* 206
<http://www.catie.ca/en/treatmentupdate/treatmentupdate-206?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
*TreatmentUpdate* is CATIE's digest on cutting-edge developments in HIV and
hepatitis C research and treatment. In this issue: The safety of ART during
pregnancy; risks for hypospadias; risk factors for premature births;
attitudes toward rapid HIV testing during labour.
Download the PDF <http://librarypdf.catie.ca/PDF/ATI-60000s/60225E.pdf>
News
Danish study underscores link between heart attacks and smoking
<http://www.catie.ca/en/catienews/2015-01-27/danish-study-underscores-link-between-heart-attacks-and-smoking?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
To prevent heart attacks, researchers encourage quitting tobacco
<http://www.catie.ca/en/catienews/2015-01-26/prevent-heart-attacks-researchers-encourage-quitting-tobacco?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
Heart attack risk can decline if the right steps are taken
<http://www.catie.ca/en/catienews/2015-02-04/heart-attack-risk-can-decline-if-right-steps-are-taken?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
*HepCInfo Update* 6.2: Birth cohort screening cost effective; boceprevir to
be discontinued in U.S.; Harvoni plus third drug, six week treatment
<http://www.catie.ca/en/news/hepcinfo-updates/2015-02-04?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
HIV rates coming down in Toronto two years in a row - PositiveLite.com
<http://www.positivelite.com/component/zoo/item/hiv-rates-coming-down-in-toronto-two-years-in-a-row>
CATIE updates Webinar – *Rural HIV Prevention in Canada*
<https://catie.webex.com/mw0401l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=catie>
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 1 p.m. ET
Do you plan or provide HIV prevention programs in a rural or remote area of
Canada? This upcoming webinar introduces a new website created to assist
service providers working in these areas.
A team of researchers, led by the CIHR Social Research Centre in HIV
Prevention (SRC), has assembled a compilation of promising and innovative
HIV prevention programs in rural and remote areas of Canada. The Rural HIV
Prevention in Canada website <http://ruralhivprevention.ca/> is a bilingual
project led by SRC with the support of the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS
Network, Canadian AIDS Society, CATIE and the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials
Network.
This webinar
<https://catie.webex.com/mw0401l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=catie> will be
recorded and available for viewing online after the broadcast. Please note
that this webinar will be presented in English, with presentation slides
available in French. Subscribe to CATIE’s webinar e-mail list
<http://www.catie.ca/en/about/media/subscriptions> to stay informed.
The *CATIE Blog *– New Post: Program science: Taking the guesswork out of
prevention – By Zak Knowles
<http://blog.catie.ca?utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
The *CATIE Blog* is our way of bringing more people into the conversation
about HIV and hepatitis C. Check out our recent posts:
- Share and conquer: Pooling our programming know-how
<http://blog.catie.ca/?p=206&utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
– By Erica Lee
- A clinician’s perspective on the criminalization of women living with
HIV
<http://blog.catie.ca/?p=201&utm_source=tce&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=021115>
– By Dr. Mona Loutfy
Highlights from our Partners Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness
Week – February 9-13, 2015
<http://www.sexualhealthandrights.ca/srhweek-2015/>
Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week is February 9 to 13, 2015.
This year’s theme, led by Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, is *Heart
Your Parts. *For more information about the week, including campaign
materials, check out the SHR awareness campaign website www.srhweek.ca/.
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Webinar - New STI Resources for
Front-Line Service Providers
<https://gts-ee.webex.com/gts-ee/onstage/g.php?d=550746470&t=a>
In commemoration of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Awareness Week,
PHAC is pleased to host a webinar on February 12, 2015 which will feature
new resources for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted
infections. PHAC will highlight the launch of this year's SRH Awareness
Campaign, and introduce the Agency's new mobile application for the *Canadian
Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections* for Apple and Android
devices. The application, designed for use by Canadian healthcare
professionals, provides up-to-date recommendations for the diagnosis and
management of STIs in a convenient and easy-to-use format. *Event password:
STIS*
Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI) Research and Development Alliance
Coordinating Office (ACO): Webinar – *Understanding interactions between
female sex hormones, hormonal contraception and HIV susceptibility in women*
<http://www.alliance-aco.ca/webinars>
This webinar on February 12, 2015 will provide Canadian researchers with a
better understanding of the research and controversy surrounding hormonal
contraception and links to increased HIV susceptibility and transmission in
women.
Canadian AIDS Society (CAS): Online Survey to provide input into 2015-18
Strategic Plan <http://fluidsurveys.com/s/cas-online-survey/>
CAS is seeking input from a broad and diverse group of stakeholders to help
evaluate strengths relative to their current strategic plan (2010-2013), as
well as identify priorities CAS should focus on over the next three years.
The survey <http://fluidsurveys.com/s/cas-online-survey/> deadline is
February 17, 2015.
CAS: National Survey - Living with Hepatitis C
<http://cdnaids.ca/national-survey-living-with-hepatitis-c>
CAS will engage a national Advisory Committee to guide a national survey
focused on living with hepatitis C. The goal of the survey is to amass a
credible body of lived experiential evidence that will highlight what it
means to live with hepatitis C in Canada. CAS hopes to launch the survey
around World Hepatitis Day (July 28, 2015). CAS would appreciate your
assistance in getting the word out and sharing the importance of this
initiative with your communities and networks.
The Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR): Call for
nominations - Elisse Zack Award for Excellence in HIV and Rehabilitation
<http://www.hivandrehab.ca/EN/about_us/awards.php>
The Elisse Zack Award for Excellence in HIV and Rehabilitation, the awards
program re-named in 2014 in honour of CWGHR’s founding Executive Director
Elisse Zack, seeks to highlight outstanding contributions toward improving
the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS and to acknowledge those who
embody CWGHR’s values and goals. Nominations will be accepted for any
individual or organization until February 27, 2015. The award will be
presented to the recipient at the CWGHR Forum and Annual General Meeting on
June 15, 2015.
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN): Family Matters: Informing a
Family-based Model of Care with Aboriginal Families Affected by HIV –
Storytelling Circle participants needed
A national research team of academics, Aboriginal community health and AIDS
service organizations and Aboriginal people living with HIV and AIDS is
seeking participants in Halifax, Ottawa, Regina and Victoria for a research
study to help explore and identify important features of programs for
family members living with and affected by HIV. For more information or to
get involved, please contact Carrielynn Lund: carriel at caan.ca.
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD): Webinar: HIV,
Gender-Based Violence and the Policy Environment
<http://www.icad-cisd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=654%3Asave-the-date-webinar-hiv-gender-based-violence-and-the-policy-environment&catid=49%3Agender&lang=en>
In recognition of International Women's Day (March 8), ICAD invites you to
join them for a webinar on March 5, 2015 that will explore the impact of
policy and legal environments on HIV and Gender-Based Violence. Speakers
will explore the ways in which laws and policies can shape the lives of
women in Zimbabwe and Canada.
Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (CANOC): Call for Applications -
Community Investigators
<http://www.canoc.ca/WP/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CANOC-Call-Community-Investigators-2015-Final.pdf>
CANOC’s Collaborative Research Centre seeks to evaluate the impact of
antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the health and wellbeing of persons living
with HIV across Canada. CANOC is currently seeking qualified individuals to
join their team as Community Investigators. The application deadline is
March 15th, 2015.
Memorial University of Newfoundland: Call for papers – Critical Approaches
to Harm Reduction Policy, Practice and Philosophy:
*Conflict, Institutionalization, (De-)Politicization, and Direct Action*
<http://www.academia.edu/9825584/Call_for_Papers_Critical_Approaches_to_Harm_Reduction_Policy_Practice_and_Philosophy>
Abstracts are being solicited for a co-edited book of essays tentatively
entitled *Critical Approaches to Harm Reduction Policy, Practice, and
Philosophy: Conflict, Institutionalization, (De-) Politicization, and
Direct Action*. Submissions that explicitly adopt a drug/service
user-centred approach and/or actively include the voices, perspectives and
lived experiential knowledge of drug/service users are encouraged.
Abstracts are due February 13, 2015. Contact CriticalHarmReduction at gmail.com
for more information.
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