No Images? Click here Connecting with our network coast to coastREACH 2.0 News & Events, November 2016 Live from the OHTN Conference 2016: HIV Endgame IIWhat's Hot with Peer Researchers?Maximizing Support:Highlights from the Supporting PRAs Effectively WorkshopHosted by James Watson Tuesday, November 22nd @ 2:30pm EST
Supporting Indigenous Mothers in Ways that WorkREACH 2.0 is pleased to announce the successful funding of a group that seeks to develop a toolkit for health and social care providers, legal advocates and other front line service workers aimed at supporting Indigenous mothers living with HIV during pregnancy, birth and motherhood. The project is in response to the lived experiences of Indigenous mothers with HIV who have experienced a range of barriers to health and social services throughout their pregnancy, birthing and mothering experiences. The Group Formerly Known as POCTThe REACH 2.0 National Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Working Group has undergone a number of changes in the last few months. ÇA BOUGE AU QUÉBEC!Les 29 et 30 septembre derniers, soixante-dix partenaires de recherche (membres des communautés clés, du milieu communautaire, universitaire, clinique ou institutionnel) se sont réunis à Montréal pour la Deuxième rencontre québécoise de recherche communautaire VIH/sida. Organisées tous les trois ans, ces rencontres sont l’occasion de faire le tour des projets en cours, des intérêts et des priorités de recherche du milieu communautaire et de travailler à l’ébauche d’initiatives de recherche porteuses. New Staff AnnouncementREACH 2.0 is excited to welcome Michael Quennell who joined the Saskatchewan HIV/AIDS Research Endeavour (SHARE) in October 2016, as a Community Based Research Associate. Read more here. Housing and Food: Two Sides of the Health CoinThe Positive Living, Positive Homes team in BC tapped into the housing-related data from BC’s arm of the Food Security Study to help contextualize our understanding of these issues. The team spoke with 329 people living with HIV in four regions of the province to learn more about where they lived and their level of food security. Manitoba Team Building Capacity on Collective ImpactOur Manitoba HIV Collective Impact Research-Evaluation-Action Network is actively engaged in building our collective impact capacity. On September 15, 2016 a group of people from our network attended the “Accelerating Community Change with Collective Impact” workshop which was delivered by Liz Weaver from Tamarack Institute and hosted by the United Way Winnipeg. Pan Project and Program WebinarsAs PAN is ramping up for its annual Fall Conference it has recorded a number of webinars highlighting work happening in our Community-Based Research and Evaluation Program. Closing the Gap Think Tank on HIV Testing in ManitobaThe Manitoba HIV Collective Impact Research-Evaluation-Action Network is hosting this one day Think Tank November 24th to engage key policy makers, front-line practitioners, people living with HIV, researchers and others in active discussion and action plan development to move us forward in Manitoba. Researcher Workshop: Navigating the New HIV Funding LandscapeCAHR is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Early- to Mid-Career level HIV Researcher Workshop, which will focus on Navigating the New HIV Funding Landscape. This workshop will aim to enable researchers to succeed in the new Canadian research funding schemes, provide strategies for developing successful grant proposals, and explore research funding alternatives. Date: Sunday January 15 – Tuesday January 17. Sessions will run from Monday Morning to Tuesday Evening Trans Priorities Project SurveyAre you a researcher who conducts research about trans women’s health and/or HIV or a service provider who works with trans women affected by HIV? We’d like to hear your thoughts about research priorities and information needs around trans women and HIV. The Trans Priorities Project is a trans-led initiative to identify priorities for research on trans women and HIV in Canada. As one part of this project, we are inviting researchers and service providers to participate in a short survey to share your perspectives on research priorities. This survey will take about 5-8 minutes and is anonymous. You can complete the survey here. Deadline is November 16, 2016.
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