For Women’s History Month, SafeLink Alberta sat down with our Board Chair, Dianne Dyer, to speak about her career and her impact on harm reduction in Alberta. Dyer is a retired registered nurse with …
Statement Against Anti-Trans, Homophobic, and Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Sentiment in Alberta
SafeLink Alberta is an organization dedicated to supporting and advocating for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals. We have been closely monitoring the recent increase in anti-trans, homophobic, and anti-2SLGBTQIA+ rhetoric and sentiment in Calgary and Alberta, and we …
Black History Month 2023 – Revisiting K The Chosen
Black History Month is a time to reflect on the legacy of black activists, celebrate their achievements, and commemorate those who came before and paved the way for all people of African descent. It is …
Drumbeat Program Cookbook: In the African Kitchen
SafeLink Alberta is proud to present In The African Kitchen the Drumbeat Program Cookbook. Sipiwe Mapfumo, Education Coordinator, shares in her foreword, “In the African Kitchen was a labour of love born from a sisterhood of …
Canada Day
SafeLink Alberta wants to draw attention to the ongoing harm that colonialism causes Indigenous people and communities on this Canada Day. The health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples in Canada are still significantly affected by …
“Everyone deserves the right to be safe at work.” International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (IDEVASW). This day is a day that joins sex workers, allies, and advocates around the world in recognizing violence committed against sex workers globally. …
“I walk because there is work to be done” – Why Mark walks in the Calgary AIDS Walk & Run.
HIV Community Link’s HEAT Program Coordinator Mark Randall shares why he walks every year in the Calgary AIDS Walk & Run. The AIDS Walk is a 3 month long fundrasier, that raises money for HIV …
March 3rd is International Sex Worker Rights Day
The day originated in 2001, when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a sex worker festival, despite efforts from prohibitionist groups who tried to prevent it taking place by pressuring the government to …
“People have scared my heart with the words they’ve called me.”
This blog post is a candid story of a sex worker supported by HIV Community Link’s Shift Program. She has been in the industry ten years, and exited the industry one year ago. She wanted …
“We are all humans; stigma is greater than the diagnosis”
Bill just turned 50, and has been living with HIV for 28 years. He grew up in a home where his family faced multiple challenges: his father struggled with his alcohol use, his sister had …