Interview Jax Dowdell. Editing by Alisha Ostberg and Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi. June 5 is HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day—a time to honour those who’ve lived through the earliest and most painful years of the epidemic. …
How SafeLink Alberta Works with People with Living or Lived Experience
This blog was written by Alisha Ostberg, Olga Sydorchuk, and a SafeLink Alberta Systems Navigator. Editing by Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi. What is Living/Lived Experience? Living/Lived experience refers to the firsthand knowledge and insights individuals gain …
Take Part in the Sex Now Survey 2024!
How is your sex life? What matters most to you these days? Let the Community-Based Research Centre know by participating in Sex Now, a survey about sex that cares more about you as a person …
HIV Self-Test Kit Step by Step Guide
HIV self-testing was first made available in Canada in November 2020 and offers individuals a safe, convenient, and private way to determine their HIV status. This blog post will give you the basic steps to …
Is It a Crime to be HIV+?
This blog was written and created by Chris McBain, Education Coordinator at SafeLink Alberta. For more resources on HIV non-disclosure, visit the HIV Legal Network. The current HIV non-disclosure laws (HNDLs) in Canada have been …
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 …
“That part of it people need to see. That they are not alone.” – Monica shares her story in support of Community Voices.
Community Voices is an annual event held to honour World AIDS Day. December 1st marks World AIDS Day, it also marks the beginning of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week. World AIDS Day is an opportunity to …
“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 …
“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 …
Rolling it Forward!
The following blog was written by a member of the Women’s Peer Support Group. It presents the candid and personal perspective of an incredible individual who wishes to encourage other people living with HIV to …