Currently funded projects

This Knowledge to Action (K2A) Community Alliance project seeks to improve the capacity of community-based organizations, researchers, people with lived experience, and public health and healthcare professionals to apply program science to their interventions. Program science is the systematic application of knowledge to improve public health programs. K2A activities include a combination of in-person and online information sessions, workshops, and training courses, as well as technical and funding support for promising program science intervention ideas.

This project will offer training programs, peer-led research and prevention messaging to increase the uptake of information and services that prevent HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) among gay men (including bisexual and queer cisgender and transgender men, and Two-Spirit people). A combination prevention package includes regular testing, early treatment and effective prevention measures against STBBI, as well as mental health and related services.

This social marketing campaign will aim to increase testing for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among marginalized youth. Following an initial national social marketing campaign, three successive six-month campaigns will use regionally-adapted, population-specific messaging and media to increase testing behaviours among young gay men, LGTBQ+ youth and youth from immigrant, racialized and newcomer communities.

To improve the capacity of the education sector to deliver effective sexual health education in teaching environments, this project will update existing resources (including the Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education), produce new resources, and promote and disseminate these resources broadly. The guidelines, models of teaching curricula and online training will provide the education sector with the knowledge, materials, and skills necessary to implement sexual health education that will enable youth, particularly marginalized youth, to prevent HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections.

This project will provide health education workshops, peer leadership training, sharing circles and other culturally relevant and gender appropriate activities and resources to Indigenous women in federal correctional facilities. These activities will increase their awareness and knowledge of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and related sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) and increase their capacity to adopt HIV/HCV/STBBI prevention measures and to navigate services.

This project will increase the capacity of community-based organizations across Canada to implement programs that improve prevention and treatment of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among Indigenous people living with, and affected by, HIV/HCV. This will be achieved through community readiness training and tools (skills building workshops, webinars, toolkits), a social media campaign and the promotion of promising program models-all of which will be culturally adapted to the needs of Indigenous communities.

This project will decrease stigma and discrimination related to sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) within health and social services sectors by offering training to service providers and managers working within these services. Training resources will include online professional development modules, in-person workshops, webinars and turn-key training materials (e.g., facilitation manuals, presentation slides, participant workbooks) that organizations can use to increase STBBI related capacity within their respective communities.

This Community Alliance will implement innovative interventions in partnership with local communities and stakeholders to increase access to and uptake of priority health services by gay, bisexual, transgender, Two-Spirit and queer (GBT2Q) men across Canada. Priority health services include: prevention, testing and treatment for HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI); vaccinations (for human papillomavirus and hepatitis A and B); and, mental health, substance use, and addictions services. The pilot interventions will include projects to expand HIV/HCV/STBBI testing and treatment services, enhanced counselling and referral systems to increase uptake of services, campaigns to promote new effective HIV prevention options among GBT2Q men and health providers. A Community Trainee Program will support emerging GBT2Q leaders to mobilize prevention knowledge and interventions that address local and/or regional community health priorities.

This project will enhance the capacity of policy-makers, health insurance providers, healthcare providers, community-based organizations and people living with HIV and/or hepatitis C (HCV) to address the mental health, aging, rehabilitation and exercise-related needs of people living with HIV/HCV. This will be achieved through information sessions, workshops and practicums.

This Community Alliance will focus on strengthening the leadership capacities and communication skills of people living with HIV in Québec, Ontario and British Columbia through skills building workshops delivered by peers. Graduates of the program will use their knowledge and leadership skills to reduce stigma and promote effective interventions and prevention practices related to HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. They will also become volunteers, board members or staff in their local AIDS Service Organizations, and become more engaged as community leaders.

This project will implement the People Living with HIV Stigma Index, a tool that documents stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with HIV and identifies interventions to reduce stigma. Working with people living with HIV and healthcare professionals and community-based organizations, the project will use findings from the Stigma Index to provide training to reduce stigma in health and social services.

This Community Alliance will develop a program science model for HIV prevention services (meaning that it has been systematically evaluated and is grounded in scientific evidence) that is specifically designed for African, Caribbean and Black communities. The project will provide training on this model to service providers in Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia, allowing them to adapt their existing interventions and to adopt new ones. Through webinars, fact sheets and conference presentations, the project will broadly share its program science model and the interventions developed by local service providers.

This project will provide resources, analyses and recommendations on a range of HIV-related legal, policy and human rights issues, including the criminalization of HIV and barriers to supervised consumption services and to access to this health service for people who use drugs. The project will also address stigma toward priority populations including people living with HIV and promote health-friendly policing practice.

This project will host a series of knowledge exchange activities including policy dialogues and webinars and develop information resources (e.g., factsheets, policy briefs, case studies, weekly syntheses) for Canadian community-based organizations and policy-makers. These activities will strengthen the target audiences' knowledge of Canadian and global evidence and lessons learned related to the prevention of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infections and will increase their skills and competencies to implement evidence-informed interventions.

This project will offer educational workshops and health resource materials to incarcerated men from nine institutions to increase their knowledge, skills and capacity regarding hepatitis C (HCV), HIV and co-infection transmission, prevention and treatment. These activities will be supported by trained peer experts. The project will also facilitate connection to community-based HIV/HCV resources and services through in-person and telephone support, by establishing contacts with health and social services in community, and by developing a pre-release planning tool.

The project will work to achieve several objectives including: decreasing the number of individuals criminally charged with HIV non-disclosure; decreasing the number of people who are unaware of their positive HIV and/or HCV status; and, increasing the number of positive people who achieve a suppressed HIV viral load and/or who achieve HCV clearance. The project will achieve these objectives through the stronger and more meaningful engagement of positive people in community-based responses, policy development, and public disclosure.

This project will deliver educational tools and resources to increase knowledge of HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) among public health and health care professionals, frontline service providers working in community organizations, and policy-makers working with all priority populations. These educational tools and resources will focus on effective HIV/HCV prevention and testing methods and on the importance of early diagnosis, engagement and retention in care. The project activities will also increase the capacity of frontline service providers to respond to community needs and to deliver evidence-based programs, services and policies.

This project has three objectives: to break the silence, taboo and stigma about HIV among Francophone immigrants from countries with high HIV prevalence; to promote the importance of prevention and preventive behaviour; and to promote access to locally available HIV and sexual health services. The project will work in partnership with the health and social services sectors (immigration, HIV, mental health, sexual health) and the targeted community to develop and distribute awareness tools, a smartphone app and social media content to reach members of the target community and thus meet the project objectives.

This project will reduce the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) by providing training to members of priority populations (gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, youth at risk, people who use drugs, and people living with HIV/HCV) and their service providers. To achieve this, peer leaders from priority populations will be trained to deliver STBBI education to their peers, while service providers will be trained to deliver stigma-free health services.

This project will offer training events, educational forums and webinars to community-based staff, public health and healthcare professionals, people living with HIV or hepatitis C (HCV), and policymakers. These skills-building opportunities will increase the capacity of participants to develop policies, programs and interventions that address the prevention and care needs of people living with and at risk of HIV/HCV, including in Indigenous communities.

This Community Alliance will increase the capacity of people with cognitive disabilities and their service providers to openly discuss sexual health and prevention of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections, to be aware of consensual versus abusive relationships, and to access sexual health services. This will be achieved through educational sessions and facilitated discussions, videos, social media and web-based content. Content will be tailored to reach women, gay men, people who use drugs and transgender individuals.

This Community Alliance will deliver culturally appropriate core health competency training to service providers who work with immigrant and refugee communities, to improve their knowledge of HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) and their ability to refer clients to health and social services. Community outreach events, educational workshops, messaging through social media and individualized follow-up will reach members of immigrant and refugee communities, raising their awareness of HIV/HCV, facilitating their access to health and social services, and supporting their retention in care and adherence to treatment.

This project will increase health literacy and encourage the uptake of practices that prevent sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne infections (STBBI) among youth from priority populations-young gay, bisexual and queer men, Indigenous youth, and young people living with HIV and/or hepatitis C. This will be achieved by engaging youth in setting priorities for peer learning and offering workshops in partnership with YouthCO that will address sexual health, stigma, social determinants of health, and STBBI prevention, testing and treatment. The project will also offer workshops to strengthen the competency of service providers working with youth from priority populations and to strengthen referral networks among health and social services.

This project will provide educational presentations and tools to members of priority populations (people who use drugs, people living with HIV and hepatitis C, Indigenous men, women and youth at risk) and service and healthcare providers. These activities will improve the capacity of priority populations to adopt safer sex and drug-using practices, while improving the capacity of service and healthcare providers to advocate for the adoption of safer sex and drug-using practices and to decrease their stigmatizing behaviours with priority populations.

The Vancouver Sex Work Community Alliance (VSWCA) will provide workshops and one-on-one interventions to sex workers to increase their knowledge and uptake of prevention, testing, treatment and care for HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. In addition, workshops for health and social service providers will reduce stigma and discrimination relating to sex work. The Alliance will also work with policy-makers to remove policy barriers that contribute to harm associated with sex work and to promote evidence-based interventions.

This Community Alliance will train incarcerated men as peer health educators (Health Ambassadors) to co-deliver prevention workshops on HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) to men in two facilities. The project will also offer workshops to increase knowledge and prevention-leadership, and reduce fear and stigma related to HIV/HCV/STBBI among correctional and healthcare staff.

This Community Alliance will improve access to prevention, testing and treatment for HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) among Indigenous people living with or at risk of HIV/STBBI through enhanced coordination of services, workshops for service providers and community members, and prevention strategies that blend traditional and medical healing practices. It will also build the capacity of organizations to address community needs by discussing solutions to access barriers and promoting an understanding of cultural teachings.

This project will provide training and volunteer placement opportunities for primarily Indigenous youth, in order to improve their knowledge, attitudes and beliefs related to sexual health and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. The project will work with schools, community-based organizations, child and family services, and Indigenous groups to access the target population.

This project will promote evidence-based best practices and innovative approaches to addressing HIV and hepatitis C in Saskatchewan through the development of an interactive database, a series of online self-directed learning modules, and a provincial conference. These tools will be developed to address the needs of community-based organizations, Indigenous groups and healthcare providers working in urban, rural and on-reserve settings. The project will also improve coordination of surveillance mechanisms to facilitate monitoring of key HIV prevention and treatment targets.

This Community Alliance will increase awareness and uptake of safer sex and drug using practices to prevent the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and Two-Spirit youth. This will be achieved through the development of youth-centered educational materials (e.g., zines, online webpages and digital storytelling), peer-led educational sessions, and presentations for school staff, healthcare providers and community partners.

This project will improve access and uptake of prevention, testing, care and treatment for HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among Indigenous communities and people who use drugs. This will be achieved by promoting testing and through educational campaigns, outreach and peer navigation efforts, training for service providers, and the development of multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

This project will increase knowledge of HIV and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections, promote the adoption of safer sex and drug-using practices and improve access to evidence-based prevention options for people who use drugs, sex workers, Indigenous people, women and youth. This will be achieved through education and mentoring sessions for priority populations, training for service providers, and the implementation of strategies to remove barriers to access.

This project will increase uptake of personal behaviours that prevent HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI), including a decrease in sharing drug equipment, among priority populations. This will be achieved through educational sessions and activities that promote the adoption of harm reduction behaviours among people who use drugs as well as adults and youth (gay men and other men who have sex with men; people living with HIV/HCV) living in correctional facilities. Furthermore, the project will improve the capacity of health and service providers to reduce barriers to HIV/HCV/STBBI prevention, diagnosis and treatment through educational sessions.

This project will increase knowledge of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI), reduce stigma, and improve the capacity of youth from priority populations and service providers to prevent STBBI, by providing workshops and training on STBBI prevention, substance use, relationships, stigma, diversity and stigma. Priority populations include youth in custody, LGBT2SQ+ youth and Indigenous and northern youth.

This project will leverage partnerships with local health and social service agencies to improve HIV-related services (e.g., testing, linkage to care, harm reduction, treatment) for priority populations (Indigenous people, gay and bisexual men, people living with HIV). It will also implement a peer-based approach to measuring and addressing the stigma that is informed by the lived experience of people with HIV. Furthermore, the project will increase the uptake of personal behaviours that prevent the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections through evidence-based prevention programs for people living with HIV.

This project will reduce stigma as a barrier to prevention, diagnosis and treatment services for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) among migrants, immigrants and refugees from HIV endemic countries. This will be achieved by identifying best practices and developing tools to address stigma through leadership development workshops and community education sessions for service providers, young people, people living with HIV and community leaders from a range of ethno-cultural and linguistic communities.

This project will provide training and support to networks of service providers, policy-makers and community members from priority populations (people who use drugs and people living with HIV or hepatitis C) living in rural, remote, Northern, and Indigenous communities in Manitoba to enhance an integrated approach to address sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) and harms related to substance use. Through workshops, peer education and the delivery of sexual health and harm reduction services, the project will increase knowledge and uptake of effective interventions and prevention strategies for STBBI among priority populations. Furthermore, it will reduce policy and programmatic barriers to accessing health care services for priority populations by convening and training networks of community members, youth, service providers and policy-makers in rural, remote, and Northern Manitoba.

This project aims to improve prevention, testing, care, treatment and support services related to sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among Indigenous people in Manitoba. The approach involves promoting health service delivery mechanisms, policies and practices that are evidence-based and culturally safe for Indigenous populations.

This project will deliver a multi-platform campaign (including digital/social media) to increase knowledge of testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) and improve the intent to test among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and members of ethno-cultural communities. In addition, the project will reach GBMSM who use drugs through one-on-one and group prevention and education sessions aimed at increasing both HIV/STBBI testing and the adoption of safer sex, drug use and tattooing/piercing practices.

This Community Alliance will improve the knowledge and uptake of effective prevention interventions for HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, transgender individuals, at-risk youth and people living with HIV. This will be achieved through workshops, educational sessions and materials, counselling, peer engagement and community events. In addition, the project will provide workshops to service providers on the sexual health needs and barriers to accessing services for transgender individuals.

This project will offer a wide range of activities to increase the knowledge, skills and capacity of priority populations in Toronto to implement behaviours that prevent HIV infection and improve overall health outcomes. These include: small educational groups that support knowledge and uptake of healthy behaviours; in-person and virtual (text/phone/online) interventions; outreach activities; Community Health Education Forums; educational workshops; referrals to health and social services; and peer engagement programs. These project activities will facilitate uptake and linkage to HIV prevention and related health and social services for members of priority populations, including people living with HIV and hepatitis C co-infection; gay and bisexual men, including young gay/bi men (29 and under); newly diagnosed gay men; and, people aging with HIV.

This project will develop a manual, workshops and poster series grounded in Indigenous culture to promote the uptake of health practices that prevent HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) among Indigenous people. My Sexuality Bundle: Traditional & contemporary tools for a healthy sex life will use traditional teachings to empower and educate Indigenous people on sexual health and HIV/HCV/STBBI prevention. The project will also improve access to culturally appropriate health and social services for Indigenous people affected by HIV/HCV/STBBI through referrals and presentations to partner agencies.

This project will offer peer support and weekly group programs to children and adolescents living with or affected by HIV to improve their access to and retention in care, treatment adherence and uptake of safer sex practices. The project will also build leadership and parenting skills among parents living with or affected by HIV through training programs and toolkits. The majority of clients are from African, Caribbean and Black communities and many are new to Canada, often coming here as refugees.

This project will improve access to health and social services, address stigma, increase uptake of behaviours that prevent HIV and improve health and wellbeing among people living with and affected by HIV, especially those who are from racial minority communities and those who are newcomers to Canada. This will be achieved by offering peer mentoring, capacity building training and arts-based programs to members of priority populations.

This Community Alliance will deliver training to members of priority populations-ethno-racial communities (African, Caribbean and Black; Asian; Latino), racialized and newcomer people living with HIV-and members of target audiences (community and academic researchers, frontline health service providers, policy-makers) working with culturally diverse priority populations. The project will use a train-the-trainer model to deliver an evidence-based intervention that will build participants' skills to reduce stigma, promote social justice and reduce systemic barriers to accessing health and social services.

This project will increase knowledge of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI), including awareness of effective prevention options. The goal is to improve HIV/HCV/STBBI testing rates and to increase the uptake of personal behaviours that prevent the transmission among gay men and other men who have sex with men and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth. This will be achieved through a range of approaches including educational presentations and one-on-one counselling for the project's priority populations, as well as educational sessions for service providers.

This Community Alliance is working to reduce infections among people living with and at risk of HIV, hepatitis C and other related sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections, including sex workers and people who use drugs. The approach involves strengthening the capacity to adopt safer sex and drug-using practices, improving access and retention in care, and increasing adherence to treatment. These objectives will be reached by engaging members of these priority populations as peer educators and health navigators, supporting them to deliver educational and training activities to their peers.

This Community Alliance will reduce HIV stigma and increase the uptake of personal behaviours that prevent the transmission of HIV among African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) people in Toronto and across Canada. The project will train ACB men living with or at risk of HIV to provide education and support to their peers through community outreach, workshops, health services navigation, referrals, one-on-one sessions and support groups while supporting those living with HIV to deal with stigma and discrimination. Both the training and the interventions will address HIV testing, prevention, care and treatment as well as health literacy, healthy relationships, multidimensional stigma, mental health, housing and employment.

This project will provide training to youth who experience higher rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) and more barriers to care, leading to an increase in their uptake of safer sex practices, HIV/STI testing and other health services. Trained youth volunteers will educate their peers through workshops and digital stories that address HIV/STI prevention, safer sex, sexual health, healthy relationships, self-esteem and personal resilience.

This project will offer workshops, online outreach and testing campaigns to improve access to testing and to improve knowledge of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and safer sex and drug-using practices among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, people who use drugs, and people living with HIV. Through toolkits, workshops and networks of health and social service providers, the project will improve knowledge of HIV/HCV and harm reduction, reduce stigma and discrimination, and improve the capacity and competency to care for priority populations among service providers, including in rural and remote areas.

This project will increase knowledge of HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections and promote the uptake of safer sex and drug-using behaviours among youth aged from 13 to 29 from priority populations, including young gay, bisexual, trans and queer men, street-involved youth, youth with mental health concerns, incarcerated youth, young people living with HIV, and young people from African, Caribbean and Black communities. This will be achieved through peer-led workshops, street and online outreach, leadership development programs and school-based forums. The project will also provide educational sessions to service providers on best practices for HIV prevention among youth. Finally, the project will improve retention in care for young people living with HIV as they transition from pediatric to adult care.

This project will improve access to safer sex and drug use supplies and increase knowledge of prevention, testing and treatment of HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among sex workers and their clients through peer outreach. The project will also reduce stigma and improve access to health and social services for sex workers through stigma reduction training for healthcare and social service providers.

This project will increase knowledge and health-seeking behaviours (screening and risk reduction practices) related to HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) among priority populations (young cisgender and transgender gay, bisexual and queer men who have sex with men; young Black women; transgender and gender non-binary folks). This will be achieved through a peer-led leadership and training program that builds knowledge and skills necessary to promote prevention-related behaviour change. The project will also offer workshops to build the capacity of health and social service organizations to deliver HIV/HCV/STBBI prevention and harm reduction services for priority populations.

This Community Alliance will increase the knowledge and skills of gender minority youth through an evidence-informed, community-based intervention that addresses factors that impact vulnerability to HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. Training will be delivered through multiple sessions, supported by a manual. The project will build the capacity of organizations serving youth to deliver the intervention through a combination of training and support.

This project will offer workshops to improve the capacity of priority populations including gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, people who use drugs and people living with HIV, to reduce the risk of new infections. It will also improve accessibility of testing services through enhanced promotion and targeted testing clinics. The project will facilitate linkages to clinical and social services for priority populations through peer navigation, enhanced partnerships and referrals, and workshops for service providers.

This Community Alliance will collaborate with community partners to increase access to health and social services for people living with HIV and/or hepatitis C (HCV) and people who use drugs through referrals, outreach, information sessions and educational materials. The project will also develop a partnership with the local health unit to obtain key statistics on new HIV, HCV and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections diagnoses to identify gaps, monitor progress and target outreach.

This project will train people living with or affected by HIV or hepatitis C (HCV) through evidence-based programs that promote the uptake of behaviours that prevent infection and that promote adherence to medical treatment. Through a variety of group activities, participants receive HIV/HCV information, hear about treatment from people with lived experience, learn to communicate with healthcare providers about treatment options, and develop personal action plans to achieve behavioural changes.

This project aims to improve the knowledge and skills of priority populations-gay and bisexual men, people who inject drugs, people living with HIV-and people who may interact with people living with HIV in the course of their work. To do this, the project will offer training workshops and information sessions on prevention to people from priority populations and people who may interact with people living with HIV in their work.

This project will promote the adoption of safer sexual behaviours and reduce stigma among at-risk youth from Montreal's Caribbean and sub-Saharan African communities by increasing their knowledge about the transmission of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections and building their capacity to manage their sexual health. To do this, the project will offer workshops that are culturally adapted to the realities and needs of young people. In addition, it will facilitate access to testing services for participants. Awareness-raising kiosks will be organized during festivals and neighbourhood festivals.

This Community Alliance will offer workshops, organize symposia and disseminate reliable information to increase the knowledge and skills of community workers, professionals working in prisons and people from priority populations (trans people; people living in correctional facilities; people living with HIV, hepatitis C or sexually transmitted infections). A trans-inclusive approach will be adopted by alliance members and the participation of people with lived experience will be sought.

This project aims to increase the level of awareness and access to services among Aboriginal people in high-risk situations (homelessness, sex work and/or injection drug use) related to the prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. To do this, the project will provide participants with group discussions, capacity building sessions and health navigation services, as well as training sessions for service providers.

This project aims to increase knowledge and adopt strategies to reduce risk behaviours for HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) among adults and young people who use drugs. The project will offer an education program that includes a series of several workshops on STBBI, sexual health, healthy relationships and drug use.

Through workshops, outreach at community events, support groups, individual consultations, referrals, printed and web-based educational information, and a texting helpline, this project will reach Anglophone gay, bisexual, queer and trans youth, youth living with HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), gay men and other men who have sex with men, and people living with HIV/HCV over 50 years of age. The project aims to increase knowledge of prevention and treatment for HIV, HCV and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections, to promote the adoption of safer sex practices and healthy relationships, to combat stigma and discrimination, and to ensure equal access to services.

This project will strengthen the capacity of men who have sex with men (MSM) to adopt preventive behaviours for HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI). Through workshops and a web platform that will offer different online intervention options, the project will specifically target two sub-populations at risk of HIV/HCV/STBBI: MSM who use alcohol and drugs and MSM of immigrant background (whether first or second generation, temporary residents or non-status). The capacity of service providers will also be strengthened through the development of a web platform and the creation of a virtual community of practice that will provide a mechanism for training, exchange and sharing among sexual health professionals.

This project will conduct health promotion, prevention and mobilization activities to reduce new infections and to combat HIV and hepatitis C (HCV)-associated stigma among people from countries with high HIV or HCV prevalence. These culturally appropriate activities include workshops and educational and prevention activities for priority populations, support groups and a peer support program for people living with HIV, expertise transfer and capacity building seminars and workshops for health professionals and service providers from community-based organizations working with people living with HIV from priority populations, as well as educational and training activities to foster the engagement of religious and lay leaders.

This Community Alliance will reach priority populations in the Outaouais, Estrie, Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec regions, including gay men and other men who have sex with men, people involved in the sale, trade or purchase of sex, people who use drugs, and people living in and recently released from correctional facilities. Through in-person and online interventions using mobile apps, focus groups, peer helper programs and training workshops, the project aims to increase the knowledge and uptake of effective prevention methods against HIV and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among priority populations.

This Community Alliance will increase knowledge of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) and encourage the adoption of personal behaviours that reduce the risk of HIV/HCV/STBBI among youth from priority populations-transgender youth, youth living with HIV/HCV as well as gay and bisexual male youth. The project will support youth-led projects related to sexual health, STBBI prevention, anti-stigma, risk reduction and overall health and wellness, as well as community outreach activities.

To increase knowledge about HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections and to promote the uptake of risk reduction behaviours (e.g., testing, use of sterile equipment, uptake of safer sex practices), the project, rooted in a "by and for" approach, will offer workshops, mobilization campaigns, individual and group meetings, and will distribute prevention toolkits to sex workers, Indigenous women and women living in correctional facilities. In addition, the project will seek to widen the network of professionals from the public and community sectors working with sex workers and will offer training workshops to increase their capacity to provide services to sex workers, to reduce stigma and to dismantle potential barriers to access services.

This Community Alliance will work with community-based partner organizations, public health and healthcare professionals to identify and reduce barriers to accessing prevention, testing and treatment services for HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) for people who use drugs. Activities will include implementing pilot projects to facilitate access to STBBI testing and integrating an expanded range of HIV prevention options into existing programs. In addition, healthcare providers and people who use drugs will receive training to overcome access barriers to HIV/HCV/STBBI prevention, testing and treatment services.

This project will reach incarcerated men, women and youth through education sessions and the development of individualized pre-release plans. These activities will be supported by peer education mentors and will lead to increased knowledge of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI), the adoption of safer sex and drug-using behaviours in correctional settings and on release, and greater access to STBBI and health services in community.

This Community Alliance will provide training to service providers and peer educators from-and working with-African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities. This will support their efforts to improve knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in regard to HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among ACB women, youth, men and individuals living in or recently released from correctional facilities.

This project aims to increase the uptake of personal behaviours that prevent transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections and increase testing among individuals from four Indigenous nations in Atlantic Canada: Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Innu and Inuit. This will be achieved through a peer mentorship program for off-reserve Indigenous youth and Indigenous people living with HIV and a testing campaign aimed at Indigenous people who use drugs. The project will also increase the capacity of non-Indigenous service providers to deliver culturally sensitive services and programs.

This project will offer peer-led workshops to promote the adoption of behaviours that reduce the risk of hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among priority populations including youth at risk for drug use, people who use drugs and offenders who are residing in, or who were currently released from, correctional facilities. Through new partnerships with healthcare professionals and community-based organizations, the project will facilitate referrals and promote educational materials.

This Community Alliance will provide training to service providers and priority populations at risk of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The project includes sexual health leadership training for gay, bisexual, Two-Spirit, transgender and queer (GB2STQ*) men to increase knowledge and adoption of behaviours that reduce the risk of STBBI. As well, in Prince Edward Island, additional work will be done with young GB2STQ* men through community-based social and social media supports and engagement opportunities. The project will also offer a learning program for young people in Nova Scotia who use drugs to increase their knowledge and adoption of harm reduction and risk reduction practices related to sex, drug use and street safety. In Prince Edward Island, this project will develop a people who use drug engagement and peer knowledge transfer program that will increase the adoption of risk reduction practices and increase peer to peer knowledge sharing skill. In addition, the project will train service providers in both provinces to provide STBBI prevention, testing, treatment, care and support services to priority populations.

This Community Alliance will provide training to service providers and priority populations at risk of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The project includes sexual health leadership training for gay, bisexual, Two-Spirit, transgender and queer (GB2STQ) men to increase knowledge and adoption of behaviours that reduce the risk of STBBI. As well, in Prince Edward Island, additional work will be done with young GB2STQ men through community-based social and social media supports and engagement opportunities. The project will also offer a learning program for young people in Nova Scotia who use drugs to increase their knowledge and adoption of harm reduction and risk reduction practices related to sex, drug use and street safety. In Prince Edward Island, this project will develop a people who use drug engagement and peer knowledge transfer program that will increase the adoption of risk reduction practices and increase peer to peer knowledge sharing skill. In addition, the project will train service providers in both provinces to provide STBBI prevention, testing, treatment, care and support services to priority populations.

This project will offer annual arts-based leadership summits for Indigenous youth in Labrador communities, in order to improve their leadership skills, self-worth, holistic well-being and knowledge and uptake of effective ways to prevent HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI). Using ACT (Arts, Culture, Technology), Peer Leadership Teams will support, empower and educate youth on sexual health, STBBI, healthy relationships and positive life skills through skills sharing opportunities at regional events and in participants' home communities. An arts-based, culturally-relevant and multi-language website (English, Innu-aimun languages, Inuktitut) will provide resources and information to increase access to holistic health and social services for Labradorians (especially Indigenous youth).

This project will increase knowledge of effective prevention interventions for HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections through training, a youth-focussed educational app and a social media campaign. The training will be offered to front-line professionals (social workers, nurses, correctional officers) working with target populations-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth, gay men, seniors, people who use drugs, people living in correctional facilities. The educational app will reach youth between the ages of 16-29 from across the province. The social media campaign will reach people living with HIV and/or hepatitis C.

This project will raise awareness of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) by providing arts-based leadership training grounded in Northern and Indigenous culture to young men, and by offering school-based workshops to young men in communities in the Northwest Territories. SMASH Peer Leader Retreat graduates will create digital stories that will serve as the basis for social media posts and screenings at community forums aimed at promoting discussion about HIV/HCV/STBBI among young men, parents, community members and healthcare providers.

This Community Alliance will build the capacity of health departments, community leaders and community members in rural Yukon First Nations communities to reduce the risk of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among Indigenous people, including women and youth, and people who inject drugs. The project will offer workshops for First Nations community members, host community forums, develop and disseminate educational materials, and provide one-on-one training to Community Health Coordinators in rural communities.

This project will provide training programs, deliver education sessions and disseminate information resources to improve the knowledge and skills of Yukoners vulnerable to HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) and their service providers. The project activities will reach: Indigenous street-involved men, women and youth; incarcerated men and women; current and former drug users; people living with HIV/HCV; health and social service providers; community workers; and, peer workers. Education sessions, training programs and information resources will address STBBI, harm reduction best practices, healthy sexuality, stigma, access to health and social services, health literacy, leadership and life skills.

This project aims to improve knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards sexual health, sexuality and relationships, and to increase social media and internet safety among 12 to 25 year-old youth in Nunavut. This will be accomplished through Inuit knowledge-sharing and teaching techniques, including arts-based workshops for youth and a resource to support parent-adolescent conversations about sexual health and relationships. The initiative will also involve a youth-driven Photovoice project, which is an arts-based research method that allows the photographer to be the researcher.

• Educational toolkit to advance good prevention practices in harm reduction: CATIE
  • The project will strengthen the skills, competencies, and abilities of health care and peer workers in Canada to prevent HIV and hepatitis C infections, as well as increase comfort among health care and peer workers in discussing substance use and harm reduction with clients/patients. This will be achieved through a comprehensive suite of educational tools provided through e-learning to healthcare professionals and front-line workers.

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• HCV Micro-Elimination at Dr. Peter Centre: Education & Adherence Support: Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
  • The project will strengthen the skills, competencies, and abilities of Dr. Peter Centre clients living with HIV who use substances to prevent hepatitis C infections through education and support. Service providers at the Dr. Peter Centre will also be provided with education to increase their knowledge and capacity to treat patients living with hepatitis C. Achieving elimination of hepatitis C among Dr. Peter Centre clients who are a high risk population can have a ripple effect of preventing new HCV cases across the province, and the goal is for people living with hepatitis C who use drugs to optimize the benefits of treatment, improve their health outcomes, prevent transmission, and fulfill the goals of the treatment-as-prevention strategy.

    Duration: April 2021 - March 2023

• SisterSpace Shared Using Room: Atira Women's Resource Society
  • The project will strengthen the skills, competencies, and abilities of women who use substances, share drug-use equipment and engage in sex work in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to prevent HIV and hepatitis C infections, as well as reduce risk-taking behaviour. This will be achieved through Atira's SisterSpace Shared Using Room, the world's first women-only, community accessible safe injection site, which provides women with a safe, non-judgmental environment where they can use drugs among peer support workers.

    Duration: April 2020 – March 2022

• Awakening Our Strength: A Harm Reduction Outreach Program: Positive Living North
  • Expanding on an existing harm reduction outreach program currently funded under the Harm Reduction Fund, the project will engage people who use drugs and/or share drug use equipment in downtown Prince George to strengthen the knowledge of risk factors associated with HIV and Hepatitis C. This will be achieved by involving people with lived experience in the development and implementation of workshops, evaluation activities and program delivery, as well as providing referrals, harm reduction education, and delivering harm reduction supplies.

    Duration: April 2020 – March 2022

• Building capacity of community-based organizations across Canada to provide supervised injection services for people who use drugs: Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
  • The project will develop capacity for community organizations and service providers across Canada to operationalize supervised injection services, and work through an accessible STBBI prevention framework that caters to priority populations.

    Duration: April 2017 - March 2022

• Establishment of Canadian HIV Phylogenetic Monitoring Platform: The St. Paul's Hospital Foundation of Vancouver (for British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS)
  • This project will support the establishment of a real-time phylogenetic platform to support the analysis of new HIV infection clusters, and data sharing with provincial/territorial health departments to inform prevention and testing.

    Duration: April 2017 - March 2022

• Awakening our Strength: A Harm reduction Outreach Program: Positive Living North: No kheyoh t'sih'en t'sehena society
  • This project will help increase peer outreach services in the Prince George area to increase knowledge among people who use drugs to reduce harmful behaviours and increase awareness of, and access to, health and social services.

    Duration: April 2018- March 2022

• Drop-In at Shimai Transition House: Atira Women's Resource Society
  • This project will enable Shimai Transition House to create a drop-in, capacity-building program for women in the community who use substances, who engage in survival sex work, and are at risk for HIV and hepatitis C.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Peer Outreach and Education Project: AIDS Vancouver Island Health & Community Services Society
  • This peer-based outreach project will provide education and capacity building to people who share drug-use equipment to reduce STBBI transmission in Comox Valley and Campbell River.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Harm Reduction Fund: Lower Mainland Purpose Society for Youth and Families
  • This project expands the existing peer-led initiative within the "Stride with Purpose" program to prevent HIV and HCV transmission through sharing drug-use equipment.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Peer based health outreach and training for sex workers in Victoria BC: Peers Victoria Resource Society
  • This project supports a Health Navigator to work in the Victoria community of sex workers to deliver harm reduction and safer sex supplies, naloxone, HCV and HIV prevention and treatment information to individuals of all genders.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Peer Support Worker: Bissell Centre
  • The project will reduce risk taking behaviour for people experiencing poverty and homelessness who have unprotected sex and/or share drug use equipment. This will be achieved by providing residents of the Bissell Centre Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Permanent Supportive Housing Program and participants of the Community Space Program with education on risk factors to strengthen their knowledge of HIV and hepatitis C prevention and peer support as required.

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• Peer N Peer: Edmonton Men's Health Collective Society
  • PeerNPeer is a peer-led community based harm reduction intervention for Edmonton gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbmsm) who engage in "chemsex" - sexualized substance use.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• SafeLink Outreach Project: HIV Community Link Society
  • Working from a lens of social determinants of health, this project will employ two peer Outreach Workers with lived experience to encourage uptake of harm reduction practices, referrals, accompaniment to appointments.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Opioid Addiction Recovery Services: Battlefords Family Health Centre
  • The project will reduce the risk-taking behaviour among people who use substances and share drug-use equipment within North Battleford and Battleford. In collaboration with the Opioid Addictions Recovery Services (OARS) clinic, front line intervention activities will be conducted based on a peer support model to provide clients with harm reduction education and skill development, provide one-on-one support to address individual harm reduction needs, and ensure access to primary care services.

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• Primary Care Capacity Improvement: Treatment (TX) as Prevention: Saskatchewan Infectious Disease Care Network
  • This project reduces stigma and discrimination toward mental health, substance use, and people who share drug use equipment by strengthening the HIV & hepatitis C testing and treatment capacity of primary care providers in Saskatchewan. This is achieved by delivering accredited medical education to improve patient health outcomes and address health care provider stigmas regarding HIV and hepatitis C treatment. Harm reduction practices and considerations for providing HIV and hepatitis C treatment and care to people who use drugs are highlighted in the teachings.

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• Harm Reduction After Hours - Prince Albert: Access Place - Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • The program will hire three Peers to distribute supplies and build harm reduction capacity among hard-to-reach clients who use drugs outside of regular business hours in Prince Albert.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Harm Reduction Peer Backpack and Vending Machine Project: Battleford - Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • Through community consultations, this project will share harm reduction supplies via needle vending machines and backpack distribution, and decrease inequalities for people who inject drugs in the project's catchment area.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Harm Reduction in Interlake Eastern Region: Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority - Public Health Program
  • This project will build on existing Harm Reduction Networks in Manitoba to offer training, testing, treatment, and improved services to people who share drug-using equipment.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Main Street Project Education and Prevention of Hep C and HIV Through Outreach: Main Street Project Inc.
  • This project will support two Peer Workers to be placed on the existing Van Patrol program, augmenting current staff to further their capacity to provide harm reduction services.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• MACH Community Harm Reduction Initiative: Manitoba Association of Community Health
  • This project will develop a comprehensive plan to mobilize 12 existing members of the community health network to expand access to needle and syringe distribution programs and services to reduce rates of HIV/HCV and syphilis.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Reaching Out to Our Sisters: Mount Carmel Clinic.
  • The project will support Peer Workers to work in Winnipeg's north end to build capacity of sex workers who share drug use equipment, and improving knowledge and understanding around HIV /HCV prevention.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Ur Worx Harm Reduction Mobile Outreach Services: HIV/AIDS Regional Services
  • Expanding a harm reduction mobile outreach service currently funded under the Harm Reduction Fund, the project will strengthen the skills, competencies and abilities of people who use substances and share drug use equipment to prevent HIV and HepC infections, as well as reduce risky behaviours. Providing comprehensive, nonjudgmental, and inclusive services, the program will provide safe access to harm reduction supplies and deliver training to individuals of Prince Edward Hasting, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, and Frontenac Lennox and Addington counties. The expansion of the existing project will allow for increased hours of operation and number of outreach sites.

    Duration: September 2020 - August 2022

• PeerNPeer Ottawa: Outreach, Screening, and Support for Chemsex-engaged gbmsm: MAX Ottawa
  • The project is an evidence-based, peer-led community intervention for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) engaging in chemsex in Ottawa. Through peer outreach, self-screening, referrals, and peer support, the skills, competencies, and abilities of Ottawa GBT2Q men who use substances and share drug-use equipment to prevent HIV and hepatitis C infections will be strengthened.

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• UR Worx - Harm Reduction Mobile Outreach Service: HIV/AIDS Regional Services (HARS)
  • This intervention will provide harm reduction mobile outreach and testing services to people who share drug equipment in rural/remote communities.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Harm Reduction by Peer Mentorship: NorWest Community Health Centres

  This project will design a by and for peer-led approach to strengthen capacity among people who share drug-use equipment and reduce risk-taking behaviours among this priority population.
  Duration: April 2019 - March 2022
  Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario

• Peer Led Street Outreach Services: Réseau ACCESS Network
  • Peer workers will recruit individuals who use drugs and are at increased risk for HIV/HCV infection to strengthen knowledge on risk factors, skills, competencies and abilities, and reduce risk-taking behaviors.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Harm Reduction Peer Worker Project: Somerset West Community Health Centre
  • This project will build on previous harm reduction programming to train peer workers for outreach, capacity building, and distribution of harm reduction supplies to people who share inhalation and injection equipment.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Seeking our Bundle: Wabano Center for Aboriginal Health Inc.
  • This project will train 6-8 peers on HIV and hepatitis C prevention and apply the "Wellbriety" model, an Indigenous-created and culturally-based health approach, to create traditional bundles that can assist each person in their life, health journey.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• East Toronto Outreach Project: South Riverdale Community Health Centre
  • This project will expand South Riverdale's capacity to deliver harm reduction services through street-based outreach to underserved communities of people who use drugs and share drug use equipment in east Toronto.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Community Kit Makers: Street Health Community Nursing Foundation
  • This project will train two peers to provide support and education for people who use drugs for HIV, HCV prevention strategies and coordinating safer drug-use kit making groups.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• ACBTMSM* Harm Reduction Program: The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention of Metropolitan Toronto
  • This project will reduce the risk-taking behaviors of African, Caribbean and Black Trans and other men who have sex with men who share drug-use equipment in Toronto.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Alternative drop-in by peers: C.A.C.T.U.S. Montréal
  • The project will strengthen the skills, competencies, and abilities of cis and trans youth who use substances and share drug-using equipment to prevent HIV and hepatitis C infections. Youth between the ages of 12 and 30 in downtown Montreal will have access to a drop-in centre, where participants can engage in meaningful activities and education sessions by and for youth in a welcoming environment. Alternative activities to substance use, as well as access to testing and referrals to treatment will enable youth to reduce risky practices and thus reduce the risk of HIV and hepatitis C transmission.

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• G.E.I.P.S.I. Flying Peers : Outreach in the homes of people who use drugs: Le Groupe d'entraide à l'intention des personnes séropositives et itinerants (G.E.I.P.S.I.)
  • The project focuses on people living in precarious residential situations in Montreal who are also living with HIV/hepatitis C and use drugs and share drug use equipment. The key population and their loved ones will increase their knowledge and reduce their risk behaviours to prevent HIV and hepatitis through peer intervention within the residences, where harm reduction workshops will be provided and educational materials will be distributed to raise awareness.

    Duration: June 2020 - June 2022

• STBBI prevention through support for women: Projet L.U.N.E.
  • The project will strengthen the skills, abilities and capacities to prevent HIV and hepatitis C infections and reduce risky behaviours of women (including trans/queer) street sex workers who use substances and share drug-using equipment, mostly in the St-Roch, St-Sauveur and Limoilou neighbourhoods of Quebec City. This will be achieved through peer outreach to locations frequented by the key population where harm reduction supplies, educational materials, and hygiene kits will be distributed.

    Duration: June 2020 – June 2022

• Ensemble: Tandem Mauricie
  • The project will strengthen the skills, abilities, and capacities among people who use substances and share drug-using equipment in the areas of the lower Cap-de-la-Madeleine, the old downtown area, and the downtown area of the city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus infections. This will be achieved through peer and community outreach workers to provide harm reduction materials, referrals to testing and health care services, and support.

    Duration: April 2020 – March 2022

• By, for and with you : Bureau régional d'action SIDA (BRAS)
  • This project will bring together peer and non-peer outreach workers in both sectors of the city of Gatineau to provide information on and distribute harm reduction material to the priority population.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• ADEO: C.A.C.T.U.S. Montréal
  • This project will result in the establishment of a peer patrol that will increase opportunities for peer-to-peer meetings, support and accompaniment services for people who inject drugs (PWID).

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• DopAllies: Dopamine
  • This project will mobilize people who use drugs to strengthen knowledge of risk factors associated with sharing drug use equipment through outreach and training by and for the priority population.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Peer Project: Spectre de rue Inc.
  • The project will provide referrals to people who use drugs, distribute information, and share observations around drug use issues with service provider networks working in downtown Montreal.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• HIV/HCV Harm Reduction Educator for Laurentides Region: Centre Sida Amitié
  • This project will work with people who share drug use equipment, create linkages with other service providers, learn from peers about drug use trends in the region and distribute drug-use equipment to promote safer sexual and substance use practices.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Peers Supporting Each Other and Uniting: Intervention régionale et information sure the SIDA (I.R.I.S. Estrie)
  • This project will work with service providers to develop a peer-based outreach patrol to reach people directly in homes and places where they share drug-use equipment.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Peer Outreach Educator: Coopérative de solidarité SABSA
  • This project will implement a peer-based STBBI prevention program in central Quebec City to reduce risky behaviors among people who inject drugs, and ensure rapid linkage to care and treatment.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Provincial Harm Reduction Education Program: AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Project will train people who use drugs to provide outreach and support services in the community to increase knowledge of STBBI prevention, harm reduction, stigma and discrimination.

    Duration: April 2018 - March 2022

• Seeing Beyond the Substance: Ensemble Services Greater/Grand Moncton
  • The project will strengthen the skills, competencies, and abilities of people who use substances and who share drug-use equipment to prevent HIV and hepatitis C infections, as well as reduce stigma and discrimination toward mental health, substance use, and people who share drug- use equipment. This will be achieved through outreach and information sharing provided by peers educators, the delivery of training to health care and service providers, as well as the creation of a health care navigation database to facilitate testing, treatment and support and identify gaps in care.

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• Peer Education and Prevention Outreach Program: John Howard Society of Southeastern New Brunswick Inc
  • A peer-led outreach program will provide access to harm reduction tools, education materials and referrals to increase knowledge of HCV transmission among people who use injection drugs.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022

• Peers Leading the Way to Testing and Treatment: Ally Centre of Cape Breton
  • The project will strengthen the knowledge of risk factors associated with HIV and hepatitis C and reduce risk-taking behaviour of people who share drug use equipment. This will be achieved though peer education and outreach, safe supply distribution and disposal, and by offering support services to those undergoing testing and/or treatment. 

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• PEERS + In-Reach: Mainline Needle Exchange
  • Expanding on Mainline’s Peer Extend, Education and Resources (‘PEERS’) project currently funded under the Harm Reduction Fund, the project will enhance the capacity of people who use drugs in Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to prevent transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other infections. This will be achieved by improving access to information and services, building skills and capacity, and distributing harm reduction supplies via peer outreach. Stigma and discrimination in hospital and corrections settings in Halifax and Dartmouth toward mental health, substance use, and people who share drug- use equipment will also be reduced by building relationships with these institutions and providing educational sessions.

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• Peers United Directing Education Recovery (PUDER): Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre
  • The project will strengthen the skills, competencies, and abilities of people who use substances and share drug use equipment in the North end of Halifax to prevent HIV and Hepatitis C infections. This will be achieved through delivering peer-informed educational workshops to earn a “street degree” assisting individuals in adopting safer drug use practices and understanding how to reduce the risk of HIV, hepatitis C and other STBBI transmission.

    Duration: April 2020 - March 2022

• Halifax Area Network of Drug Using People (HANDUP) Peers Assisting, Lending Supports (PALS): Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Society
  • The project will employ people who use/have used drugs to deliver harm reduction services to their peers following release from the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility.

    Duration: April 2019 - March 2022