Harm Reduction in Canada: What Governments Need to do Now

Canada is in urgent need of comprehensive harm reduction policy that jettisons the failed, costly model of drug prohibition that has ravaged so many lives, from fueling the spread of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), to contributing to over-incarceration, to creating...

Facilitation manual – Moving beyond the basics: An advanced workshop about sexual health, substance use, STBBIs and stigma

CPHA and the Calgary Sexual Health Centre developed the content for three workshops focused on the reduction of STBBI-related stigma. You can download the workshop resources, including a facilitation manual, a participant workbook and the presentation slides, to help...

HIV Criminalization in Canada: Key trends and Patterns

As part of an effort to contribute to an informed public dialogue on the issue, this short report provides a snapshot of the temporal and demographic patterns of HIV criminalization in Canada from 1989 to 2016. It also updates information on the outcomes of HIV...

Facilitation manual – Challenging organizational stigma: Providing safer and more inclusive sexual health, harm reduction and STBBI-related services

CPHA and the Calgary Sexual Health Centre developed the content for three workshops focused on the reduction of STBBI-related stigma. You can download the workshop resources, including a facilitation manual, a participant workbook and the presentation slides, to help...

Your guide to HIV treatment

Whether you are just starting HIV treatment or you’ve been on it for years and want to learn more, this guide is for you. Find out: How it works, the benefits of starting early, what we now know about how treatment can prevent HIV transmission, and how you can make...