Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”) welcomes this opportunity to provide submissions to the Department of Justice on how the Canadian criminal law should be transformed.“In this submission, the Legal Network sets out its...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
People living with HIV are allowed to travel to Canada. However, HIV status is one factor considered by the Government of Canada when deciding if a person can stay in Canada for an extended period of time. This Q&A provides information on how Canadian immigration...
Organization:
CATIE
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Needs assessment, Report
This report summarizes recommendations toward the 2018/19 revision of CATIE’s Managing Your Health, which has been an important national resource for people living with HIV, their supporters and caregivers, since the early days of the HIV epidemic. These...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
In recent years, the Government of Canada has renewed a commitment to ongoing dialogue and constructive engagement with civil society in the response to HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs). In response to...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (“IRPA”) stipulates that foreign nationals are inadmissible to Canada on health grounds if their health condition might reasonably be expected to cause an “excessive demand” on health or social services, or if they have an...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Since 2009, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network has organized a number of symposia on HIV, Law and Human Rights. The issue of criminalization of HIV non-disclosure has been and remains an ongoing issue of concern to people living with HIV, community organizations,...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Booklet
This resource was produced for parents or prospective parents living with HIV, including women, transgender men and non-binary people. Its aim is to provide practical information and to foster knowledge about some of the main areas of concern that parents living with...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“In Canada, people seeking permanent resident status or temporary residence as students or workers can be rejected on the basis of their HIV status due to the ‘excessive demand’ provision of Canada’s laws governing medical inadmissibility. “We recommend that the...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This fact sheet discusses common questions regarding sex offender registries in Canada in the context of the criminal law and HIV non-disclosure. This is general legal information and not legal advice. If you want legal advice specific to your situation, you should...
