The Power of Stories: Storytelling and HIV/AIDS

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) This Cafe‚ Scientifique project aimed to engage, inform and provoke dialogue about the importance of storytelling in HIV prevention, treatment, support and care. Drawing from a variety of community-based research projects and creative works, community members and researchers were invited into a dialogue about storytelling's role in transforming people's

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Environmental Justice for Me‚tis Women & Youth as HIV Prevention

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) This initiative explored how M‚etis women and youth understandings of 'place' (as a social determinant of health) impacted on their ability to exercise sexual and reproductive health rights that created conditions of vulnerability to HIV. Researcher: Sarah Flicker and Jessica Yee (Native Youth Sexual Health Network) Project Theme: Indigenous

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