Satellite sessions are gatherings hosted by different organizations or companies on March 4, 2010 the day before Leading Together 2010 starts. For more information or to register, you must contact the organization hosting the satellite.




SATELLITES (HALF DAY)
BEST PRACTICES IN WORKING WITH PEER RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Thursday March 4, 2010
12:30pm – 5:00pm
St-Laurent
EN / FR

Lead Co-Facilitators: Ruthann Tucker, Ontario HIV Treatment Network, James Watson, OHTN, Alan Li Community for Accessible AIDS Treatment (CAAT), Lea Narciso, OAN CBR Program, Saara Greene, Assistant Professor, McMaster University

Historically, research activities have been conducted by academic researchers and scientists. As the trend changes, others have taken an interest and played significant roles in completing a variety of research activities, spanning the development of the grant proposal to the research dissemination. There has also been a shift in the initiation of research activities to include more community-driven research. Inspired by lessons learned from the largest community based research (CBR) initiative in Canada to study HIV, housing and health – Positive Spaces Healthy Places (PSHP), this workshop will address use of Peer Research Assistants (PRA) in CBR. Participants will engage in a discussion involving persons with HIV AIDS (PHAs) and people at risk of HIV infection as PRAs in CBR. Facilitators will address capacity building and impact of this evolving experience and explore how this trend can be better developed.

This will be a highly interactive workshop which will explore best practices in working with and training Community based Peer Research Assistants (PRA). Experiences from the field will be shared. Challenges and tips on overcoming them will also be discussed.

The workshop is geared towards building the capacity of front-line workers involved in research activities, academic researchers wanting to learn to work in partnership with communities and is open to organizations working with or planning to include PHAs or those at-risk of HIV infection in community-based research.

Participants will be made aware of the significance of including PHAs and those at risk of HIV infection on the Research Team. The time together will be enriched by testimonies of persons whose lives have been changed as a result of being involved as a PRA. Handouts will include James Watson’s article “HIV capacity-building: reclaiming our confidence.”

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

To register or for further information, please contact Hope Ramsay at hramsay@ohtn.on.ca or at 416-642-6486 ext. 2239.

WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS: UPDATING THE BLUEPRINT MANIFESTO
Thursday March 4, 2010
12:30pm – 5:00pm
St-Charles
EN / FR

Hosted by the Blueprint for Action on Women and Girls and HIV/AIDS, this half-day satellite will consist of a roundtable discussion aimed at updating the Blueprint Manifesto. Released in 2005, the Blueprint Manifesto offers a list of issues and demands to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic among women, transwomen and girls in Canada and globally. Five years later, women, transwomen and girls remain disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS and social determinants of health, while their needs continue to be marginalized and inadequately addressed. This workshop will offer a venue to map out and discuss the ongoing and new issues that women of diverse backgrounds and experiences are facing in 2010, and to identify the strategies required to address their needs in a comprehensive manner. Participants will be invited to provide feedback to help produce an updated version of the Blueprint Manifesto and national Report Card, in preparation for dissemination at the International AIDS Conference (Vienna 2010). This workshop is open to everyone.

To register or for further information, please contact Sophie Wertheimer at
1-800-499-1986, ext.123 or by email at sophiew@cdnaids.ca

SATELLITES (FULL DAY)
APPLYING FOR PHAC HIV and AIDS PROJECT FUNDING – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Thursday, March 4, 2010
9:00am – 5:00pm
Régence C
EN / FR

The Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) HIV/AIDS Policy, Coordination and Programs Division offers a full-day satellite session on preparing a sound and outcomes-based project proposal (application for funding). The session will cover the basic requirements of an Invitation to Submit Applications (ISA).

This session is targeted at organizations that find challenging the development of strong proposals. The session should be useful both to organizations that have received PHAC funding in the past and to those that have not been successful in this regard.

This interactive session will provide a mix of information and skill-building activities, covering the entire proposal development process, including:

• PHAC HIV/AIDS funding program requirements; expectations regarding project proposals; and internal review, analysis and assessment processes.
• Components of an effective proposal (e.g. project goals and objectives; using sound evidence to support project rationale/need; development of work and evaluation plans, what they should cover, and how to link everything together.
• Strategies to improve proposal development.

To register or for further information please contact Sherri-Lynn Bregg by telephone at 613-957-7350 or by e-mail, at sherri-lynn.bregg@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

We look forward to your participation.

BUILDING A NATIONAL HIV/AIDS NETWORK FOR BLACK, AFRICAN AND CARRIBEAN CANADIANS
Thursday, March 4, 2010
9:00am – 5:00pm
Cartier A
EN / FR

The workshop will bring together relevant stakeholders from non-governmental and community organizations, people living with HIV and AIDS and government representatives from the municipal, provincial and federal level involved with Black, African and Caribbean Canadians. Much work has already been done within these communities but this event will formally create a network that will facilitate the sharing of information and expertise and access to relevant resource materials. It will also lend an influential voice to HIV/AIDS issues in Black, African and Caribbean Communities particularly in the areas of policy, research and service delivery. The meeting will focus on governance and organizational development issues. This workshop is by invitation only.

To register or for further information, please contact Angeline Jones at 613-233-7440, ext. 15 or at ajones@icad-cisd.com.

CRIMINALIZATION OF HIV NON-DISCLOSURE: ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS
Thursday, March 4, 2010
9:30am - 4:30pm
Cartier B
EN / FR

Sponsored by: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Canadian AIDS Society, Public Health Agency of Canada and the Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure

Is it a crime not to tell your partner you have HIV? Should it be? What about “safer sex”? Should police issue public alerts with a person’s name and photo if they’re accused of having unprotected sex without telling their partner? What about privacy? What is the impact on people living with HIV? How should public health authorities deal with this issue?

This day-long event on HIV disclosure, public health and criminal law is a chance to discuss these hard questions. Participants in this satellite will: (1) get the latest updates on what the criminal law says about disclosing HIV+ status, how the law is being applied, and where the law may be going as some key cases head to the courts; (2) learn about some initiatives underway aimed at preventing the misuse of criminal charges, from educating judges and lawyers to pursuing policies that could guide prosecutors away from pursuing charges where these are unjustified; (3) learn and discuss the public health role and what the Public Health Agency of Canada is doing on this issue; and (4) share ideas about strategies that can be used locally and nationally to contain criminalization.

To register or for further information, please contact Diana Lee at dlee@aidslaw.ca

PAN-CANADIAN DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUE: NEW DIRECTIONS IN GAY MEN’S HEALTH AND HIV PREVENTION
Thursday, March 4, 2010
9:00am – 5:00pm
Régence A
EN / FR

HIV has dominated the health concerns of gay men and other men who have sex with men in Canada for nearly 25 years. Nevertheless, an estimated 45% of new HIV infections continue to be identified in men who have sex with men (MSM). A myriad of other health issues and social determinants, which may have an impact on HIV rates and which affect the overall health of gay men’s and two-spirit communities across the country, have been given little priority by researchers, policy–makers, health-care workers and community programmers.

In this context, CATIE is leading a national Gay Men’s Health Initiative to address (1) the unevenness in the visibility and presence of targeted HIV prevention programs for gay men across the country, and (2) a growing need to conceptualize ways in which a social determinants of health framework translates into concrete programming.

As one activity of this initiative, the Pan-Canadian Deliberative Dialogue will bring together a collection of national gay men’s health stakeholders from various sectors to:

• Support national collaboration of researchers and community programmers to identify existing knowledge and gaps in research and programs in gay men’s health;
• Build consensus on research priorities and knowledge, translation and exchange (KTE) needs in gay men’s health and HIV prevention; and
• Explore the most promising avenues for action.

Participation is by invitation only.

For more information, please contact:
Ed Jackson
Director, Program Development, CATIE
ejackson@catie.ca

The Deliberative Dialogue co-sponsors: CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange), Canadian AIDS Society, OHTN (Ontario HIV Treatment Network), CRHC (Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition), SVR (Sexuality, Vulnerability, and Resilience) Research Project housed at McGill University, and the CBRC (Community-Based Research Centre)

VACCINE PREPAREDNESS AND NEW PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES
Thursday, March 4, 2010
9:00am - 5:00pm
Régence B
EN / FR

Sponsored by the Canadian AIDS Society, the InteragencyCoalition on AIDS and Development and the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

HIV continues to affect communities globally and current prevention methods are not proving to be enough to help stem the spread of AIDS. Infectious disease experts agree that vaccines are of the most cost-effective tools for fighting epidemics such as HIV. The community-based HIV/AIDS movement is actively participating in prevention technology development through involvement in trials and dissemination of prevention methods. The objectives of the one-day satellite are to build capacity with front-line workers and community-based organizations on vaccines and other prevention technologies; to expand knowledge within the community of community roles in supporting and informing their constituents of progress in these areas; and to build a stronger community network for ongoing engagement and knowledge sharing.

The agenda will aim at building understanding of the vaccines development process and engaging participants to identify what roles they can play to promote and build awareness of issues related to vaccine development and preparedness, and understanding of the impact of vaccines and vaccines development in the HIV/AIDS community. Several areas related to new prevention technologies will be examined including an overview of global action and coordination; community involvement in trials (including the roles of AIDS service organizations); information on current prevention research activities, community needs and community outreach; and the development of messages and opportunities to build awareness and support for the eventual introduction of these technologies into various communities.

To register or for more information please contact Bachir Sarr at bachirs@cdnaids.ca.

Participants are not required to have prior knowledge of AIDS vaccine research or new prevention technologies. Background information will be shared before the session.

LIVING OUR LIVES – A PHA YOUTH SATELLITE
Thursday, March 4, 2010
9:00am – 5:00pm
Victoria
EN / FR

Are you a young person between the ages of 18 and 30 living with HIV?

Do you want to meet other poz youth from all over the country?

Are you interested in learning how to make a difference?

If so, Positive Youth Outreach (PYO), YouthCo AIDS Society, Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE), Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC) and the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) would like to invite you to the one day Youth Satellite, on Thursday, March 4th, 2010, which will be held in Montreal prior to the 6th Canadian Skills Building Symposium.

This Youth Satellite will include skills building sessions that will give you the tools to create meaningful change. The Satellite will also be an opportunity for you to bring your treatment knowledge up to date and engage in the 6^th Canadian Skills Building Symposium.

To register please send an e-mail to pyo@actoronto.org or call 416-340-8484 x 281.

Register now to join other youth and learn how to make a difference!!!

Project funding provided by the ViiV Healthcare – Shire Canada HIV/AIDS 2009 Community Innovation Program.

SATELLITES (TWO DAYS)
HIV AND AGING: PARTNERS IN AGING (PIA) NATIONAL FORUM
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Thursday, March 4, 2010
9:00pm – 5:00pm
Verriére A & B
EN / FR

Names & Organizations of Facilitators: Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR): Elisse Zack, Executive Director, Dr. Judy Gould, Project Leader, Cathy Cameron, Research Consultant, Manon Labrecque, Event Planner

The Canadian Working Group for HIV and Rehabilitation received funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to consult with community agencies, researchers, educators, policy makers and rehabilitation practitioners from the HIV and gerontology communities about the issue of HIV and Aging.

The findings from these consultations will be relayed, and a framework for action will be co-created, at the Partners in Aging National Forum - an invitational event for Canadian leaders in the HIV and/or Aging fields.

The Forum will be held as a satellite meeting of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Skills Building Symposium in Montreal on the evening of March 3 and all day on March 4, 2010. There, we will begin to plan the way forward together.

For further information, please contact Manon Labrecque at labrecque.m@sympatico.ca.