| 1. HIV and Immigrant Workshop | Explores Canada’s immigration system and service eligibility for newcomers living with HIV. Participants build advocacy skills to access and navigate services as immigrants, refugees, or non-status individuals. | Service Providers & Newcomers, Refugees & Non-status. Some workshops are restricted to PHAs only but not all | Zainab Soje | [email protected] | HIV and Immigration Program |
| 2. ETSN (Ethno-Racial Treatment Support Network)
| A peer training series that supports racialized people living with HIV to build treatment knowledge, strengthen communication with healthcare providers, and take on leadership roles as peer counsellors, facilitators, and mentors. *The program is currently under review and expected to relaunch in late summer or early fall. | People living with or affected by HIV, prioritizing racialized PHAs, specifically those newly diagnosed with HIV | Zainab Soje | [email protected] | ETSN Program |
| 3. HIV & Linkage to Care | Introduces the pathways to HIV testing, diagnosis, treatment, mental health support, and community resources for people newly navigating care systems. | Open to all, targeted towards ACB communities | Zainab Soje | [email protected] | ACB Prevention: 1Love1Stop |
| 4. Integrated National HIV Prevention Strategy
| Covers HIV basics, epidemiology, the social determinants of health, and prepares participants to become peer educators in their communities.
| Open to all, targeted towards ACB communities | Zainab Soje | [email protected] | ACB Prevention: 1Love1Stop
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| 5. HIV and Other STBBIs | Provides essential knowledge on the prevention and testing of HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. | Open to all | Zainab Soje | [email protected]
| ACB Prevention: 1Love1Stop |
| 6. HIV & Drug Use
| Examines how substance use intersects with HIV risk, socio-economic factors, and the unique impact on African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) communities in Canada. | Open to all; targeted to ACB folks | Zainab Soje | [email protected] | ACB Prevention: 1Love1Stop |
| 7. History of Black People in Canada
| Traces the roots and resilience of ACB communities in Canada, explores anti-Black racism and intersectional discrimination, and highlights the impact on health and access to care.
| Service Providers; open to all | Zainab Soje | [email protected] | ACB Prevention: 1Love1Stop |
| 8. Cultural Safety & Competency for Communities | Explores colonization, decolonization, and systemic inequities affecting ACB communities, while building skills for culturally safe and equitable service delivery. | Service Providers; open to all | Zainab Soje | [email protected] | ACB Prevention: 1Love1Stop |
| 9. What to Know About Gendered Framing of HIV Prevention | Explores gender-specific challenges in HIV prevention among cis and trans men and women, and builds awareness of the need for inclusive approaches. | Service Providers | Zainab Soje | [email protected] | ACB Prevention: 1Love1Stop |
| 10. LGBTQ+ Sexual Health in Ontario | Explores sexual health services and resources in Ontario that are designed to support the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ migrant and refugee communities, with an emphasis on culturally affirming and inclusive care. | LGBTQI+ newcomers (including immigrants, refugees, refugee claimants/asylum seekers, international students, foreign nationals authorized to work in Canada under any work permit, and people with precarious or undocumented status), and service providers who work with them. | Wania Amir Khan | [email protected] | Rainbow Resilience Program |
| 11. Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment (ACE) | A mental wellness program using mindfulness and experiential learning to build resilience, emotional awareness, and goal-setting for participants facing psychological challenges. | People living with HIV, Newcomers & GBMSM | David Soomarie | [email protected] | Legacy Program |
| 12. Sexual Health Workshop | Interactive session offering accurate information about PrEP, PEP, and U=U, while addressing stigma, myths, and barriers to accessing sexual health services. | People living with HIV, Newcomers & GBMSM | David Soomarie | [email protected] | Legacy Program |
| 13. Integration & Opportunities Preparedness (IOP) | Equips newcomers with skills for successful integration into work or school in Canada, covering topics like financial literacy, job search, resumes, and social support programs. | Newcomers & GBMSM | David Soomarie | [email protected] | Legacy Program |
| 14. 045+ (Aging with HIV) | Addresses the unique experiences of long-term HIV survivors aged 45+, focusing on aging, burnout, intergenerational connection, retirement planning, and health concerns. | People living with HIV | David Soomarie | [email protected] | Legacy Program |
| 15. Celebrate: Love Life and Laugh Together (3LT) | An arts-based program fostering dialogue on grief, loss, and community through intergenerational storytelling, picture book creation, and reflections on life and death. | People living with HIV | David Soomarie | [email protected] | Legacy Program |
| 16. Supporting the Supporter (STS) | Promotes mental wellness for PHAs in service roles by addressing burnout, peer dynamics, and vicarious trauma through self-care and role sustainability training. | Service Providers living with HIV | David Soomarie | [email protected] | Legacy Program |
| 17. Legacy Ambassadors | Trains community members in facilitation skills. Community members are also provided with information on sexual health, cultural safety, harm reduction and STBBI’s. Graduates support the delivery of CAAT’s programmes as co-facilitators/facilitators. | People living with HIV, Newcomers & GBMSM | David Soomarie | [email protected] | Legacy Program |
