Voices for World AIDS Day
This year the social media campaign Voices for World AIDS Day remembers December 1, 1988, the first World AIDS Day. CANFAR had just been founded a year prior, and was already working on its mission of funding HIV research and increasing awareness. CANFAR founders realized research was needed. How is the disease was transmitted? How […]
Youth get artistic about HIV awareness
Last spring, CANFAR launched a National Youth Art Competition to develop youth-friendly HIV resource cards. These cards feature artwork submitted by local youth on the theme of “community,” and recommend regional health services and supports available to young Canadians. A panel of five international artists, all of whom have explored HIV and AIDS in their work, judged the […]
CANFAR Announces Its 30th Year Research Initiatives
On August 22, 2017, Dr. Stanley Read, Chair of CANFAR’s Scientific Advisory Committee announced the inaugural Dr. Mark Wainberg Grant for Outstanding HIV Research recipient. This grant was awarded to Dr. Mathieu Maheu-Giroux of McGill University, in honour of the distinguished research career of the late Dr. Mark Wainberg who was a global pioneer in the world of […]
Reaching Out to Canadian Youth
This summer, Roxanne Ma, CANFAR Manager of National Awareness Programs, and Muluba Habanyama, CANFAR National Youth Ambassador, travelled to Canada’s west coast where they facilitated a digital storytelling workshop at the “Youth Unleashing Power” symposium in Vancouver Island, BC. The aim was reaching out to Canadian youth Roxanne and Muluba connected with over 21 young […]
Raising HIV Awareness Across Canada
As our F17 Budget year winds to an end, I’m particularly impressed by the commitment of the CANFAR team in advancing our mission of raising HIV awareness across Canada. The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) is the only national charitable foundation that raises awareness to generate funds for research into all aspects of HIV infection […]
Dispelling Myths Related to HIV
CANFAR is committed to raising awareness and fighting stigma associated with HIV and AIDS. Stigma and misinformation have continuously challenged the HIV and AIDS community since the very first cases in North America reported in the early 1980s. Despite incredible advances in HIV prevention, treatment, and care, those misconceptions remain deeply embedded in our collective […]
Decades of Leading Excellence in Research
CANFAR’s scientific advisory committee marks decades of leading excellence in research–30 years to be exact! When Dr. Stanley Read first joined CANFAR’s Scientific Advisory Committee nearly 30 years ago, the outlook for a person newly diagnosed with HIV was dire. At the time, the diagnosis of HIV was often a death sentence. “It was pretty bleak,” Dr. Read […]
Supporting Our National Partners
Supporting our national partners and working with local organizations to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS across the country. This fall, I represented the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR)’s One and All program in Edmonton, Alberta. I was accompanied by our National Youth Ambassador, Muluba Habanyama, who was invited to speak at the 25th anniversary of the Edmonton […]
International AIDS Conference 2016: Complacency is the New Conspiracy
“The opportunity to bend the curve of the epidemic is before us. It is up to all of us to seize every opportunity so that we may end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Canada is and will continue to be a steadfast partner in making sure these advances and opportunities reach all […]
Canada Invests in HIV Research
Canada invests in HIV research that will ensure we have the tools to fight HIV and end the AIDS epidemic. In marking World AIDS Day, Health Minister Jane Philpott delivered welcome news to the research community—the federal government will increase its commitment to funding HIV and AIDS research by $3.5 million. Canada currently invests approximately […]