HIV self-testing kits are now approved in Canada!
The CANFAR2025 campaign launches to support initiatives that will lead to end of the HIV epidemic in Canada in next 5 years TORONTO, November 3, 2020 – A major breakthrough in the fight to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Canada, it is now possible to purchase and self-administer a test for HIV in one’s home […]
Join the Magic of Bloor Street Entertains… at home!
Dear CANFAR community, We are now just a few months away from 2021 and we still find ourselves navigating in uncharted waters! With the ups and downs of our new pandemic reality, it feels like CANFAR, like many other organizations, has been reinventing itself again and again over the past few months. We held a […]
CANFAR is proud to announce the Innovation Research Grant recipients’ for Cycle 30
CANFAR awards HIV Innovation Research Grants in four broad areas: basic sciences, clinical, epidemiological, and psycho-social. In this year’s Innovation Research Grant competition, the grants awarded are $40,000. The research includes all aspects of HIV prevention, treatment and care, and cure. The goal of the $40,000 awards is to stimulate and fund HIV/AIDS related research: […]
Dr. Michael Grant selected to join as Fellows 2020 into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
OTTAWA – The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) is pleased to unveil the list of individuals that were selected to join as Fellows for 2020. CAHS recognizes excellence in health sciences. Fellows have demonstrated, through their careers and lives, that they are committed to their field of expertise in many ways. In a year […]
Can You Do Lunch? 2020
We held our annual fundraiser ‘Can You Do Lunch?‘ on Wednesday September 9th, to support our mission of ending HIV in Canada. At this year’s edition, we unveiled the new #CANFAR2025 campaign, highlighting our goal of ending HIV/AIDS epidemic in Canada by the year 2025. We celebrated the Creative Community and recognized personalities who have […]
CANFAR 20/25 Campaign
The next five years can be the last five years in our fight against HIV/AIDS in Canada This year’s edition of ‘Can You Do Lunch?’ marks the launch of the #CANFAR2025 campaign. This new fundraising and awareness campaign is destined to ensure the HIV/AIDS epidemic will end by 2025 in our nation, a new goal made possible […]
The end of the HIV crisis is within our grasp. We must apply the pandemic spirit to achieve it
The end of the HIV crisis is within our grasp. We must apply the pandemic spirit to achieve it Published August 27, 2020 Sean Rourke and Bill Flanagan Contributed to The Globe And Mail Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS partner with local organizations to promote free HIV testing and information in stores across the U.S., […]
Request for Grant Applications
The Feast Centre for Indigenous STBBI Research in Partnership with the CIHR Centre for REACH and CANFAR Indigenous COVID-19 STBBI Response Grant Request for Proposals CANFAR is proud to announce that in collaboration with the CIHR Centre for REACH, Feast Centre grants are now being made available to support research related to Indigenous peoples (First […]
The CTN CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network: Engage-COVID-19
Daniel Grace is a member of our Scientific Advisory Committee, and is interviewed in this article by The CTN CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network about a study that will document COVID-19 infection, immunity, and related determinants in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM). They will also investigate how information about […]
The CTN CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network: Postdoc Spotlight: Dr. Elisabeth McClymont
The Postdoc Spotlight reports on the CTN/CANFAR postdoc grant recipient, Dr. Elisabeth McClymont. CANFAR and CTN support this grant annually. click to read the Full Postdoc Spotlight “I have been passionately engaged in HIV research, particularly within the realm of reproductive infectious disease, since my undergraduate years and hope to continue working in this field […]