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 […]
Canada Shows Solidarity on World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day is held on December 1st each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died. There are more than 35 million people living with HIV around the world. In Canada, more than […]
Engaging Indigenous Youth in HIV Awareness
Engaging Indigenous youth in HIV Awareness to improve health outcomes in their communities. Recently, I travelled to the Yukon Territory to explore how the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) can involve Indigenous youth in our new educational program, One and All. I visited the town of Haines Junction to interview scholar and activist Harlan […]
Q5 With Muluba: Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos
In this edition of Q5 with Muluba, CANFAR Youth Ambassador Muluba Habanyama gets acquainted with CANFAR Board member and long time supporter Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos. Leeanne founded CANFAR’s first young volunteer group The Junior Committee, and currently sits on CANFAR’s Board of Directors. Muluba met with Leanne in her Toronto home to take a trip […]
Rodney Rousseau’s Crash Course on HIV
We asked CANFAR National Ambassador, and Immunology Graduate Student at UofT – Rodney Rousseau, to give a crash course on HIV. In this column, Rodney answers the question: “What does HIV do in the body?” Overview HIV invades and attacks white blood cells in your body. If your white blood cells were the size of […]
CANFAR Receives Largest Donation in Foundation’s History
$1 Million Donation from The Slaight Family Foundation Enables CANFAR to Expand its HIV Youth Awareness Activities To Reach Canada’s Most Vulnerable Mr. Andrew Pringle, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) is pleased to announce a $1 million donation by the Slaight Family Foundation on February 10, […]
Giving Tuesday, December 2, 2014
It’s Giving Tuesday! The call to action in the fight against AIDS is renewed each year on World AIDS Day. December 1st turns the world’s attention to the fact that the fight against HIV and AIDS is not over. Today, CANFAR is hopeful. A cure is within reach. With your help, we can end AIDS […]
A World AIDS Day Reflection
Sunday December 1, 2013 was World AIDS Day an event observed around the world by millions. World AIDS Day began as an event that was created to bring awareness to a disease that to this day has significant stigma surrounding it. While the event began as a commemoration for those we love and have lost […]