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2020 Alumni Award Recipients Dr. Stanley Read

Congratulations to Dr. Stanley Read on receiving the 2020 University of Alberta Distinguished Alumni Award

2020 Alumni Award Recipients University of Alberta alumni around the globe uphold the promise to use their education “for the public good” through their professional achievements, community service and innovation. The Alumni Awards recognize these contributions and tell the stories of our exceptional alumni, inspiring us all to Do Great Things. Distinguished Alumni Award The...

Categories: Research | Posted on: November 5, 2020

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Canada is predicted to come to an end by 2025 with self-testing kits approval

CANFAR2025 campaign launches to support priorities that will lead to end of the epidemic 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 that will allow people...

Categories: HIV News|HIV Testing|News Releases|Research | Posted on: November 3, 2020

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...

Categories: Events|News Releases | Posted on: October 26, 2020

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...

Categories: Research | Posted on: September 18, 2020

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...

Categories: Events | Posted on: September 10, 2020

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