Youth Art Competition 2018
The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) is calling on youth under the age of 30 in select provinces and territories to participate in a national youth art competition with the goal of raising awareness of health services available to young Canadians. We are currently looking for submissions in the following provinces and territories: Newfoundland and...
Categories: Community|HIV Awareness | Posted on: July 3, 2018
New Leadership Announcement
Mr. Andrew Pringle, CM Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Alex Filiatrault as Chief Executive Officer of CANFAR effective Monday, June 25 th. Mr. Filiatrault is a long-standing supporter of CANFAR, and in 2016 was presented with CANFAR’s Volunteer of the...
Categories: CANFAR General|The Catalyst | Posted on: June 27, 2018
CANFAR Announces New Partnership with Seneca College’s School of Media
CANFAR is proud to announce a new partnership with Seneca College’s School of Media. Students from the Public Relations-Corporate Communications program will help to promote this year’s upcoming Bloor Street Entertains gala, which takes place on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. CANFAR has been privileged to have the support for many years of Seneca’s Event Management program, led...
Categories: CANFAR General|Events | Posted on: June 14, 2018
Thank you to the Team at Raymond James
All of us at CANFAR would like to extend a special thank you to the team at Raymond James, for both volunteering their time at this year’s “AIDSbeat Goes to the Movies” event on Friday, May 4, 2018 and for their extremely generous donation of $2,500. This is the second year in a row that...
Categories: Community|Sponsor Spotlight | Posted on: May 25, 2018
Power of the Arts: CANFAR partners with “SExT: Sex Education by Theatre” to educate Canadian youth about HIV prevention
TORONTO – The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) is proud to announce its largest community partnership with arts-based youth performance group, SExT: Sex Education by Theatre, to reach youth in some of the most remote communities in the country that are most affected by the HIV epidemic. Thanks to CANFAR’s Program Sponsors, including the...
Categories: Community|HIV Awareness|HIV Prevention | Posted on: May 2, 2018