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ACT RESEARCH DAY

Date and time

Thu, May 28, 2015 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Location

Ramada Plaza Toronto Downtown

300 Jarvis Street Toronto, ON M5B 2C5 Canada

Description

ACT Research Day 2015

Thursday, May 28th from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm.

Ramada Plaza Hotel
300 Jarvis Street, Toronto


Online Registration opens April 27
Space is limited - register early!

ACTRD Registration opens at 9:30 am
Session opens at 10:00 am


Treatment and wellbeing: getting to the end of HIV?

ACT Research Day is a free event for service providers, researchers, people living with HIV, community members, policy makers, students and others to discuss current HIV research and the implications for programs and policy.

The Program for ACTRD 2015 features:

  • A keynote presentation:
    ▪The Proposed Ontario HIV Strategy: Engagement, Prevention and Care

  • Concurrent knowledge building sessions on:
    ▪ Sex-positivity: Definitions, Declarations, and Applications.
    ▪ Going Viral: Informing and Influencing the Public's Understanding of HIV

  • A panel of researchers presenting their recent and current research on:
    ▪ Is my job better than no job? Labour market experiences and depressive symptoms in people living with HIV.
    ▪ Stress and mental health concerns of Aboriginal women living with HIV and HIV-negative Aboriginal women.
    ▪ Other ways of knowing: South Asian women share their truth about living with HIV.


If you have any questions, please contact
actresearchday@actoronto.org.


ACTRD is organized by a Steering Committee comprising ACT, CATIE, OHTN and community members. ACTRD is generously supported by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network.

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