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CTN+ is committed to leading, supporting, and sharing skill development and training in research, knowledge mobilization, and community engagement.
Strengthening STBBI
Research Across Canada
The CTN+ occupies a unique position within the Canadian STBBI research landscape. By leveraging our collective strengths, individual experience, and regional perspectives, we are proud to support academic and community-focused training opportunities to expand capacity and improving impact in STBBI research.
Building Capacity for Community-Engaged Research
Through support from the CIHR Institute of Infection & Immunity, CTN+’s Phase 2 initiative aims to strengthen Canada’s capacity for inclusive, community-engaged clinical trials in HIV and other STBBIs.
These regionally led projects focus on implementing coordinated, national platforms that support training and mentorship, knowledge mobilization, and infrastructure for adaptive and community-informed research.
Learn Morelead Region: BC & Yukon
Skills Training for Real-world Intervention Evaluation in STBBIs
STRIVE-STBBI aims to build capacity for generating real-world evidence on the effectiveness of STBBI interventions implemented in routine practice settings in Canada. The STRIVE training program is developing skilled personnel capable of applying advanced analytical methods to real-world data using equity-oriented and community-engaged approaches.
lead Region: QUEBEC
Québec Training Awards Competition
This training award competition aims to support the development of new skills and knowledge in the fields of HIV and STBBIs, in order to increase participants’ capacity to actively engage in research, particularly in the design, implementation, and conduct of innovative adaptive clinical trials.
lead Region: atlantic
Activating New STBBI Trial Sites in Canada
This training program is focusing on assessing and creating regional research capacity by launching a training and mentoring platform with the aim to activate new STBBI clinical trial sites. With a hub in St. John’s, the training program will provide skills necessary to conduct clinical trials and focus on health care practitioners, graduate students, and community trainees.
lead Region: Ontario
Ontario Network for Trials, Research, and Advancement in Capacity-Building for HIV/STBBIs
ON-TRACK is developing a robust, inclusive, and sustainable HIV and STBBI clinical trials training ecosystem in Ontario for both academic and non-academic learners, to be paired with individualized mentors based on area of interest, methodologic expertise, and learner goals.
lead Region: Prairies
The Strengthened Prairies Integrated Knowledge Exchange
SPIKE will offer immersive training across the three prairie provinces with access to course materials and individual mentorship from a trialist, an HIV/STBBI expert, and a person with lived experience to integrate peers and community partners in the development and conduct of clinical trials.
Community Science Champion Program
The CTN+ Community Science Champion Program is a free comprehensive online course in clinical trials developed collaboratively with community partners for community members. The CSCP is a combination of self-paced online learning, with optional virtual group discussions with CTN+ Researchers and learning opportunities with members of the CTN+ Community Leadership Team.
Learn MoreResource Library
Part of the CTN+ Knowledge Mobilization Hub, our Resource Library is a place to share documents, videos, and training resources about HIV and STBBI research, care, and related topics.
ExploreJoin the CTN+
Interested in joining the CTN+? We’re always on the lookout for new members to answer the most pressing research questions of today, while anticipating the questions of tomorrow.
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