News
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A call for community engagement: Exploring the harms and benefits of molecular HIV surveillance
“The first letter in HIV stands for Human,” writes Dr. Alexander McClelland in a co-authored 2020 paper outlining…
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Examining the results of CTN 297: Black PRAISE
The Black PRAISE team have pioneered a novel intervention aimed at reducing HIV-related stigma while strengthening the HIV…
Resources
Our Resource Library is a place to share documents, videos, and training resources about HIV and STBBI research and related topics.
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Canadian Public Health Association
This psychometrically validated tool, based on the Health Care Provider HIV/AIDS Stigma Scale, offers several questions to help front-line health and social service providers reflect on their own attitudes, values and beliefs related to STBBIs.
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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
This Stigma Training Guide was developed with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is implemented in Zambia, Ghana, and Tanzania with the aim of reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination in health facilities and amongst staff in health facilities.
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Canadian Public Health Association
This document aims to reduce stigma through the careful consideration of language associated with sexual health, substance use, and communities and is intended to help health and social service providers identify language that can facilitate safer and more respectful discussions about sexual health, substance use, and STBBIs.
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Canadian Public Health Association
This tool assists organizations in identifying the policy, environmental and cultural factors that contribute to the reduction of stigma and, in turn, creating settings where clients feel welcomed and respected when seeking care.
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National Centre for Truth and Reconcilliation
Lunch and Learn from Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023
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Library of Parliament
Knowing which terms to use and to whom they apply can often be challenging. Using appropriate language, however, is fundamental to ensuring respectful and positive relationships and to avoiding terms that may be discriminatory or offensive
Studies
The CTN+ supports clinical trials, implementation science projects, and non-interventional research of the highest scientific and ethical standards.
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CTNPT 049: SMART Intervention in Middle Eastern and North African Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Youth
Promoting Mental Health and Reducing HIV Risk Behaviours through Self-compassion, Mindful Acceptance u0026 Resilience Transformation (SMART): An Evidence-informed Pilot Randomized Trial with Diaspora MENA Gay, Bisexual and Trans Youth in Ontario
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CTN 297: Black PRAISE
HIV Stigma Reduction Intervention with African, Caribbean and Black Faith Communities in Ontario
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CTN 317: Transgender Education for Affirmative and Competent HIV and Healthcare (TEACHH)
Transgender women removing healthcare barriers to engagement in the HIV prevention and care cascades
Publications
Our researchers and trainees have produced hundreds of peer-reviewed publications in a wide range of HIV- and STBBI-related areas.