“Canada’s refusal to fully uphold the right to life has allowed for thousands of preventable deaths across the country. We are hopeful the committee will hold Canada to account & spur the changes we need to ensure all people in Canada can be healthy & safe”
Read more: drugpolicy.ca/canada-chall...
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca and @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social March 12 11:30 am–1:00 pm for a free webinar "Bordering Health: Medical Inadmissibility, Disability Rights, and Migrant Health". www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/borde...
The #HIV Justice Academy curates trusted, evidence-based materials so you don’t have to dig through misinformation.
From personal stories to practical guidance, whether you’re researching, campaigning, or learning for yourself, the Resource Library has you covered.
academy.hivjustice.net
PERSPECTIVES SUR LES PROGRAMMES EN PRISON
24 février 2026, de 13 h à 14 h 30
Soyez des nôtres pour un survol de la réduction des méfaits en prison, à partir d’expériences vécues et de perspectives cliniques, juridiques, institutionnelles et de première ligne.
Inscrivez-vous: tinyurl.com/PHR2026
PERSPECTIVES ON PRISON PROGRAMS
February 24, 2026 from 1-2:30 pm ET
Join us tomorrow for a look at harm reduction in prisons through lived experience, frontline, clinical, legal, and institutional perspectives.
Register: tinyurl.com/PHR2026
A picture of a rising red graph line on a black background with the following text: “In just 8 days in December 2025, 122 Emergency Responses to opioid overdoses, A 35% spike from recent years. This was predictable.”
A picture of a rising red graph line on a black background with the following text: “Overlapping crises. 26,000 Ontarians lost to toxic drugs since 2016. 85,000 Ontarians experienced homelessness in 2025. From growing encampments to the rise in toxic drug deaths, the signs are visible in every community. The provincial government is responding by punishing poverty - treating its visibility as the problem to solve.
A picture of a rising red graph line on a black background with the following text: “Web of attacks. (1) Speed up evictions pushing more people into homelessness. (2) Close supervised consumption sites forcing people to use drugs in public, unsafe conditions.
A picture of a rising red graph line on a white background with the following text: “IF WE WANT SAFE COMMUNITIES, WE MUST SUPPORT THOSE MOST AT RISK. People do not stop using drugs when they are stripped of safety. And they do not stop being homeless when housing does not exist. Read our op-ed: tinyurl.com/2025Disaster
The evidence is clear: People do not stop using drugs when they are stripped of safety, and they do not stop being homeless when housing does not exist.
Read more about how Ontario’s policies are deepening the entwined housing and toxic drug crises here: tinyurl.com/2025Disaster
Our Shelter Right report looks at a broken system in Canada where most provinces lack shelter standards that protect the rights of people who use drugs.
The result is a fragmented system that fails those most in need.
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/shelter...
The authors of It's Not So Simple have an op-ed posted today at Talking Drugs looking at the reasons for the recent rise in police-reported drug offences in Canada:
www.talkingdrugs.org/canadas-rise...
This report builds on research demonstrating the harms resulting from laws/policies that punish people who use drugs by specifically examining the consequences of recent shifts in how police/prosecutors pursue and lay drug possession and trafficking charges.
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/its-not...
The State of HIV in Canada details Canada’s efforts to date in working towards the 95-95-95 targets, along with a “report card” outlining what’s happening (or not!) in every province and territory in Canada where data is available.
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/state-o...
And until we see real changes, people will continue to be driven away from health and social service supports that they need to be well.
Beyond the need to scale up these services, we are again calling on the Government of Canada to initiate a range of Criminal Code reforms to decriminalize people living with HIV, sex workers, and people who use drugs. These must be made in line with scientific evidence and human rights standards.
Additionally, the federal government should be doing much more to ensure equitable access to PrEP across Canada, particularly in remote and rural areas. There is much work to be done to end HIV as a public health threat in Canada, and this new report provides a blueprint.
Our report recommends — among many clear steps to be taken — that the Government of Canada immediately expand access to harm reduction services that reduce the transmission of HIV, such as needle and syringe distribution programs and supervised consumption services in prisons and wider communities.
Start 2026 with the most up-to-date information on the HIV response in Canada with our recent report - The State of HIV in Canada: Rights, Progress, and Unfinished Work:
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/state-o...
The French and English front covers of the HIV Legal Network's 2024-25 annual report - Securing Rights. The covers are a charcoal cover with a stylized profile of a face made from fingerprints. The French cover has the following text: Protéger les droits: Miser sur nos valeurs pour relever les défis actuels. The English cover has the following text: Securing Rights: Using Our Values to Meet the Moment. Both covers are on a rust coloured background.
Take a look at our most recent annual report – Securing Rights – to find out more about the kind of positive change we’re making and get a glimpse of what we hope to accomplish in 2026.
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/securin...
The new report from the @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social makes it clear that Canada is not on track to meet its HIV commitments. My newest blog looks at what the report calls for and why leadership is needed now.
theaccidentalhivactivist.substack.com/p/the-state-...
#UequalsU #HIV #PLHIVLeadersNOW
A black and white image of the Canadian parliament buildings, overlaid with a red HIV ribbon. Below the image is a red box, with the following text overlaid in white: "Media Release - HIV Legal Network launches key recommendations for the Government of Canada to end the HIV epidemic in this country."
Today, the HIV Legal Network was joined by people living with HIV and other health experts on Parliament Hill to call for increased leadership and commitment from all levels of government to end the HIV epidemic in this country.
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/hiv-leg...
Add your voice! Stop Bills C-2 and C-12!
The bills expand surveillance, criminalization, and exclusion - pushing people out of care and into harm.
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/bills-c...
Come work with us!
Do you have a passion for social justice? The HIV Legal Network is seeking a full-time policy analyst to use their legal skills to advance the human rights of people living with and affected by HIV in Canada and around the world.
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/get-inv...
Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser - four-time Olympic gold-medallist, Toronto Maple Leafs assistant GM of player development, and a practicing family and emergency medicine physician - on why Canada's sustained support for The Global Fund isn’t just the right thing to do - its also a smart investment.
A black and white image of the Ontario legislature with the following text overlaid: "Between March 2020 and May 2024, Parkdale’s supervised consumption site had 14,409 visits, made 11,678 referrals to community services, and reversed a total of 819 overdoses while also providing much-needed low-barrier healthcare, pathways to treatment, drug-checking services and a place to discard drug use equipment. If the Ontario government’s decision to close Parkdale’s supervised consumption site stands, people who use drugs will die or suffer traumatic injury as the health services they rely on are shuttered."
We cannot let this happen.
Send a message to the Government of Ontario.
Please email your MPP today to tell them that you believe in evidence, dignity, and life – and that you expect the same from your government representatives.
Find their email address here:
www.ola.org/en/members/c...
“The government is now using this pressure that they knowingly created to justify dismantling additional life-saving services in the province by deploying their power over social and health services: funding,”
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca...
Please email your MPP today to tell them that you believe in evidence, dignity, and life – and that you expect the same from your government representatives. Find their email address here: www.ola.org/en/members/c...
A black and white picture of Queen's Park in Toronto. Hundreds of crosses are on the lawn to mark opioid related deaths. Text over the image reads: "Media Statement: We condemn the Government of Ontario's forced closure of Parkdale supervised consumption site
The Ford Government’s persistent attack on supervised consumption services and people who use drugs will end in further deaths.
Please see our statement:
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/stateme...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 6:00-8:45 p.m.
York University, Ross Building S801/S802
Register online (Seats are limited!)
www.eventbrite.ca/e/rejecting-...?
Speakers include: Audrey Huntley, Chanelle Gallant, Dr. Elene Lam, Dr. Robyn Maynard, Terri Monture.
Opening Remarks: Dr. Ruth Green
Join us for our webinar: HIV/AIDS, Harm Reduction & 2SLGBTQIA+ History.
We’ll look at how these movements began, the victories communities won, and how solidarity can advance health, dignity & justice.
📅 Oct. 8 2025
⏰ 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
🔗 Register: sfu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Navy blue text against a white background reads: Over 175 2SLGBTQIA+ and allied organizations call on Prime Minister Carney to maintain funding for 2SLGBTQIA+ equality and women's rights in the 2025 federal budget. The logos of Dignity Network Canada, Egale, Enchante Network, Fierte Canada Pride, Queer Momentum, and Pride at Work Canada are also shown. At the bottom, white text against a blue background reads: "Read more and add your voice: MomentumCanada.net/Budget"
Alongside 175+ organizations across Canada, including leading 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations like @egalecanada.bsky.social, @fiertecappride.bsky.social, Pride at Work Canada, Enchanté Network & Dignity Network Canada, we are sounding the alarm about potential cuts to Women & Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)
Join the HIV Legal Network and the Stephen Lewis Foundation for a vital conversation on why the Global Fund’s replenishment is crucial for LGBTIQ health and rights worldwide.
theslf.org/global-fund
