Activities

The Phase One Community Report shares what we heard from community members living with or affected by HIV, and from service providers working across HIV, health, settlement, and social services. Phase One engaged 97 participants across six Canadian cities (Calgary, Edmonton, the Greater Toronto Area, London, Niagara, and Ottawa) through 11 focus groups, alongside 18 community organizations that completed baseline surveys.

Recruiting for our PHASE 3: Community Champions Project ACE is entering an exciting new phase of community engagement and capacity building. In Phase 3, our goal is to work directly with 280–300 community members across six cities—Calgary, Edmonton, Greater Toronto Area, London, Niagara, and Ottawa—to deliver the ACE Intervention Training. This initiative builds on the progress of

Launching PHASE 2 of our Project ACE! In this second phase, we are thrilled to engage and build capacity among service providers and community leaders through a “train-the-trainer” model. ACE graduates from Phase Two will be mentored to become ACE facilitators, guiding intervention groups for affected community members. Selected service providers and community leaders from

PHASE 1C Recruitment We are inviting interested individual community members to join a focus group, hosted online via Zoom, as part of our research study. Our initiative is dedicated to combating HIV and associated stigmas, such as homophobia, transphobia, and addiction stigma, particularly within racial minority communities in Ontario and Alberta. Entitled “Acceptance and Commitment

Introducing Project ACE Website: Empowering Communities Through Online Training to Reduce HIV Stigma We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new website dedicated to the Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment (ACE) Study. Project ACE is an innovative initiative aimed at reducing HIV and related stigma and promoting community resilience. The website serves as a comprehensive