AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia
200-5516 Spring Garden Road, Suite 200 B3J 1G6 Halifax, NS, Canada

Woody's back, and is excited about something! #staytuned #ACNS #Woody #mascot

"PALS is a 28-month, peer-driven outreach project for people who use drugs in Halifax who are being released from the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (CNSCF). The overall objective is to reduce risk-taking behaviour of 75 to 100 people who use substances at the critical time of their release. PALS employs current and former substance users as peer workers (also referred to as PALS) who are trained on topics such as overdose awareness, confidentiality, and harm reduction. Incarcerated people who use drugs can be referred by a case management officer at the CNSCF or self-refer to the program."

Are you a nurse practitioner or healthcare provider in Atlantic Canada who would like to prescribe gender-affirming hormones for trans and gender diverse patients? This course is for nurse practitioners and healthcare providers who wish to prescribe hormones for trans and gender diverse patients. Organized in partnership by prideHealth (http://pridehealth.ca) and the Community-Based Research Centre (http://cbrc.net) this training is entirely online and is self-directed learni...ng. This course is free and takes approximately 3 hours. A certificate of completion is available after finishing this training. Register at https://forms.gle/oTqjaJYcFojwRQFY7 to begin this course.

CBRC and Egale Canada have have partnered on researching Access to Justice Study for 2SLGBTQIA+ People in Canada. Egale is currently focused on the experience of sexual minorities (e.g. lesbian women, bisexual people, gay men) in Atlantic Canada.. Egale is in the final phase of recruitment, which is ending December 15, 2020! This study, available in both English and French, seeks to gather information about the legal experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in Easter...n Canada. The data gathered will help inform and change legal policies, practices, and services for LGBTQI2S people in Canada. A link to the study can be found at https://egale.ca/legal-study along with additional information. For anyone interested in participating, you can reach out to [email protected] for more information, or to arrange an interview. To be eligible, participants must: -Identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or another sexual orientation minority -Be at least 16 years old -Have had a serious legal issue within the last three (3) years -Reside in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick

Decisions, decisions... Red or Green? #staytuned #ACNS #Woody #mascot

Seen us on Grindr lately? Yes, it's us! On top of our usual online outreach through platforms like Squirt, Manhunt & more, we've added Grindr to the list. Previously limited to the HRM, ACNS has been able to expand our Grindr outreach to the full province! We move our location a few times each day to be accessible to as many Nova Scotians as possible. If you see us, make sure to add us to your Favorites list! This way we are always in your back-pocket to ask a question, even when we aren't logged in to your town. Got questions, but not on queer meeting apps or sites? You can contact our Health & Wellness Educator at [email protected] with your questions too!

The Youth Coalition is very excited to open their call for submissions for the upcoming World AIDS Day Watchdog! Recognizing 1st December as World AIDS Day (WAD), the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights and The PACT are calling on all young people under 30 to speak up and show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS.... The 2020 WAD global focus theme is GLOBAL SOLIDARITY, SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. Global solidarity and shared responsibility requires us to view global health responses, including the AIDS response, in a new way. Here are the links to the calls for submissions: English: http://bit.ly/YCWAD Español: http://bit.ly/YCWAD_ESP_ Français: http://bit.ly/YCWAD_FR Deadline: November 15th 2020!