HIV Legal Network
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- 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...
- 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 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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- 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.
- 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...
- 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
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- 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
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- As International Overdose Awareness Day approaches, we are calling on the Government of Ontario to act on the abundant evidence and reverse course on the closure of supervised consumption sites in the province. Read our op-ed in today's Ottawa Citizen: ottawacitizen.com/opinion/reve...
- Read the open letter from the Harm Reduction Nurses Association calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Government of Canada to show courage and act decisively to end preventable drug poisoning deaths. www.hrna-aiirm.ca/wp-content/u...
- 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. Wednesday, September 17 · 10 - 11:30am EDT www.eventbrite.ca/e/funding-he...
- capitalpride.ca/events/human... Tomorrow, Capital Pride is hosting a Human Rights Panel, presented by the European Union and co-hosted by the Dignity Network and the HIV Legal Network. Join Maurice Tomlinson and other experts sharing worldwide perspectives about building 2SLGBTQ+ community.
- Care about human rights and privacy and believe Canada should be committed to them? Join this session! Wednesday, August 27th 7 PM ET (4 PM PT/5 PM CT/8 PM AT) us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- Reposted by HIV Legal NetworkWe’re pleased to amplify a report by our friends at @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social , Hard Time Persists: Healthcare and Harm Reduction in Canada’s Prison System. It provides a national scan of healthcare and harm reduction policies in prisons across Canada. www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/hard-ti...
- We know why people are dying in Canada’s prisons. Why, then, do these harmful policies and practices persist? Read more about how systemic failures in Canada’s prisons are causing alarming, but predictable, health outcomes here: www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/behind-...
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- Reposted by HIV Legal NetworkPolice interference w/ harm reduction services is a growing crisis. Surveilling services, arresting clients & other abuses cause service avoidance, violate peoples right to healthcare & highlights urgent need for binding non-interference policies. @filtermag.bsky.social @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social
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- This week, Peterborough City Council voted to cut funding for Trinity Community Centre – an emergency shelter that has served over 400 people in under one year – because it is inclusive.
- Today is the “Support. Don’t Punish” global day of action! Reclaim power. Resist injustice. Reform drug laws. supportdontpunish.org #EndTheWarOnDrugs #SupportDontPunish
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- In response to the forced closure of safe consumption sites, communities and volunteers are mobilizing to provide supports themselves. See the legal implications of operating an Overdose Prevention Site in Ontario and protections for operators and patrons here: www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/it-is-n...
- Today – on World Refugee Day – we again call on the government of Canada to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) with the United States and withdraw the Strong Borders Act before this harmful legislation becomes law.
- Our new resource – created in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social and @candrugpolicy.bsky.social lays out the legal implications of operating an Overdose Prevention Site in Ontario and protections for operators and patrons. www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/it-is-n...
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- In response to the closure of safe consumption sites in Ontario, communities and volunteers are mobilizing to provide supports. Find out the legal implications of operating an Overdose Prevention Site in Ontario and protections for operators and patrons. www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/it-is-n...
- Find our podcast - Not A Crime - on your favourite streaming platform, or listen at our website: www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/podcast... Order Digital News and HIV Criminalization by Colin Hastings here: utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
- We are co-presenting a screening of Pride Vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story, which explores the landmark case of a gay Alberta teacher whose firing led the Supreme Court to take up the issue of sexual orientation as a human right. TIFF Lightbox - June 26 at 8pm. tiff.net/events/pride...
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- We’ve teamed up with @hracollective.bsky.social to host a special event with people from across Canada speaking to the harms of drug criminalization in Canada as part of the 'Support. Don’t Punish' global day of action on June 26. Registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/care-not-c...
- An open letter - signed by 60 organizations - calls on the Canadian government to withdraw the Strong Borders Act because of the “devastating impact” it will have on people living with HIV and other communities. Read the letter here: www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/open-le...
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- We are co-presenting a screening of Pride Vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story at TIFF Lightbox on June 26 at 8:00 pm. Exploring the landmark case of a gay Alberta teacher whose firing led the Supreme Court to take up the issue of sexual orientation as a human right. tiff.net/events/pride...
- Join Dignity in Dialogue today at 11 for a discussion focused on exploring various forms of power, how they impact our work and movements, and emphasize the importance of building bridges across organizations and sectors to strengthen collective power. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Our new Shelter Right report looks at a broken system 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...
