2016 Presentations

presentation 1
New Approaches to HIV Prevention: From Clinic to Community

PRESENTER
Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto – Department of Medicine & Infectious Diseases Consultant, Toronto General Hospital

This presentation will discuss HIV prevention strategies with a focus on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Participants will review current data that has formed PrEP care delivery models, and discuss how comprehensive HIV preventative care can be integrated into clinical and public health settings. Additional interactive discussion topics include HIV prevention outreach to marginalized populations and strategies to improve access to care. 

PRESENTATION
The Sex You Want Campaign

Presenter
Dane Griffiths, Manager of Health Promotion & Dan GAllant, Knowledge FACILITATOR, Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance of Ontario (GMSH)

In October 2016 the GMSH will launch a comprehensive sexual health campaign for cis and trans gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men. The campaign is timely in an era of sustained HIV infection and an epidemic of sexually transmitted infections among gbMSM. The Sex You Want features animated videos, comic strips, and info-graphics that reflect the complex and diverse experiences of gbMSM, grounded in science and a progressive attitude towards sex and pleasure. The website is community-driven with extensive consultation with community members, working groups, frontline workers, researchers, and policymakers. The Sex You Want aligns with Ontario’s new provincial HIV strategy which emphasizes gay men as a priority population, encouraging HIV and STI testing, utilizing new and emerging biomedical HIV prevention strategies, and timely connection to HIV treatment and care. 

presentation 2
Moving Beyond “Positive Space”: Improving the Health and Wellbeing of LGBT2SQ Communities

Presenter
Devon MacFarlane, Director, Rainbow Health Ontario

While many people are aware that lesbian, gay, bi, trans, Two Spirit, and queer (LGBT2SQ) people experience a range of barriers to care, fewer people are aware of the broad range of health disparities that LGBT2SQ populations experience. In this workshop, we will develop a shared understanding of some of the types of health disparities that LGBT2SQ communities experience, and we will also explore some of the ways that health and social services workers, programs, and organizations can make a difference.