Find Your Local HIV Services
Local HIV Groups, Workshops, Programs
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ACB Support, Women's Social @ the AIDS Committee of Ottawa
Monthly and bi-monthly, women are invited to cook together, share meals, information, resources, and watch presentations, participate in capacity building workshops & art workshops.
Email Ramaetou@aco-cso.ca for more information.
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Black Women's Wellness and Equity Living (BWELL) Safe Space Circle (Sudbury)
Monthly, Black Women meet to pause, breathe, connect, Recharge and bond in Sisterhood. Deemed a place women can be 'naked and not ashamed,’ everything remains confidential to allow women to thrive and not strive.
Go to AWYF or contact Olayinka Esan at (705)-688-0500 ext. 227
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Taste of Home Newcomer Cooking Group @ Trellis HIV & Community Care (Kingston)
Hosted monthly, this is a community-based cooking and food sovereignty support program. It is open to people with lived im/migration experiences. We gather monthly to share cultural food, memories of home, and learn about sexual as well as reproductive health.
Email Shuying.chen@trellishiv.ca for more info.
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Skills Development & Health Promotion Group @ Women's Health in Women's Hands (Toronto)
Run every 3rd Saturday of the month for primarily for ABC women living with HIV, this program aims to help women improve their health, well-being, confidence and ability to mange their lives. The group focus on health education, skills development, health promotion and empowerment.
Email rose@whiwh.com for more info.
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HIV Care Cascade Program @ Women's Health in Women's Hands (Toronto)
The program is designed to support ACB women living with HIV overcome barriers to health care and improve their overall health and quality of life through individualized client-centred support.
The case management initiatives provides individualized care planning, care coordination, advocacy, crisis intervention and emotional support, treatment adherence support and referrals.
Contact rose@whiwh.com
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Women's Support Program @ Black CAP (Toronto)
This program supports women living with HIV by providing one-on-one case management and counselling, informal group programming and drop-ins, facilitated group sessions, system navigation and arranging peer support. The Women Support Program also provides social spaces for women living with HIV, such as:
The Women’s Community Kitchen every third Thursday of the month
Seniors’ outings for clients 60+
Monthly women’s drop-in
Email N.Ngcobo@black-cap.com for more info.
Highlighting Black HIV Centred Spaces
The African and Caribbean Council on HIV Aids in Ontario created an ACB strategy to address both the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) communities and the systemic barriers that often prevent equitable access to prevention, testing, treatment, and care.
HIV has affected ACB communities in Ontario at rates that are not explained by individual behaviour alone.
Find organizations that have an ACCHO strategy worker that you can reach out to via the ACCHO website.