Monthly Archives: April 2013

May is Asian Heritage Month, and ACAS has lined up some exciting events to celebrate our cultural roots! Asian Heritage Month 2013 May 5 – 27 ACAS celebrates Asian Heritage Month 2013 and diverse Asian community in GTA by organizing variety of events to bring our community together and promoting other events organized by community partners. How would you celebrate Asian Heritage Month this year? ————— events organized by ACAS ————— My story – Living with HIV Date: Friday, May 10 Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM Location: ACAS (260 Spadina Avenue, unit 410) How gender, race, sexuality, disability, HIV stigma and other factors intertwine in our society? Come join and learn from the personal life experiences of Asians living with HIV in Canada. RSVP required and space limited. Please contact Andrew at 416-963-4300 x 222 or email support@acas.org Asian Bathhouse Nite – Spring Fling Date: Thursday, May 16 Time: 8:00 – 11:00 PM Location: Spa Excess (105 Carlton st.) 3rd Thursday of every month, Asian Men Sexual Health program hosts the Asian Bathhouse Event for Asian gay, bi and MSM (men who have sex with men) filled with fun, educational workshops, anonymous HIV testing, and maybe something more. Asian Men Social Nite – Dating Then & Now Date: Wednesday, May 22 Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM Location: ACAS (260 Spadina Avenue, unit 410) An evening of discussion on hook up, dating, and (open) relationships for gay, bi, and MSM (men who have sex with men) Asian men over food and refreshment. What’s Up Asia? Panel Discussion for Queer Asian Youth Date: Friday, May 24 Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM Location: Glad Day Bookshop (598A Yonge Street, 3rd Floor) Queer Asian Youth (QAY) invites LGBTQ community members from Asia to update us what’s happening overseas. Join us for an evening of inspirational stories, [...]

While everyone at ACAS is busy gearing up for Asian Heritage Month in May, we would like to give you a recap of the exciting events we had held in April. Representing the Asian MSM Pathways to Resiliency (AMP2R) Community-based Research of the Men’s Program, Richard Utama, Men’s Sexual Health Coordinator, attended the 22nd  Canadian Association for HIV/AIDS Research in Vancouver, B.C., along with Principal Investigator Dr. Alan Li, and Community Engagement Worker, Christian Hui, on April 11 to April 14, 2013.  Richard and Alan made a successful oral presentation on “Migration as a critical life transition and resiliency strategy among Asian MSM in Toronto,” while Christian had a poster presentation entitled “Negotiating safety, access, disclosure and self care: resiliency pathways of Asian MSM PHAs.” Our executive director, Noulmoook Sutdhibhasilp, also showcased the poster “What Asian Women in Canada think about HIV/AIDS prevention” as part of the Ontario Women’s Health Study. ACAS would also like to give a heartfelt thanks to InSite, the supervised injection site in Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, for giving us a tour of the facility and enlighten us how their presence and practices in the Vancouver Eastside neighborhood have helped the catchment at achieving one of the rare public health successes—-HIV transmission rates in the neighborhood actually went down compared to other catchments. Supervised Injection Sites has been shown to work and drive HIV infection rates down, and more supervised injection sites should be built and implemented across the nation as part of a comprehensive HIV strategy. On March 27, the Women’s Program facilitated a workshop at Nellie’s Women Shelter where most of its service users were Chinese women who have experienced domestic abuse. On April 16, the Women’s Program and the Straight Men’s Locker Room Project collaborated with S.O.S., a Korean student agency, on healthy [...]

Interested youths between 19 and 30 years of age are encouraged to apply. Youth HIV Outreach Worker - Thailand http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/psij-iyip.nsf/Eng/SON-41011363-LB4 Status:Open Organization:Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development Acronym:ICAD Type:Non-Governmental Organization Mandate:ICAD provides leadership in the response of Canadian international development organizations and Canadian HIV organizations in reducing the impact of the global HIV and AIDS epidemic. ICAD does this through improving public policy, providing information and analysis, and sharing lessons learned. Address:1 Nicholas Street - Suite 726 Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 7B7 FAX: (613)  233-8361 Please visit the website of the organization offering this internship to verify its application requirements prior to sending your resume. Contact Person:Shayna Buhler E-Mail:sbuhler@icad-cisd.com French Web Site:www.icad-cisd.com English Web Site:www.icad-cisd.com Country:Thailand City:Bangkok Sector:Improving health outcomes Position Description: Project Description: Youth and HIV Prevention International Internship is an Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) initiative to provide a hands-on, work experience for a Canadian youth who is interested in enhancing their HIV prevention understanding and skills overseas. The project will work collaboratively with the Thai National AIDS Foundation which is located in Bangkok, Thailand to ensure that youth internship creates individual impacts (increased knowledge of and skills HIV prevention, education of youth intern) and desirable outcomes (children’s camp organizing, outreach to Thai youth etc.) for our project partner. Using a peer education model in HIV prevention, the project hopes to connect youth to Thai youth and to create mutual learning from one another. Position Description: Working under the supervision of a program officer, the intern will perform the following: • Assist Thai National AIDS Foundation (TNAF) project partners that provide services to children and youth affected by HIV/AIDS (CABA) with project evaluation in Kohnkaen province • Work with TNAF staff team to organize an annual children’s camp, family’s camp in Kohnkaen province • Work with TNAF staff to [...]