April 3, 2024
Engage held their latest Café Scientifique event last week at the Glad Day Bookshop. The theme of the event: Ask a Queer Sex Scientist ANYTHING! We saw an overwhelming turnout full of burning questions and buzzing discussion!
Read moreMarch 26, 2024
Today, the HOPE Centre Community Symposium was hosted at the OHTN for an invigorating discussion and day-long consultation with community members and organizations. Building on the momentum gained from the Launch event, the HOPE Centre Community Symposium brought together community members, organizations, and researchers from the Centre in a collaborative setting. The symposium’s themes was…
Read moreFebruary 13, 2024
Dr. Trevor Hart latest multi-site Substance And Sex StudY has placed 2nd in the Fall 2023 CIHR Project Grant competition and will be funded for the next 5 years! SASSY will be following on the heels of the Engage Cohort study and will be running concurrently with Engage 2.0. Our SASSY grant is otherwise titled,…
Read moreDecember 7, 2023
It’s unbelievable how time flies! In appreciation of all the wonderful members of our lab, we got together at Storm Crow Manor for a fabulous night out!
Read moreSeptember 30, 2023
We are amidst a striking backlash targeting 2 Spirit, trans, and non-binary people, drag performers, and broader 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Gender-diverse identities are being targeted and attacked for political gain, putting trans lives and trans youth lives in danger. On September 20, 2023, anti-trans marches took place in cities across Canada. The HIV Prevention Lab and…
Read moreSeptember 28, 2023
The Institute of Infection and Immunity (III) is aiming to convene its first Community Advisory Committee that includes people with lived and living experience to advise its Institute Advisory Board and Institute Staff on a number of topics. The individuals on this Advisory Committee will not be academic researchers, clinicians or trainees. Rather, these future…
Read moreAugust 29, 2023
The Feast Centre is Hiring a Research Coordinator! The Research Coordinator (II) is responsible for applying specialized knowledge to initiate, implement, manage, and coordinate moderate to large research projects. For the full posting please visit the job posting on the McMaster University Careers website: https://careers.mcmaster.ca/psp/prepprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&SiteId=1001&FOCUS=Applicant&JobOpeningId=57314&PostingSeq=1 To apply: Please send your completed application (including cover letter, CV and…
Read moreAugust 3, 2023
It’s summertime, and what better way to enjoy the beautiful weather than a picnic in the park? The Toronto Music Garden is such a lovely place to gather, and we were lucky enough to get to enjoy the music of an afternoon string ensemble.
Read moreJuly 27, 2023
This Quarterly Newsletter shares quick facts about injectable antiretroviral among people living with HIV in Ontario and provides a glance at evidence brief “OHTN Evidence Report on Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.” There are also updates regarding OCS Governance Committee membership, two OCS sub-studies, and the OCS study team. You can read the full newsletter at the OCS website.
Read moreJune 30, 2023
Earlier this month, the HOPE Centre officially launched. Housed in the Faculty of Arts at TMU, the HOPE Centre is the first and only Centre in Canada dedicated to combining health research aimed at understanding disparities in sexual and gender minority health. Read the TMU newsletter write-up about our HOPE Centre Launch by Michael Torres HERE!
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