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Adhm Zahran has been awarded the Canadian Psychological Association’s Scientific Affairs Committee Student Research Grant for his project “Sexual Minority Stress and Alcohol Misuse Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Men in Canada”. Congratulations! We are excited to see the positive contributions your project brings to the world.

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Mario Sanchez-Corte, in addition to graduating this spring, has received the Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence for his Undergraduate Honours Thesis. Warmest congratulations on your inspiring achievement and graduation!

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Graham Berlin has been selected for an APA research award, receiving the 2023 Malyon-Smith Scholarship for his proposal entitled “Applying the Rejection Sensitivity Framework to Sexual Minority Men Who Use Methamphetamine: An Examination of Rejection-Related Cognitive-Affective Processes.” This is an exemplary achievement. Congratulations!

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We at the HIV Prevention Lab had a fantastic night out at the HOPE Centre Launch party and hope to see most everyone again at the next event! The HIV Prev Lab would also like to extend a tremendous thank you to all of our lab members who volunteered their time at this event!! Terri,…

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Toronto Metropolitan University’s HOPE (Health Outcomes Promotion and Engagement) Centre for Sexual and Gender Minority People conducts community-engaged, interdisciplinary research to understand and promote the health of people who identify as members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Please join us for a Cocktail Reception and Launch Party from 6:30pm to 9:30pm for appetizers, one complementary cocktail, a spiked punch…

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This CANFAR funded study is recruiting for MENA identifying young adults from the HOPE Centre. They are administering a survey to MENA young adults in Ontario and BC. Part of their mandate is to amplify the voices of harder to reach key populations (gay, bisexual, MSM, and trans) MENA young people to help them plan…

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The International Partnership for Queer Youth Resistance (INQYR) is hosting an event for 2SLGBTQIA+ researchers to network and learn more about queer research on June 8th, 2023 from 6pm-8:30pm at the University of Toronto Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. To find out more about this event, you can visit their website and can RSVP for free…

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The 2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub Awards Committee to officially launch this year’s call for Community, Academic, and Professional Trainees (see links below in both English and French). Applications are due Wednesday, May 15th!  We encourage applications from interested individuals who are committed to 2SLGBTQ+ health and either working in a community or professional setting or completing their education in a university…

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Trevor Hart, psychology professor and director of the HIV Prevention Lab at TMU, cites a rise in syphilis over the years, with it going up nearly 300 per cent when comparing data from 2010 to 2019. A lack of testing facilities in a cross-section of communities may be one factor, he says.

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