A History of Indigenous HIV/AIDS in Canada: A Retrospective with ChangeMakers

 

As part of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week on Dec 7, 2022, the Feast Centre for Indigenous STBBI Research will host a dynamic online conversation with ChangeMakers on The History of Indigenous HIV/AIDS in Canada: A Retrospective.

Panellists of the conversation are key voices and advocates for the Indigenous HIV movement who are actively working to support Indigenous people living with HIV/AIDS into the future. This conversation brings together community leaders, activists and elders to discuss the history of HIV/AIDS, how this epidemic has historically impacted Indigenous Peoples throughout “Canada”, and how these leaders are working to make change for future generations.

Our panellists are Elder Albert McLeod, Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Metis community of Norway House in northern Manitoba. He has over thirty years of experience as a human rights activist and is one of the directors of 2Spirit Consultants.

Martin Morberg, Northern Tutchone and Tlingit, member of the Na Cho Nyak Dun First Nation. Much of Martin's work and activism is rooted in community and grassroots initiatives. He is the Two-Spirit Program Coordinator at the Community-Based Research Centre.

Richard Jenkins, Cree Metis, Moose Mountain, AB. Former Director of 2Spirit in Motion and a lifetime career as a community developer and health justice advocate for 2S care.

Kecia Larkin, Advocate for the Aboriginal and Indigenous AIDS/HIV Movement since the 1990s. Kecia has travelled across the country raising awareness of HIV in First Nations communities and of the high rates of houselessness for Indigenous Peoples in "Canada".

Hosted by Doris Peltier, Anishinaabe. Community Engagement Coordinator and host of the Sexual Futures Podcast, Feast Centre of Indigenous STBBI Research