Author Archives: AAN

Taking the fight against HIV criminalization to Crown Prosecutors

As the next phase of AAN!’s ongoing Think Twice campaign, today we sent letters to the Ontario Crown Prosecutors who have brought forward HIV non-disclosure prosecutions, and to their bosses. Crown Prosecutors, a.k.a. Crown Attorneys, play a pivotal role in … Continue reading

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Building capacity to advocate for supervised consumption sites in Ottawa: meetings 14 & 21 November

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United in Anger in Context: Dialogue on AIDS ACTION NOW! and History of ACT UP Documentary Screening

Community discussion on the past and present of AIDS ACTION NOW! in conjunction with a screening of the documentary ‘United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)’ from director: Jim Hubbard and producers: Jim … Continue reading

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poster/VIRUS 2012 launch!

In honour of the Day With(out) Art 2012, AIDS ACTION NOW! is launching 8 new collaborative activist art works as part of the poster/VIRUS project. The posters were developed collectively with artists and activists working to respond to HIV. They … Continue reading

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“Henry Comes Knocking”: Video discloses absurdity of Court’s HIV non-disclosure rulings

So our AAN! posts about the recent Supreme Court of Canada HIV non-dislcosure decisions have been wordy-as we try to think through, unpack, and “reason with” the (il)logic of the decisions. Forms of creation other than the written word can … Continue reading

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