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Background Paper for the North American Regional
Consultation on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children |
Any
attempts to develop a profile of youth who are involved
in prostitution in Canada are difficult because of lack
of information. There is some evidence that many are
runaways and homeless and engage in street
prostitution. However, there also are indications that
some engage in prostitution even though they live at
home, and some work in venues run under the auspices of
other businesses such as escort agencies. |
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Canadian
prisons will soon feature tattoo parlors |
Toronto - Correctional Service of Canada plans to set up official
tattoo parlors for inmates in the hope that it will decrease
the rampant spread of hepatitis C and other communicable
diseases through prisons and penitentiaries. A survey of
federal inmates determined that 3,176 prisoners, 26% of the
prison population, were infected with hepatitis C. The rate is
30 times that of the general population. |
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Chronic Diseases in Canada |
Magazine
from Canada that deals with chronic diseases, also provides
some math models |
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Eighth hospital discloses
instruments not disinfected
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The number
of Ontario hospitals hit with infection-control woes is up to
eight after York Central Hospital revealed yesterday an
instrument used in nose and throat exams hadn't been
completely sterilized |
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Health
Care Reform: Lessons From Canada
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Although Canadian health care seems to be perennially in crisis,
access, quality, and satisfaction in Canada are relatively
high, and spending is relatively well controlled
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98 kb pdf
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Hepatitis A |
Public health report on this illness |
59 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis B |
Public health report on this illness |
73 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis B-Canada 1999 |
Public health report on this illness |
53 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis B-Canada 2000 |
Public health report on this illness |
53 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis B-Canada 2001 |
Public health report on this illness |
79 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis C-Canada 1999
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Public health report on this illness |
52 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis C-Canada 2000 |
Public health report on this illness |
42 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis C-Canada 2001 |
Public health report on this illness |
52 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis D-Canada |
Public health report on this illness |
59 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis E-Canada |
Public health report on this illness |
60 kb pdf |
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Hepatitis G-Canada |
Public health report on this illness |
57 kb pdf |
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HIV-Related
Stigma and Discrimination - The Epidemic Continues
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This
article is one of a series commissioned to mark the tenth
anniversary of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, discussing
past developments and future directions in areas of policy and
law related to HIV/AIDS.
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HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C in
Prisons: The Facts 2004/2005 |
As in
Canada, rates of HIV-infection in prison populations worldwide
are much higher than in the general population. They are, in
general, closely related to two factors: the proportion of
prisoners who injected drugs prior to imprisonment, and the
rate of HIV infection among injection drug users in the
community. Many of those who are HIV-positive in prison were
already living with the virus on the outside. Indeed, the
highest rates of HIV infection in prisons can be found in
areas where rates of HIV infection are high among injection
drug users in the community. Commenting on the situation in
the United States, the US National Commission on AIDS stated
that “by choosing mass imprisonment as the ... governments’
response to the use of drugs, we have created a de facto
policy of incarcerating more and more individuals with HIV
infection.” |
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HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis B and C: Preventing Exposure at Work |
This
booklet is for employers and workers who are not expected to
come in contact with blood and body fluids at their
workplaces-but who could have contact with these fluids in
rare, isolated incidents that can’t be foreseen |
637 kb pdf |
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HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis B and C: Preventing Exposure at
Work-Canada |
Most workers won’t ever contact, at work, blood and
certain body fluids that can spread HIV and the hepatitis B
and C viruses. But even employers and workers in setting
where contact with blood and these fluids is not expected
should be aware of some basic precautions. This is
because it is possible to become infected from a single
exposure incident—that is, harmful contact with infected blood
and body fluids. |
825 kb pdf |
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Lost Lives:
Work-related deaths in British Columbia |
Under
the requirements of the Workers Compensation Act, a worker
must report an injury or a disabling occupational disease as
soon as possible to the employer. The employer must
report work-related injuries, occupational diseases, and
work-related deaths to the WCB within three days. A
worker may not make an agreement with the employer to give up
WCB benefits. |
3606 kb pdf |
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Non-profit guide for HIV/AIDS from Canada |
Key Canadian
partners and regional organizations that may assist non-profit
organizations |
29 kb pdf |
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Prostitution in Canada:
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Throughout
time prostitution has aroused a wide range of emotions from
the communities in which it exists. Some are morally outraged
by its presence, others merely curious. Some view it as a
threat, others as a necessary evil. However, at least in
recorded history, no society has completely accepted it as a
valid and integral part of the community. Prostitution is
something to be abhorred or tolerated but never condoned. It
is a "nuisance," a "problem," but above all it is an
embarrassment. For the religiously inclined it reminds us that
we are far from the moral standards set for us by most
scriptures. For government officials it is considered a sign
of their mismanagement since prostitution is taken to
symbolize a society in decline. For police officials it is a
blotch on their record, an indication of incompetency, because
it is something they are unable to control much less
eradicate. For many feminists it signals the continued
entrenchment of the patriarchy, the ultimate exploitation of
women, a significant indication of how far we are from
achieving full gender equality. Prostitution is the poor
relative of whom we are slightly ashamed, the black sheep of
the family who is a reproach to our cultural image of
ourselves. And so like most families in this situation we
would keep prostitution out of sight, if not out of mind, as
much as possible. |
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Recent changes to visitor visa process affecting entry into
Canada for people living with HIV/AIDS |
With the upcoming XVI International AIDS Conference being held
in Toronto next year (August 13-18, 2006), Canadian immigration
policy and practice is under an international spotlight.
Several months ago, based upon an HIV-positive visitor’s
experience with Canada’s
application process for a visitor’s
visa, important questions were raised regarding potential
difficulties for people living with HIV/AIDS entering Canada to
attend the XVI International AIDS Conference |
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Researchers Say Canadian Injection Site a Success |
Government
leaders should understand that allowing safer injection
facilities to operate in other Canadian cities is
consistent with conservative values aimed at diminishing
illicit drug use and HIV transmission |
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Sacred lives
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Previous studies have shown sexually exploited Aboriginal
children and youth form a disproportionately high percentage
of the sex trade
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Pdf 818 kb
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Shortage
of nurses looms across Canada
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According to a study released Tuesday, if the trend of
nurses taking early retirement at 55 continues a pace, the
numbers lost could more than double that, to above 64,000, or
28 per cent of the RN workforce in 2001.
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Stigma and discrimination are fuelling the HIV/AIDS epidemic
in Canada
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Reducing
the stigma and discrimination related to HIV is the key to
reducing the worst effects of the epidemic in Canada, the
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network said today at the national
launch of their Plan of Action for Canada to Reduce
HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination. “Federal and
provincial governments in Canada have a legal obligation to
ensure that the rights of people living with and vulnerable
to HIV/AIDS are respected,” said Glenn Betteridge, Senior
Policy Analyst at the Legal Network. “If they do not fulfill
this obligation, they are allowing the stigma and
discrimination related to HIV to continue to worsen the
impact of AIDS in Canada.” |
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Strategic Plan-Cover.
Getting
attention.
Getting key
partners.
Getting
money.
Getting
partners.
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Methods for raising awareness for issues
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Supreme Court Rules-Canada |
Trial
and appellate courts in Canada and other countries have
previously decided cases where HIV-positive persons have been
charged under criminal or public health laws for conduct that
transmits or risks transmitting HIV. |
646 kb pdf |
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THE
EXPERIENCE OF SPECIFIC POPULATIONS |
This
section of the Paper aims to describe stigma and
discrimination as experienced by specific populations affected
by the HIV epidemic in Canada. The differentiation of
populations affected by HIV/AIDS is a social and cultural
construction. Such differentiation may itself contribute to
discrimination, as when drug users or sex workers are vilified
as "vectors of disease." On the other hand, the failure to
recognize and acknowledge publicly the experiences of a
particular population in the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
has also led to neglect and avoidance of that population's
needs, as gay men have found in the "de-gaying" of AIDS |
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Through
the looking Glass: The health and socio-economic status of Hepatitis C Virus
positive transfusion recipients, 1986-1990
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Long-term
study on the economic effects of Hepatitis C Virus infections and the lives
the disease has impacted
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306 kb pdf
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Voices for
Dignity: A call to End the Harms Caused by Canada’s Sex Trade
Laws
(Large file-please allow extra time for download) |
The sale
of sexual services between consenting adults is legal under
Canadian law…Over the past several years, the public has
become increasingly aware of the issue of violence against sex
workers |
1321 kb pdf |
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