CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks

10/26/2025

Together, We Can
As the world comes together for the Global Fund’s 8th Replenishment, every commitment counts — and every voice matters. The GFAN 2025 Pledge Tracker is now live, providing an up-to-date look at global pledges from both public and private sectors.
These pledges represent more than numbers — they represent lives saved, communities strengthened, and hope renewed. By tracking progress and using new advocacy tools like the Advocacy Messaging Designer, Design Template, and Pledge Dashboard, we can see how collective action fuels impact.
Let’s keep pushing forward, inspiring leaders, and calling for bold investments that will help the world to defeat AIDS, TB, and malaria — and build stronger, more equitable health systems for all.
Explore the Pledge Tracker & tools: https://globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/gfan-2025-pledge-tracker/

10/24/2025

🇨🇦 Canada, let’s lead with courage once again.
For decades, Canada has been a global leader in the fight against HIV — helping save lives, strengthen communities, and advance health equity worldwide. 🌍 But today, that progress is at risk. Since 2020, new HIV cases in Canada have risen by 85%, and global efforts are losing ground.
CAAN is calling on the Government of Canada to step forward with renewed commitment, funding, and leadership — at home and around the world. By investing in community-driven, trauma-informed, and culturally safe programs, we can save lives, close health gaps, and ensure that Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized communities receive the care, respect, and support they deserve.
Canada has led before — and we can do it again. Together, we can and .
✍️ Read and sign the open letter to the government: LetsStopAIDS.org/advocacyletter

10/22/2025

As the world gathers for the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment this November in South Africa, partners from government, business, philanthropy, civil society, and community are uniting to strengthen our global response to AIDS, TB, and malaria.
Canada has always been a strong voice for global health and equity — and we’re grateful for the leadership and contributions that have saved millions of lives.
Now, as we face new challenges and a changing world, we call on Canada to continue that leadership by committing $1.37 billion to the Global Fund.
This investment isn’t just about sustaining progress — it’s about advancing innovation, equity, and resilience, and ensuring that no one is left behind. Together, we can to end AIDS, TB, and malaria, and build stronger, more just health systems for all.

As we approach The Global Fund Eighth Replenishment in this November, government, business, philanthropy, civil society and community partners are joining together in London, to discuss how rising to today's global health challenges calls for a shift beyond business as usual.

Through greater alignment, country-led solutions, sustainable financing and bold leadership from the private sector and philanthropy, we can protect past gains, advance innovation and build equity and resilience in global health.

Working together, we’ll to defeat AIDS, TB, and malaria and build stronger health systems to save lives.

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | Department of International Relations and Cooperation, SA | GSK | ViiV Healthcare | Gates Foundation | Goodbye Malaria | Results UK | Children's Investment Fund Foundation

10/22/2025

Know Your Status 2025: A New Chapter
This year, the Know Your Status Conference enters a powerful new chapter — hosted for the first time within an Indigenous Nation at Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation, on the homelands of the Nakoda and Cree peoples.

CAAN is honoured to walk alongside community partners in hosting this important gathering — a space rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems, ceremony, and kinship, where the keys to wellness have always lived.

This is more than a venue change — it’s a shift in story, space, and spirit. Together, we’ll explore health as connection, dignity, culture, and voice, while honouring the strength of our ancestors and the vision of our youth.
The conference will include learning and discussions on:
HIV, Hepatitis C, and Syphilis
Addiction, harm reduction, and mental health
Indigenous-led approaches to healing and community wellness

Join CAAN and our partners in walking this path forward — rooted in ceremony, guided by community, and led by spirit.

10/22/2025

Nîkânohtakewin: Walking Ahead and Leading
Indigenous youth are rising as leaders, visionaries, and Knowledge Weavers — guiding the path toward wellness and healing.

Nîkânohtakewin is a youth-led, ceremony-guided initiative grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems. Through the guidance of Knowledge Givers in Residence and Aunties, this project weaves intergenerational wisdom with the innovation and energy of youth to strengthen STBBI prevention and community wellness.

Rooted in ceremony. Guided by ancestors. Led by youth.

Learn more here: https://www.caan.ca/nikanohtakewin-walking-ahead-and-leading/

10/21/2025

The Sky Lodge Has Awakened.
CAAN is honoured to share the Sky Lodge Framework—a living document guided by ancestral science and Indigenous ways of knowing and doing.
This is not just research. It is ceremony. It is story. It is sovereignty.
Learn more here: https://www.caan.ca/skylodge/

Welcome to CAAN, Communities, Alliances & Networks. Supporting Indigenous communities through research, education, and advocacy. Explore our programs, resources, and membership opportunities.

10/20/2025

🗓 October 21 | 11:00 AM CST
🔐 Members Only – Registration Mandatory
Don’t miss your chance to take part in shaping CAAN’s future! The AGM is open to all registered members, with voting rights reserved for Full Voting Members.
✅ Register NOW to secure your spot:
Click here to register:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ZQ94CTxJOUKoBb0liNvnb9-sXiGp5dtKmVi6UFoNafJUQ0Y0OVVPWjdTRTVJN01ZVldDM0NIQklPRi4u&fbclid=IwY2xjawNjVoRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF1c0JaTjk3UWwxaWprck15AR48WNI4rQ9r7Le-J8HBy8V7UNFZZGU42Rtax__iAew2ZHSSrhOqNWtJ1c1aEw_aem_IVBkKXkBAPOCQJMl-O5e0w

Be part of the conversation, stay informed, and help guide the direction of CAAN.
⏰ Registration closes soon – act now!

10/17/2025

Fall is here — and so is your chance to make an impact.
The 2025 GLOWS Indigenous Health Grant is now open for applications! This is your opportunity to lead Indigenous-driven, culturally grounded initiatives that strengthen community wellbeing and address HIV and viral hepatitis.
Don’t miss out — applications are open now! Learn more and apply here:
https://www.caan.ca/glows-indigenous-health-grant-guiding-local-opportunities-for-wellbeing/

10/17/2025

Need Inspiration for Your Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week Event?

We’re excited to share the CAAN Voices of the First Peoples IAAW 2025 Guide — a powerful resource designed to help spark ideas, strengthen your planning, and celebrate Indigenous leadership in sexual health and wellness.

Whether you’re planning a community gathering, workshop, or cultural event, this guide offers inspiration and guidance rooted in Indigenous perspectives.
Click the link below to download the guide and start shaping your event today!
https://www.caan.ca/indigenous-aids-awareness-week/

10/16/2025

Are you an Indigenous organization working in sexual health?
Are you planning to host an Indigenous AIDS Awareness Day/Week event? If you answered yes, then this post is for you!
CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks will have stipends available in the amount of $500 to help you host your event. Some possible event topics include testing, treatment, harm reduction, stigma in treatment settings, systemic advocacy, and culture as medicine.
CAAN will help highlight your event across our social media platforms — just send us your information so that we can include it in our rollout for the week.
Please note that requests are due by October 20, 2025.
We are also sharing the CAAN Voices of the First Peoples IAAW 2025 document as a resource to help get your ideas flowing.
If you have any questions, please reach out to info@caan.ca

10/15/2025

CAAN HIV SUMMIT 2025 — SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
We’re honouring the strength, resilience, and leadership of Indigenous Peoples whose stories, knowledge, and lived realities continue to shape culturally grounded health systems and policies.
Are you an Indigenous person with lived experience of STBBIs (Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections)?
This is your opportunity to be part of an Indigenous-led space for healing, learning, and leadership.
How to Apply:
Share a short story (up to 3 pages) about why attending the CAAN HIV Summit 2025 matters to you.
✨ Youth aged 18–28 are strongly encouraged to apply!
✨ Applications are confidential — your privacy is always respected.
📧 Send your story to: info@caan.ca
📅 Deadline extended: October 20, 2025
Be part of the movement.
Be part of the healing.
Your voice matters — apply today!

10/15/2025

Global health is not optional — it’s essential.
From Indigenous-led health initiatives at home to lifesaving aid abroad, Canada can lead with respect and reconciliation.
Let’s invest $1.37 billion to make sure no one is left behind.
The World Needs More Canada.