Pozitive Pathways

04/29/2026

04/01/2026

Pozitive Pathways will be closed on Friday April 3rd and Monday April 6th so our team can spend the Easter Weekend with our loved ones, and we hope you all do the same! 🐰 🌺 🐣
We’ll be reopening on Tuesday, April 7th at 9:00am!

02/12/2026

February is African, Caribbean and Black HIV Awareness Month. We stand for awareness, testing, treatment and end to stigma. Get tested. Get informed. Get supported.

02/12/2026

Please be advised that Pozitive Pathways will be closed on Monday, February 16, 2026 in observance of Family Day. We will resume regular hours on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.

02/07/2026

February 7th is African, Caribbean and Black HIV Awareness Day. We stand for awareness, testing, treatment and an end to stigma. Get tested. Get informed. Get supported.

01/19/2026

For more information, check out the link below or email: optic@camh.ca
https://www.camh.ca/.../ontario-project-on-trends-in-the...

12/17/2025

December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against S*x Workers. We recognize the ongoing violence, stigma, and discrimination inflicted on s*x workers that can increase their health risks and limit their access to HIV prevention and care, safer s*x resources, and other health services. We also recognize the harmful impacts that punitive policies have on s*x workers which create barriers to accessing legal protections, healthcare, and other support services, and create vulnerability by limiting s*x workers’ options to report violence.

WHAI demands policies that decriminalize s*x work, ensures safer working conditions, and promotes access to healthcare. We encourage you to increase your knowledge of the harms that s*x work policies commit under the guise of protection, such as criminalizing the ability of s*x workers to hire protection or screen clients. We also encourage you to check out and support s*x work organizations such as and



*xWorkers

12/10/2025

“Being informed, aware and knowledgeable of resources, options and my own strength and skills, empowers me and makes me feel strong.”

Today on Human Rights Day, we stand up for women and gender-diverse people’s right of access to information, resources, and knowledge that support their agency and well-being. We encourage the sharing of information related to HIV testing, prevention, care and support that help women and gender diverse people take control of their health, especially for those experiencing gender-based violence, intimate partner violence, and other social and structural barriers that present harm.




« Être informée et au courant des ressources et des options, et consciente de mes forces et de mes compétences, ça me donne de l’assurance et ça me rend plus forte. »

En cette Journée des droits de la personne, nous affirmons le droit des femmes et des personnes de genres divers d’accéder à l’information, à des ressources et à des connaissances qui soutiennent leur agentivité et leur bien-être. Nous encourageons le partage d’informations sur le dépistage, la prévention, les soins et le soutien en matière de VIH, afin d’aider les femmes et les personnes de genres divers à prendre leur santé en main, en particulier celles qui vivent de la violence fondée sur le genre et de la violence entre partenaires intimes et qui rencontrent d’autres obstacles sociaux et structurels nocifs.

12/09/2025

“I’ve definitely experienced Transphobia. My inability to get healthcare as a Trans woman is Transphobia. I know doctors don’t want to take me because [they] don’t want to deal with the ‘complications’ involved with me.”

Stigma, discrimination, and a lack of Trans-competent care can create significant barriers for people to access HIV testing, care, and support. It’s integral for service providers to create spaces that are free of gender identity or gender-expression based discrimination. Explore the Creating Authentic Spaces toolkit from The 519 to learn more about creating these spaces.

Creating Authentic Spaces: A Gender Identity And Gender Expression Toolkit To Support The Implementation Of Institutional And Social Change

12/08/2025

“A non-judgmental and welcoming environment has been key in both my personal and professional life in making HIV testing accessible and inclusive... It is also important to have various options to access and utilize testing methods. For example, self-testing kits vs point of care testing.”

For those experiencing gender based violence, HIV testing is an important part of empowerment, safety and health autonomy.

There are 4 types of HIV testing available in Ontario. They are standard HIV testing, anonymous testing, point of care testing, and self testing. In addition, for those who are pregnant, testing should be offered as part of pre-natal care.

To learn more about HIV testing, visit our website at WHAI.ca

12/07/2025

From 2019 – 2023, most first time HIV diagnosis in females who reported an exposure category were among those who reported heteros*xual contact with someone with an identified risk factor. This number nearly doubled since 2021.

Intimate partner violence can negatively impact HIV prevention methods by limiting a person’s ability to negotiate safer s*x. Increasing awareness of the HIV prevention medications available, such as PrEP, PEP and PIP, can alleviate some of the risks cis and Trans women, 2-Spirit and Non-Binary people face and increase their agency over their health. Learn more about HIV prevention methods at https://whai.ca/about-hiv/hiv-prevention/

WHAI works with cis and Trans women, 2-Spirit and Non-Binary people. The use of s*x here reflects the binary way that health data is collected. It is essential for us to push for more inclusive, reflective designations in our health data.