Bousfield Talk | Putting Up Resistance
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Public Policy and the Response to Hiv/Aids in Ontario
Winston Husbands, AIDS Committee of Toronto
4-6 PM
Room 2125, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street
HIV has been a challenge for health and social policy, but the HIV epidemic in Canada demonstrates that a commitment to social justice is integral to health and social policy. The presentation will assess the policy response to HIV/AIDS as an investment in social justice, focusing on the example of HIV among African, Caribbean and Black communities in Ontario.
Winston Husbands is currently Director of the African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in
Ontario (ACCHO), on leave until June 2009 from his regular position as Director of Research and Program Development at the AIDS Committee of Toronto.
Prior to his current assignment he was a co-chair of ACCHO for five years, where his contributions focused on implementing the strategy on HIV for African and Caribbean communities in Ontario.
Winston is a geographer by inclination. He graduated in geography from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, and holds a PhD in economic geography from the University of Western Ontario.
For close to 10 years he taught in the geography departments at the University of Zambia and Ryerson University.
Winston’s main research interests are in the areas of HIV prevention among gay men and African and Caribbean communities in Toronto, HIV stigma, and support services in AIDS service organizations. His work is supported by a Community Scholar Award from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network.
Winston has been involved in community issues in Toronto for over 20 years through his affiliations with the Daily Bread Food Bank, FoodShare, the STOP Community Food Centre, the Afri-Can Food Basket and the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention, among others. Winston is originally from Barbados, which helps to explain his post-colonial enthusiasm for cricket.