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National Indigenous History Month

June 17, 2018 by MAX Ottawa Leave a Comment

Indigenous young male looking handsomely at camera

June is a busy time for celebrations! The weather is warmer and LGBTQ+ Pride Month takes center stage. As an organization that acknowledges it operates on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory, MAX thinks it’s also important to help do our part in honouring June as National Indigenous History Month. For guys into guys who live, […]

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Behind The Scene Presents: Mindfulness

June 9, 2018 by MAX Ottawa Leave a Comment

Behind The Scene Branding Photo Mindfulness Blog Piece

5 Things We Learned from Behind The Scene Presents: Mindfulness MAX Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital’s April edition of our monthly health and wellness talk series was on mindfulness. Sheila Robertson, MSW, RSW, and Tesia Bryski co-presented.  Sheila is a social worker and maintains a personal mindfulness practice in the tradition of the Plum Village […]

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Behind The Scene: Meth and Sex

June 2, 2018 by MAX Ottawa Leave a Comment

Behind the Scene branding poster

  5 Things We Learned from Behind The Scene: Meth and Sex MAX Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, in collaboration with Kontak Project and ACCM Montréal, hosted Daniel Laroche for our March edition.  Daniel is the Kontak Program Coordinator at AIDS Community Care Montréal. He spoke about his personal and professional experience with chemsex and […]

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5 Things We Learned at Behind The Scene: PrEP School!

May 18, 2018 by MAX Ottawa Leave a Comment

PrEP, HI prevention, Guys into guys, Gay, bi, Trans, Queer, Two-Spirit, health and wellness

5 Things We Learned at Behind The Scene: PrEP School! At our February edition, Dr. Paul MacPherson from the Ottawa Hospital and Derek Cassidy, MAX Ottawa’s Mental Health and Wellness Coordinator, presented information for guys into guys to understand what PrEP is, how it works, and where to get it. 1)PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a daily […]

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MAX Ottawa Endorses the Undetectable = Untransmittable Consensus Statement

November 14, 2017 by MAX Ottawa Leave a Comment

MAX (formerly the Ottawa Gay Men’s Wellness Initiative) seeks to address the unmet health needs of gay, bisexual, two-spirit, queer, and other guys who are into guys, whether cis or trans (GBT2Q), in the Ottawa area. We focus particularly on building resiliency, and creating a network of services able to support and promote GBT2Q men’s […]

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5 things we learned last week at Behind The Scene

October 25, 2017 by MAX Ottawa Leave a Comment

1)      Dr. Louise Balfour presented a useful self-help resource that could potentially offer you new skills to deal with some of life’s hard moments: http://www.comh.ca/publications/resources/pub_pchc/PCHC%20Workbook.pdf 2)      We learned from Bryan that creating social connections can be a tough but rewarding exercise. Through his involvement in different social/sports groups he’s gained an incredible support network. To connect with different […]

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