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MAX Ottawa a trois ans !
Renforcer le tissu social des gars GBT2Q+ dans la région de la capitale. Le 2 mars 2020, MAX Ottawa a célébré son troisième anniversaire, marquant ainsi trois années de sensibilisation, de construction de communautés, d’éducation et de soutien social aux individus, aux communautés et aux fournisseurs de services – trois années à participer à la…
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MAX Ottawa is strengthening the fabric of GBT2Q+ guys in the capital region On March 2, 2020, MAX Ottawa celebrated its third-year anniversary. It marks three years of raising awareness, building communities, and providing education and social support to individuals, communities, and service providers – three years of helping to create a vision of guys…
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EQUIP Campaign
Helping Guys into Guys Take Charge of their Sexual Health The national capital region is seeing much success with EQUIP, the new combination prevention campaign designed by MAX Ottawa to promote PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis, and PEP or post-exposure prophylaxis, amongst our GBTQ2S+ communities. At MAX Ottawa, we hope to minimize the impact of HIV,…
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Local Pharmacy Expanding HIV Testing Options
More ways to take control of your health As of January 2020, guys into guys and other community members can receive free HIV testing at a local pharmacy on a walk-in basis, OHIP card optional. Where: Shoppers Drug Mart (455 Bank Street, Bank Street/Gladstone Avenue) When: Every Monday night, between 5 pm – 9 pm …
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My Presentation at the CBRC Summit
Hi there! My name is Tyler Boyce. I use he/him pronouns and have been volunteering with MAX Ottawa since 2017 as a Board Member. My professional background is in qualitative research as it relates to HIV prevalence in the queer community, with a focus on determinants for African, Caribbean, and Black guys into guys. …
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Welcome Our New Board Director!
On November 18th, 2019 MAX Ottawa’s Board of Directors elected Allen Chen to join the Board. Allen is a passionate volunteer for social issues and especially enjoys working for community building for guys into guys. The Totally outRIGHT graduate previously has worked with campus queer student groups at UBC and McGill. He currently works as…
Read More Bienvenue à notre nouvel administrateur
Bienvenue à notre nouvel administrateur Le 18 novembre 2019, le conseil d’administration de MAX Ottawa a élu Allen Chen pour se joindre au conseil. Allen est un bénévole passionné par les questions sociales, en particulier pour le développement communautaire pour les gars qui aiment les gars. Le diplômé de Totally outRIGHT a déjà travaillé avec…
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Spill the Tea!
Spill the Tea is a health and wellness intervention program to deliver safer partying education and awareness among guys into guys who participate in party and play, sometimes referred to as chemsex. This page will answer: What is Spill the Tea and how did it come about? Where can I get harm reduction supplies? Where…
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