Archives: Tools & Resources

In the fall of 2005, CAAN started to reflect on how it was doing research. The thinking was the organization might benefit from having one group to advise on the […]

CIHR research projects have clearly defined roles and responsibilities. This fact sheet explains the four roles (and their acronyms!) as well as how each role is responsible for proposal development, […]

First, we need to remember that learning to write is like using a muscle – the muscle gets stronger the more you use it. Practice will help strengthen your craft […]

Reviewing articles can be time-consuming, but it can also be a good opportunity to find out what’s happening in your field of research. We hope you find this little factsheet […]

An excellent document put together and prepared by The UNAIDS Cosponsors Regional Group (UCRG) for Latin America and the Caribbean that is very relevant to our situation and has a […]

“Nothing about us without us”; this has been the resounding message delivered by community members about the need for patient involvement in the research process.

The DRUM & SASH project is a CIHR funded study which aims to develop, implement and evaluate shared care models to increase care and prevention of HIV, Hepatitis C, other […]

The AHA Centre is a national, Indigenous-led collaborative research centre housed at the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN). Funded by The Canadian Institutes of Health Research in 2012, The AHA […]

In 2014, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”) and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) began collaborating to produce a series of legal information resources for Indigenous communities living […]

Aboriginal women are continuing to be over-represented among new HIV cases in Canada. Although Aboriginal people represent just 3.8% of the Canadian population, in 2005, estimates indicated Aboriginal people were […]