ABRPO

ABRPO supports ASOs and harm reduction programs by offering impact debriefs, grief circles, peer networking, and online learning opportunities.

Visit our website to learn more. Funded by the Ministry of Health. Explore our Resources: https://linktr.ee/ab

06/08/2026

When one of our beloved Peer programs lost its funding, workers asked a powerful question:

“Why isn’t there a Peer Appreciation Week?”

We felt that—and we’re doing something about it.

Over the next year, we’re building the first-ever Peer Appreciation Week—a sector-wide celebration to honour the heart, labour, and lived expertise of HIV and Harm Reduction Peers.

Before summer, join Craig and Aara at our final TTOA session to share how you’d like the agencies you volunteer with to celebrate and support you as a Peer.

Your ideas will be collected and shared with Executive Directors and senior leadership across the sector—helping shape real change.

📣 Want to join the conversation?
📩 Email Craig (TTOA Co-Ordinator): [email protected]

Know other Peers who should be part of this? Share this post and invite them in.

We’re building this together.

06/05/2026

Today we honour the strength, resilience, and leadership of people who have been living with HIV for decades. Today mark the day in 1982 when the first case of GRID (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency was reported marking the beginning of what became the global AIDS pandemic.

Long-term survivors are those who lived through the earliest years, before effective treatment like Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy became available in 1996 - and those who have continued to live, thrive, and lead ever since. In Canada, long-term survivors include individuals who were diagnosed before 1996, as well as those that have been living with HIV for 10+ years.

Long-term survivor’s lives have been shaped by not just survival - but also by grief, loss, stigma, and systemic barriers. Many lost entire communities in the early years of the epidemic, and many continue to navigate aging, isolation, and inequities in care.

Today, we remember. Today, we honour. Today, we commit to doing better. Long-term survivors are the past, present and future of the HIV movement.

06/04/2026

If you're grieving the revolutionary spirit of pride amid the corporate rainbow-washing, you're not alone! Consider creating an altar that sparks your flames of resistance and liberation.

06/02/2026

On this day in 1975, s*x workers occupied a church in Lyon—the 1975 Saint-Nizier Church occupation—demanding safety, dignity, and an end to police harassment. Their courage sparked a global movement that continues today.

Nearly 50 years later, the fight for justice is far from over.

Organizations like Maggie's Toronto S*x Workers Action Project and Butterfly Asian and Migrant S*x Workers Support Network continue to lead this work, advocating for decriminalization, safety, and human rights.

Access to justice means more than words:
- It means being able to report harm without fear.
- It means listening to s*x workers—not speaking for them.

The lesson from 1975 is clear: collective action creates change. The responsibility today is ours to continue it. S*x workers’ rights are human rights.

06/01/2026

June marks Indigenous History Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the ongoing resistance of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. We are deeply appreciative of the innovative leadership in the HIV and Harm Reduction movements. Check out the CAAN policy brief, Indigenous Harm Reduction = Reducing the Harms of Colonization, for a decolonizing and Indigenizing perspective on Harm Reduction work. We can all learn a lot from this resource, especially about offering or connecting to culturally grounded services and recognizing the structural factors that contribute to substance use choices and policy failures.

05/29/2026

This year’s PRIDE theme is “We Won’t Stop!” It’s about celebrating how far our communities have come, while also committing to what’s ahead. 3 key elements of this year’s theme are:
1) Celebrating the Diversity of our community and renewing our commitment that everyone deserves to be seen, heard and valued.
2) Honouring our collective grief, history and the trailblazers whose shoulders we stand on today.
3) Advocating for continued progress in the fight against stigma, discrimination and inequities we see in the 2SLGBTQ+ and Harm Reduction Communities.

As we enter PRIDE month, we stand in solidarity with the HIV and Harm Reduction communities we serve to continue to advocate for equity, inclusions and compassionate care. PRIDE stated as a riot. They didn’t stop – neither will we!

05/28/2026

In our new resource, Medical Assistance in Dying Guide for Workers, we look at the supports that are needed when applying, when dying, and after the death. We also include a section about structural supports that make life more worth living for disabled and chronically ill folks, making MAiD less necessary in some cases. Learn more about how workers can support the MAiD process by checking out our resources through the link in our bio.

05/25/2026

During Anti-Racism Awareness Week, we acknowledge that grief in the HIV and Harm Reduction sectors is deeply shaped by systemic inequities.

Racialized communities continue to face disproportionate impacts of HIV, substance use-related harms, and barriers to care - realities rooted in ongoing racism, stigma, and exclusion. These inequities don’t just affect health outcomes; they shape how grief is experienced, carried, and supported.

For Peer Workers and those with lived and living experience, grief can be layered and continuous - marked by the loss of friends, community members, safety, and access to care that affirms dignity and identity.

Practicing anti-racism in grief support means listening, unlearning, and actively creating spaces where cultural knowledge, community wisdom, and lived experience are centered and respected.

This week and beyond, we commit to building more equitable, compassionate systems of care in HIV and Harm Reduction.

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