{"id":2132,"date":"2013-06-20T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aidslaw.ca\/newsite\/?page_id=2132"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:37:50","slug":"indigenous-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/our-work\/indigenous-communities\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pageFooter key-resources\" style=\"background-color: #f7a700;\">\n<div style=\"margin: -15px -15px 0 -15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23365 size-full\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JPIP-website-banner.png\" alt=\"Circular images representing contributing artists for the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act\" width=\"1140\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JPIP-website-banner.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JPIP-website-banner-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JPIP-website-banner-1024x180.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Indigenous Legal Resources<\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/our-work\/indigenous-communities\/legal-contact-information-for-indigenous-communities\/?lang=en\">Legal Contact Information for Indigenous Communities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"key-resources\" style=\"background-color: #fdc300; margin: 0 -15px 20px -15px; padding: 15px 15px 0px 15px;\">\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-3-5\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"color: #ee1c25; font-weight: 800; font-size: 1.5em; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: .5em;\">New in 2024<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.2em;\">Know Your Rights: on drug laws for Indigenous people who use drugs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/download\/25626\/?tmstv=1774903186\">Download the report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/download\/25622\/?tmstv=1774903186\">Download the brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-5\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24474 size-full aligncenter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4050_HIVLN_JPIP_KYR_DrugPolicy_Indigenous_EN-Final-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4050_HIVLN_JPIP_KYR_DrugPolicy_Indigenous_EN-Final-1.png 376w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4050_HIVLN_JPIP_KYR_DrugPolicy_Indigenous_EN-Final-1-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/our-work\/indigenous-communities\/hiv-criminalization-information-for-indigenous-communities\/?lang=en\">HIV Criminalization \u2013 Information for Indigenous Communities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/our-work\/indigenous-communities\/good-samaritan-drug-overdose-act-information-for-indigenous-communities\/?lang=en\">Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act \u2013 Information for Indigenous Communities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"header2\">Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Imprisonment. Lack of culturally appropriate access to health services and resulting poor health. Poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Each of these factors increases a person\u2019s risk of contracting HIV \u2014 and in Canada, Indigenous\u00a0people suffer disproportionately from all of them<\/p>\n<p><b>We\u2019ve collaborated<\/b> with Indigenous\u00a0organizations across the country since 2001 to respond to HIV on two fronts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in marginalized populations in which Indigenous\u00a0people are overrepresented, such as prisoners and drug users, and<\/li>\n<li>in Indigenous\u00a0communities, where discrimination, inadequate funding and inconsistent quality of HIV programs and services all remain problematic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<h2>Learn more:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"our-work learn-more\">\n<div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-stack\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Publications<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">News<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Publications\">\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-default-loop \">\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-25409\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/securing-rights-2024-25-annual-report\/?lang=en\">Securing Rights &#8211; 2024\/25 Annual Report<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: December 16, 2025\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>We hope you\u2019ll read our 2024-25 annual report \u2014 Securing Rights: Using Our Values to Meet the Moment \u2014 to find out more about the kind of positive change we\u2019re making and get a glimpse of what we hope to accomplish in 2026.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-25119\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/its-not-so-simple\/?lang=en\">It\u2019s Not So Simple<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: September 25, 2025\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s Not So Simple: The impact of simple drug possession and trafficking offences on health equity builds on research demonstrating the many harms resulting from laws and policies that punish people who use drugs by specifically examining the consequences of recent shifts in how police and prosecutors pursue and lay drug possession and trafficking charges. &#8230; <a title=\"It\u2019s Not So Simple\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/its-not-so-simple\/\" aria-label=\"More on It\u2019s Not So Simple\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-24911\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hard-time-persists-healthcare-and-harm-reduction-in-canadas-prison-system\/?lang=en\">Hard Time Persists: Healthcare and Harm Reduction in Canada&#8217;s Prison System<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: April 30, 2025\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2007, the HIV Legal Network (Legal Network) published Hard Time: HIV and Hepatitis C Prevention Programming for Prisoners in Canada, exploring health and harm reduction policies and practices in Canada\u2019s provincial, territorial, and federal prisons. Then, as now, the Legal Network confirmed that everyone benefits from improved healthcare in prison, and that imprisonment is &#8230; <a title=\"Hard Time Persists: Healthcare and Harm Reduction in Canada&#8217;s Prison System\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hard-time-persists-healthcare-and-harm-reduction-in-canadas-prison-system\/\" aria-label=\"More on Hard Time Persists: Healthcare and Harm Reduction in Canada&#8217;s Prison System\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-24906\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/shelter-right-a-blueprint-for-inclusive-shelters-in-canada\/?lang=en\">Shelter Right: A Blueprint for Inclusive Shelters in Canada<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: April 29, 2025\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shelters are more than temporary accommodation. They are essential services. They represent a safe space and a lifeline for many \u2014 and especially people who use drugs, who are overrepresented among people who are homeless and grappling with Canada\u2019s toxic drug crisis. Shelters often connect people to vital services that are otherwise out of reach, &#8230; <a title=\"Shelter Right: A Blueprint for Inclusive Shelters in Canada\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/shelter-right-a-blueprint-for-inclusive-shelters-in-canada\/\" aria-label=\"More on Shelter Right: A Blueprint for Inclusive Shelters in Canada\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-24896\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/undrip-action-plan-caan-the-hiv-legal-network\/?lang=en\">UNDRIP Action Plan &#8211; CAAN &#038; the HIV Legal Network<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: April 25, 2025\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>kiskinohtah\u00eaw (s\/he guides someone) proposing a legal remedies action plan to support and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in alignment with Canadian law This action plan outlines specific measures to ensure that Canada\u2019s laws are consistent with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, based on &#8230; 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