SOC309Y1 Lecture : Lecture #14 - Feb 3.docx
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Immigrants, refugees & non-status phas: complex challenges & innovative strategies. Maureen owino - committee for accessible aids treatment work with new comer canadians living with hiv. Immigration and hiv has a lot of myth and stigma (discrimination and mythology too) Current immigration & refugee policies and their impact on newcomer phas. Key challenges affecting immigrants, refugee and non-status phas in gta. Formed in 1999 to reduce barriers faced by people living with hiv/aids (phas) who are immigrants, refugees or without status in canada. Coalition of over 40 health, legal and social service organizations plus individual immigrant/refugee phas. To reduce service access barriers for phas. True or false: the majority of toronto"s population is foreign born true (49%, the majority of ontario"s new immigrants settle in the gta region (true) True or false: you are not allowed to enter canada if you are hiv+ = it depends, you are not allowed to immigrate to canada if you are hiv+
