UBC is hosting a series of presentations exploring the current reality of HIV/AIDS around the world and how those living with or affected by the virus have joined together to promote awareness, understanding and social change. Presented by AIDS Vancouver/CIHR (Canadian Institute for Health Research) and UBC Continuing Studies.
For more please visit the UBC Continuing Studies Special Lectures website.
This event is FREE.
There is limited seating. Call 604-822-1444 or click on the links below to register for one or more sessions.
Nov 2, 12pm-1pm | HIV Around the World
The World Health Organization estimates that over 33.4 million people around the world are living with HIV. In this talk, we look at how Canada, China, India, Iran, South Africa and Russia have been effected by the HIV virus, how these countries have responded to the HIV epidemic and how this response has shifted over time. Interviews, readings and documentaries from around the world are introduced as well as a list of contacts and resources for more information.
Register now. UP531F10A Tue, Nov 2, 12noon-1pm; UBC Robson Square. FREE
Nov 9, 12pm-1pm | Labels are for Cans: HIV, Stigma and Stereotyping
This session tracks some of more widely publicized cases of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in North America and around the world since the early 1980s. The impact of such events is considered, and how individuals and communities living with or affected by the virus have joined together to counteract the ignorance that still exists today.
Register now. UP531F10B Tue, Nov 9, 12noon-1pm; UBC Robson Square. FREE
Nov 16, 12pm-1pm | Mapping the Body: Exploring HIV through Art
This talk focuses on two movements that have explored HIV through art: the NAMES Project Foundation AIDS Memorial Quilt and Body Mapping. Launched in San Francisco in June 1987, the NAMES Project Foundation AIDS Memorial Quilt now has more than 44,000 3″ x 6″ panels and is the largest standing memorial of HIV/AIDS in the world. Body Mapping originated in South Africa as a way for individuals to trace the personal, social, geographical, political and emotional experience of living with HIV. Activists have since organized Body Mapping workshops around the world as a way to counteract the stigma and discrimination all too often associated with HIV. These two movements demonstrate how art can promote awareness and political action, and the evocative role art can play when it comes to understanding HIV/AIDS.
Register now. UP531F10C Tue, Nov 16, 12noon-1pm; UBC Robson Square. FREE