Our projects identify gaps and barriers and determine innovative solutions to address system changes. The CINetwork partners with various community-based and Indigenous organizations, communities and universities across Canada to conduct research and create tools for change.
Here are several of the recent projects that we have been working on:
About the Study You’re invited to join research to study the OraQuick® HIV Self-Test in Canada. Over 900 people from diverse populations across Canada will be in this study. In the study, you’ll help test a new device that will tell you your HIV status on the spot. This new technology has the potential to… Read More
The First Nation Community Readiness for Change: HIV Workbook is still accepting expressions of interest. This “First Nation Community Readiness Assessment for Creating Change: HIV Workbook” was developed through the Northern HIV Journey Mapping Project over a 3-year period with funding from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The goals of the workbook are two-fold: 1) to… Read More
The MB Community Event-Based STBBI Toolkit is no longer accepting expressions of interest. The “MB Community Event-Based STBBI Toolkit” is for community-based organizations, peer groups, and event organizers who are not healthcare professionals but want to increase access to STBBI testing in their communities. If you’re a healthcare provider who wants to partner with the community, this… Read More
This toolkit is for community-based organizations, peer groups, and event organizers who are not healthcare professionals but want to increase access to STBBI testing in their communities. If you’re a healthcare provider who wants to partner with the community, this toolkit has lots to offer you, too! This toolkit can be used to plan any… Read More
I’m Ready to Know is about ending HIV in Canada with low-barrier access to self-testing and connections to care. I’m Ready to Know is a national program that is implementing, scaling up and evaluating low-barrier options for access to HIV self-testing. We want to reach the undiagnosed and give people choices about connecting to the… Read More
The research study will inform culturally sensitive models of HIV service, healthcare, and support program delivery, interventions and campaigns for sexual and gender minority men in Manitoba. The study seeks to examine how various forms of marginalization, discrimination, and oppression affect the physical, mental, and sexual health of Manitoba’s Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, and queer men…. Read More
The study aims to understand better the health and well-being of racialized immigrants and refugees in Manitoba. We are conducting online and phone interviews as part of this research. The purpose of this project is to facilitate the development of community-based research in the area of migrant sexual health and build capacity among community stakeholders… Read More
Mental Health, Substance Use, and Service Needs, Access, and Delivery among Two-Spirit, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Manitoba This study is designed to respond to current to pressing knowledge gaps concerning the mental health and substance use impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on 2SGBQ+ cis and Trans men… Read More
Developing culturally appropriate, geographically-responsive HIV Care for northern Manitoba First Nations People The purpose of the study is to understand the barriers and facilitators of the HIV cascade for First Nations people in Northern Manitoba and to develop strategies for system improvement through a two-eyed seeing approach. The components of the project are a) Journey… Read More
We acknowledge that we work and gather on the original lands of Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe), Ininiwak (Cree), Anishininiwag (Oji-Cree), Dakota/Lakota, Inuit, and Dene Peoples and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.