Activist Group

Taking Action is a national project working with six Aboriginal communities across Canada to figure out how Aboriginal youth understand HIV in relation to their communities and cultures and to see if using art is an effective tool for working with youth to talk about HIV/AIDS.

The Sense Project is all about youth peer education - young people getting involved with other young people to provide useful information and support about sexual issues.

Youth animators travel around Montréal to give in-class workshops to high school students aged 14-17 (Grade 9, 10, and 11 classes).

Sense is not your sex-ed class from high school. It’s sex-positive, not scary. It’s queer-friendly. And it’s animated by young people who are trained in safer sex, harm reduction, and social and cultural aspects of sexuality.

The Media Advocates for Prevention (MAP) program works with youth of color in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, to educate them about the risks associated with HIV. MAP trains youth aged 15–18, called Peer Advocates (PAs), in HIV prevention, leadership, and media production to create short media pieces to advocate for safer sex and HIV testing among their peers.