HEP 251 Discussions Module 5 Personal Learning Network

Job Title: Director of Research and Advocacy | Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

What you learned from this connection: Sandra is the Director of Research and Advocacy at the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, where she first started working as a senior policy analyst in 2007. At the Legal Network, Sandra works on HIV-related human rights issues concerning prisons, harm reduction, sex work, women, and immigration. She has authored numerous publications, including an innovative legislative resource on women’s rights in the context of HIV, a compendium of affidavits describing prisoners’ experiences with injection drug use behind bars and briefing papers on sex work, and HIV and the law in Canada and internationally. She has also led the Legal Network’s involvement in lawsuits challenging the Canadian government’s failure to adopt prison-based needle and syringe programs and criminal laws governing sex work.

How I’m Connected: I subscribed and read her publications regarding harm reduction. She is a dedicated activist in reducing harm among drug and substance users to reduce the risk of HIV infections.

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