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HIV/AIDS AND ABORIGINAL YOUTH: AN ARTS-BASED KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION STRATEGY FOR HIV PREVENTION EDUCATION This project is a partnership with Native Child & Family Services of Toronto (NC&FS) York University, OISE/UT, McGill University. MEET OUR PLAYWRIGHT. BACKGROUND.

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  1. HIV/AIDS AND ABORIGINAL YOUTH: AN ARTS-BASED KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION STRATEGY FOR HIV PREVENTION EDUCATIONThis project is a partnership with Native Child & Family Services of Toronto (NC&FS)York University, OISE/UT, McGill University MEET OUR PLAYWRIGHT BACKGROUND As an actor Herbie Barnes has worked on many stages across Canada, in such plays as: Toronto At Dreamers Rock, The Gap, and The Hobbit as well as acting in such films as: Hidden in America, Dance Me Outside, Spirit Rider and the series, Due South and The Rez. Aboriginal youth are over represented in the Canadian HIV epidemic. Currently, 30% of Aboriginal HIV infections are among youth between 20-29 years old, compared to 20% in the non-Aboriginal population (CIDPC, 2003). However, being Aboriginal is not what putsyouth at risk of HIV infection. Unlike themajority of non-Aboriginal youth, Aboriginalyouth must deal with a number ofsocioeconomic and systemic factors thatincrease their vulnerability to HIV (CIHI, 2004). HIV prevention messages need to address the unique risk factors faced by Aboriginal youth. In this project we developed creative strategies for disseminating data collected in a study on HIV risk and Aboriginal youth (Larkin et al., 2007). YOUTH WARRIORS OBJECTIVES 1) To use data from the report to develop innovative prevention strategies that work for Aboriginal populations 2) To ensure the voices of Aboriginal youth are used in HIV prevention programming 3) To use youth created messages for prevention for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people PHOTO-VOICE METHODS • We hired actor, Herbie Barnes, to work with Aboriginal youth to develop a DVD with scripts based on six themes from the HIV Risk, Systemic Inequalities and Aboriginal Youth: Widening the Circle for Prevention Programming report. This report came out of a study conducted with Aboriginal youth in six on reserve and urban locations in Ontario and Quebec. The “Youth Warriors” (the name the youth chose for their group), also created Photo-voice and Collage creations which will be exhibited at our DVD Launch in Toronto, June 2009. The DVD and artistic creations will be available through the GAAP website at: www.utgaap.info • ARTS-BASED METHODS USED: • DVD • PHOTO-VOICE • COLLAGE • SPOKEN WORD • Six Themes From the Report Were Used For Developing Arts-based Prevention Messages: • Colonialism • 2) Attitudes towards traditions and Elders • 3) Condom use • 4) “Othering” of people with HIV/AIDS • 5) Stigma around HIV/AIDS • 6) Youth based prevention strategies • Funding for this project is gratefully acknowledged from the Canadian AIDS Foundation for Research and the Centre for Urban Initiatives, University of Toronto COLLAGE Authors: Christine Smillie-Adjarkwa, UofT; June Larkin, UofT; Tiffany Nelson, NC&FS, Toronto; Herbie Barnes; Sarah Flicker, York University; Jean-Paul Restoule, OISE/UT; Charlene Avalos, NC&FS, Toronto; Tara Goldstein, OISE/UT; Claudia Mitchell, McGill; with the Youth Warriors, NC&FS, Toronto For more information contact: christine_smillie@yahoo.ca

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