About this Event
More than four decades after the first public accounts of AIDS, the fight is far from over. World AIDS Day 2025 calls on all of us to – with effective policy making, a commitment to innovation, and strong collaboration. Despite extraordinary scientific progress, new HIV infections in Canada have risen by 15% since 2020, and thousands remain undiagnosed. Around the world, funding cuts and waning political will threaten to undo decades of hard-won gains.
At this Toronto event, hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright, Pride at Work Canada brings together leaders from the front lines of the HIV response—municipal, national, and international—for an unflinching conversation about what it will take to end AIDS in our lifetime. Attendees will explore how communities are stepping up where governments and donors have stepped back, and how queer professionals can use their voices, networks, and workplaces to drive real change.
In 1981, Bobbi Campbell, the world’s first “AIDS poster boy,” risked everything to speak publicly about his diagnosis. “The more I talked about it,” he said, “the better it would be for me and my community.” His courage and candour sparked a movement rooted in truth-telling, solidarity, and mutual care. It’s a legacy that must guide us again today.
World AIDS Day 2025: Defining Your Role in Ending AIDS is your opportunity to define how you will contribute to ending AIDS. Join us to get real about where we stand, who is being left behind, and how we can rethink, rebuild, and rise together.
Schedule
- Panel: 5:30 to 6:30
- Reception: 6:30 to 8:30
Panelists
- Meg French – Executive Director, Stephen Lewis Foundation
- Michael Kwag – Executive Director, CBRC
- Kevin Leal – Director of Programs and Operations, Fife House
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
222 Bay St. suite 3000, 222 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada
CAD 56.50
