News

Gbolahan Olarewaju
July 27th, 2018

The call for applications for the Engage Research Capacity Building program for the 2018-2019 academic year was launched June 18th! As in previous years, there is one position available in Vancouver, one in Montreal, and 3 in Toronto (for Ryerson students only). The deadline for applications...

Gbolahan Olarewaju
July 27th, 2018

The Engage Intervention Fund Committee was happy to see such interest and a high calibre of applications for this fund. We received 10 applications, 4 of which were ultimately selected for funding based on the following criteria. Relevance: The application should have been an intervention,...

Ricky Rodrigues
July 18th, 2018

NAAT is finally available at Engage Toronto for testing of gonorrhea and chlamydia in throat and rectal sites! Some of the benefits of NAAT include: Participants don't have to provide as many swabs since NAAT can be used to test for both gonorrhea and chlamydia from a single swab. The...

Gbolahan Olarewaju
July 15th, 2018

Vancouver In Vancouver, we continue to see both Momentum and Engage cohort participants. We are seeing participants for their 3rd visit and continue to recruit new participants. Recruitment picked up over the past few moths and we are averaging about 40 new participants per month. To aid with...

Gbolahan Olarewaju
July 10th, 2018

The ENGAGE Team is pleased to announce the 2018-2019 Engage Studentship Awards competition. Who is Eligible?  We invite applications from graduate level students who are enrolled or plan to be enrolled in full-time programs at recognized institutions in September 2018 and are interested in...

Ricky Rodrigues
July 06th, 2018

From July 4 to 14, 2018, there will be construction in the lobby of 105 Bond Street, where the Engage Toronto Office is located. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this. For accessibility concerns, please contact us at toronto@engage-men.ca or 416-979-5000 extension 2158 (follow...

Gbolahan Olarewaju
June 28th, 2018

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="288"] Shayna Sparling[/caption] The Engage Team has some exciting staffing updates: The team has hired a new National Team Manager and Post-Doctoral Fellow. This individual will be responsible for coordinating national Engage activities, including...

Ricky Rodrigues
May 29th, 2018

As recruitment continues for Engage Toronto, we are looking to hire another part-time research nurse to provide HIV and STI testing and counselling to Engage participants (gay, bi, and queer men, including trans and 2-spirit men, and other men who have sex with men). Click here for the full job...

Ricky Rodrigues
May 22nd, 2018

Finished or finishing up your PhD and looking for an exciting opportunity in gay/bi/queer men's health? Consider applying for the position of Engage National Team Manager/Post-Doctoral Fellow! In this exciting role, you'll have the opportunity to complete project coordination and data analysis for...

Gbolahan Olarewaju
May 20th, 2018

The Engage Study national team met for our 4thannual team meeting on April 26th in the Marine Room at the Westin Bayshore Hotel. 53 people in total participated, including members of the Engage research study team (principal investigators, post-doctoral fellows, students and research...

Gbolahan Olarewaju
May 03rd, 2018

The Engage study was recently featured in FUGUES. Check out the preview below and click here for the full...

Gbolahan Olarewaju
May 02nd, 2018

The Engage team is excited to announce the Engage Intervention Fund. The purpose of the Engage Intervention Fund is to support HIV prevention interventions with gay, bi and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM), including trans and Two-Spirit men. Funds are intended to support the development,...

Ricky Rodrigues
April 13th, 2018

For the 27th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research, the Engage research team submitted several abstracts summarizing preliminary findings from the Engage study. These abstracts are available in the conference Abstract Book (click here to access the Abstract Book). EPH2.02 (p. 21) -...

Ricky Rodrigues
March 27th, 2018

For April 2018, the Engage Toronto Office will be piloting a new study visits schedule: Tuesday to Friday Appointments 3:15 pm to 6:15 pm 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm 4:45 pm to 7:45 pm 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Saturday Appointments (No Changes) 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 10:45 am to 1:45 pm 11:30 am to 2:30...

Ricky Rodrigues
March 20th, 2018

Elevator Out of Service The elevator in 105 Bond Street, where the Engage Toronto Office is located, will be out of service from March 20-28, 2018 (inclusive). Please contact toronto@engage-men.ca if you have any concerns about this or wish to reschedule your study visit. You can also call us at...

Ricky Rodrigues
March 13th, 2018

The Engage study was recently featured in Positive Living Magazine. Check out the article below and click here for the full online issue of the...

Ricky Rodrigues
February 27th, 2018

On February 27, 2018, at the Engage Toronto Office, the Engage Toronto Research Coordinator and one of the Engage Toronto Research Associates drew the winning ticket for the second $250 Best Buy gift card draw. The winning ticket was ticket #10 and was drawn using Google's random number generator...

Gbolahan Olarewaju
January 15th, 2018

A Blog Post by Kiffer Card From ancient aphrodisiacs to chemsex, drugs have long played an intoxicating role in human sexuality.[1] Among gay and bi- men, cultural ties to drug use date back to the origins of contemporary gay communities, where gay bars, clubs, and bathhouses emerged as...

Ricky Rodrigues
December 15th, 2017

Please note that the Engage Toronto Office will be closed from December 21, 2017, to January 7, 2018 (inclusive). Engage Toronto staff are working to ensure that participants will still be notified of STI test results during this period, especially in the case of positive test results. However,...

Ricky Rodrigues
December 14th, 2017

Come work with us! To assist with data collection at the Engage Toronto site, we are hiring two part-time Engage Toronto Research Associates (12-18 hours per week; $20 per hour + 4% vacation pay) for 1 year with the possibility of renewal for 6 months (or longer pending research funding). Click...